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 Copenhagen
Airport Information
Copenhagen Airport (Danish: Københavns Lufthavn, Kastrup) (IATA: CPH,
ICAO: EKCH) is the main international airport serving Copenhagen, Denmark and
the Oresund Region. It is located on the island of Amager, only 8 kilometers
south of Copenhagen city centre, and 24 kilometers west of Malmö city centre
on the other side of the Oresund Bridge. The airport lies mainly in the municipality
of Tårnby, with a small portion in neighboring Dragør. It is the
largest airport in the Nordic countries, and one of the oldest international
airports in Europe.
The airport is the main hub out of three used by Scandinavian Airlines and
is also a hub for Cimber Sterling, Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia, Norwegian
Air Shuttle and for transavia.com. Copenhagen Airport handles 60 scheduled airlines
and serves nearly 60,000 passengers per day; 19.7 million passengers passed
through the facility in 2009, making it the busiest airport in the Nordic countries,
with a maximum capacity of 83 loadings/hour and with room for 108 airplanes.
Unlike other Scandinavian airports, a considerable share of the airport's passengers
are international. The domestic part of the annual passengers is lower than
10%. The airport is owned by Københavns Lufthavne, which also operates
Roskilde Airport. The airport employs 1700 staff (excluding shops, restaurants
etc.).
Copenhagen Airport was originally called Kastrup Airport, since it is located
in the small town of Kastrup, now a part of the Tårnby municipality. The
formal name of the airport is still Copenhagen Airport, Kastrup, to distinguish
it from Roskilde Airport, which was previously called Copenhagen Airport, Roskilde.
Locally many people still call the airport just Kastrup.
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