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Copenhagen Airport
| Copenhagen Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Quick Info | |||
| Type of Airport | commercial | ||
| Run by | Copenhagen Airports A/S | ||
| Opened | April 20, 1925 | ||
| City | Copenhagen, Denmark | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| IATA | CPH | ICAO | EKCH |
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| (ft) | (m) | ||
| 4R-22L | 10,833 | 3,302 | Paved |
| 4L-22R | 9,842 | 3,000 | Paved |
| 12-30 | 9,186 | 2,800 | Paved |
| Statistics | |||
| 2003 | |||
| Number of Passengers | 18,294,387 | ||
| Number of Takeoffs/Landings | 259,002 | ||
| Freight volume | 335,731 t | ||
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Copenhagen Airport (Københavns Lufthavn, Kastrup in Danish) located on the island Amager, is the major airport serving Copenhagen, Denmark, being located 8 km from the city. The airport is the main hub for Scandinavian Airlines System. Copenhagen Airport serves about 50,000 passengers per day. 18.3 million passengers passed through the facility in 2002. A train station, opened in 2000, is located directly beneath the arrival hall. Also a Copenhagen Metro station is planned to be in operation by 2007.
Malmö-Sturup Airport (MMX), east for Malmö, serves as a secondary airport for Copenhagen and Malmö.
Copenhagen Airport was originally called Kastrup Airport, since it is located in the small town of Kastrup , and the latter name is still in use. Copenhagen Airports A/S own a 49% stake in Newcastle Airport.
The airport has 18,000 employees, and has a maximum capacity of 83 loadings/hour, with room for 108 airplanes.
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Facilities
Various facilities are offered at the airport, including safe boxes , a seating area and a restaurant area .
History
1925 April 20 opened. It was one of the first private airports in the world. It opened with a grass runway
1932 6000 Take offs and landings in the year.
1939 New terminal building built (Designer: Vilhelm Lauritzen)
1948 150 Take offs and landings per day / 3000 Passengers per day
1954 11,000 Tons of freight per year.
1956 1 million passenger per year.
Won the award as the worlds best airport.
1960 10th of May Terminal 2 opened
New control tower finished.
1982 Cargo terminal opened.
1986 Parking garage with 2400 spaces opened
1999 Baggage handling system modernised
2000 20-22 million Passengers per year.
2001 A 5 star Hilton hotel with 382 beds is opened at the airport.
2001 267,000 take offs and landings.
Terminals
Copenhagen Airport has three terminals:
Terminal 1
- Cimber Air
- Scandinavian Airlines System
- Scan Con Travel
Terminal 2
- Adria Airways
- Aeroflot
- Air France
- Air Greenland
- Air Malta
- Arkia
- Atlantic Airways
- Avioimpex
- Azzurra Air
- Bulgaria Air
- British Airways
- British Airways Citiexpress
- City Air
- CSA Czech Airlines
- Duo Airways
- Easyjet
- Egypt Air
- Ethiopian Airlines
- Finnair
- Iberia Airlines
- Iceland Express
- Iran Air
- Islandflug
- Jat Airways
- KLM
- Lithuanian Airlines
- LOT Polish
- Macedonian Airlines
- Maersk Air
- MALÉV Hungarian Airlines
- Nordic Airlink
- Olympic Airways
- Ostfriesische Lufttransport
- Pakistan International Airlines
- Pulkovo Aviation
- Singapore Airlines
- SN Brussels
- Snowflake Airlines
- Sterling
- Swedline
- Swiss International Airlines
- TAP Air Portugal
- TAROM Romanian
- Tunisair
- Turkish Airlines
- Ukraine International Airlines
- Virgin Express
Terminal 3
- Air Baltic
- Air Botnia
- Air Canada (seasonal)
- Austrian Airlines
- British Midland
- Cimber Air
- Estonian Air
- Icelandair
- Lufthansa
- Luxair
- Maersk Air
- Scandinavian Airlines System
- Skyways Airlines
- Spanair
- Thai Airways International
- Widerøe
External links
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