Copenhagen Airport

Copenhagen Airport, Kastrup

Københavns Lufthavn, Kastrup
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorKøbenhavns Lufthavne
Serves
LocationKastrup, Tårnby, Copenhagen, Denmark
Opened20 April 1925; 99 years ago (1925-04-20)
Hub for
Focus city for
Operating base for
Elevation AMSL5 m / 17 ft
Coordinates55°37′05″N 012°39′22″E / 55.61806°N 12.65611°E / 55.61806; 12.65611
Websitewww.cph.dk
Map
CPH/EKCH is located in Denmark
CPH/EKCH
CPH/EKCH
Location within Denmark
CPH/EKCH is located in Capital Region
CPH/EKCH
CPH/EKCH
CPH/EKCH (Capital Region)
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
04L/22R 3,600 11,810 Asphalt
04R/22L 3,300 10,827 Asphalt
12/30 2,800 9,186 Asphalt/concrete
Statistics (2023)
PassengersIncrease26,765,393[2]
DomesticDecrease1,198,571[2]
InternationalIncrease25,566,822[2]
Aircraft movementsIncrease227,342[2]
Source: cph.dk[2]

Copenhagen Airport, Kastrup (Danish: Københavns Lufthavn, Kastrup, pronounced [kʰøpm̩ˈhɑwns ˈlɔftˌhɑwˀn ˈkʰæˌstʁɔp]) (IATA: CPH, ICAO: EKCH) is an international airport serving Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, as well as Zealand, the Øresund Region, and southern Sweden including Scania. In 2023 it is the largest airport in the Nordic countries.

As the Nordic countries' largest airport, it served 30.3 million passengers in 2019. It is one of the oldest international airports in Europe, the fourth-busiest in Northern Europe, and the busiest for international travel in Scandinavia.[3]

The airport is on the island of Amager, 8 kilometres (5 miles) south of Copenhagen city centre, and 24 km (15 mi) west of Malmö city centre, to which it is connected by the Øresund Bridge. The airport covers an area of 11.8 km2 (4.6 sq mi).[4] Most of the airport is in the municipality of Tårnby, with a small part in the city of Dragør.

The airport is the main hub out of three used by Scandinavian Airlines and is also an operating base for Sunclass Airlines and Norwegian Air Shuttle. Copenhagen Airport handles around 60 scheduled airlines, and has a maximum operation capability of 83 operations/hour, and a total of 108 jet bridges and remote parking stands. Unlike other Scandinavian airports, most of the airport's passengers are international. In 2015, 6.1% of passengers travelled to and from other Danish airports, 83.5% to/from other European airports, and 10.4% were intercontinental passengers.[5] The airport is owned by Københavns Lufthavne, which also operates Roskilde Airport. The airport employs 1,700 people (not including employees in shops, restaurants, etc.).[6]

Copenhagen Airport was originally called Kastrup Airport, after the small town of Kastrup, now part of the Tårnby municipality. The formal name is still Copenhagen Airport, Kastrup, to distinguish it from Roskilde Airport.

  1. ^ "Finnair NW22 Intercontinental Changes: Qatar Additions".
  2. ^ a b c d e "Strong growth at Copenhagen Airport: Close to 27 million travellers".
  3. ^ "CPH: More than 24 million travellers in 2013, a new record". Copenhagen Airports. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. – total passengers 2013 was 24,067,030 of them were 22,164,738; "Rekord i antal resenärer under 2013 | Swedavia". Archived from the original on 15 January 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015. Stockholm Arlanda had 20,7 million passengers in total in 2013, but around a third are usually domestic; "Trafikkvekst ved Oslo Lufthavn - Oslo Lufthavn AS". Archived from the original on 15 January 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015. – Oslo Gardemoen had 23,159,233 passengers in 2013. But here is usually less than half international
  4. ^ "Area & Runway systems". CPH Airport. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  5. ^ "About CPH – News". CPH Airport. Archived from the original on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  6. ^ "Copenhagen Airports – Copenhagen Airports". Archived from the original on 27 August 2007.