Odense Airport
| Hans Christian Andersen Airport Odense Lufthavn |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | EKOD |
| IATA code | ODE |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 17 m (56 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 12 km north of Odense |
| Street | via Odense to about 16 km away 
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| Basic data | |
| opening | 1943 |
| operator | Hans Christian Andersen Airport Smba |
| surface | 170 ha |
| Passengers | 20,242 (2019) |
| Runways | |
| 06/24 | 2000 m × 45 m asphalt |
| 13/31 | 695 m × 30 m grass |
The airport Hans Christian Andersen, Odense ( Danish : Hans Christian Andersen Airport, Odense Lufthavn , hist. Beldringe Lufthavn ) is a Danish airport . It is located on the southern Danish island of Fyn , around twelve kilometers north of the city of Odense . The airport is named after the Danish writer and poet Hans Christian Andersen .
history
During the Second World War during the occupation of Denmark , Germans began building the airport in 1943. In the following years and decades, the airport was gradually expanded and expanded.
Today's terminal and tower were built in 1970. The jet age began at the airport with domestic flights with a Boeing 737 from Maersk Air to and from Copenhagen . This required a reinforcement of the runway at the airport, which until now has only been controlled by smaller aircraft. In terms of airport use, Maersk Air continued to dominate with domestic flights in the following years.
In the 1980s, when planning the Great Belt Link, the question of the airport's economic viability arose. At the beginning of 1998, the Danish state transferred ownership of the airport to the then Province of Funen and several local municipalities; nevertheless, all scheduled flights were suspended towards the end of the year .
In the period that followed, several tour operators and investors decided to use the airport as a starting point for charter flights . The main motivation for this was to save interested travelers long journeys to neighboring airports, such as Copenhagen.
Airlines and Destinations
The following airlines are scheduled to fly to Odense:
| Airline | Destination |
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| Aegean Airlines | Seasonal charter: Chania |
| Danish Air Transport |
Seasonal: Bornholm Seasonal charter: Dublin , Edinburgh , Verona |
| Sunclass Airlines | Seasonal charter: Palma de Mallorca (starts June 30, 2020) |
Web links
- Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )
- Airport data in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
- Airport website (Danish / English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e history. (No longer available online.) Hans Christian Andersen Airport, archived from the original on October 6, 2013 ; Retrieved October 6, 2013 (Danish). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ 20.242 passagerer called terminal i 2019. In: hca-airport.dk. January 29, 2020, accessed May 24, 2020 (Danish).
- ↑ a b AIP EKOD - Odense. (No longer available online.) Trafikstyrelsen , archived from the original on August 29, 2012 ; accessed on October 6, 2013 (English, AIP ). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
