Sønderborg Airport

Sønderborg Airport
Sønderborg Lufthavn

IATA: SGD – ICAO: EKSB

SGD
Location of airport in Denmark

Summary
Airport type Public
Location Sønderborg
Elevation AMSL 24 ft / 7 m
Coordinates 54°57′52″N 009°47′30.23″E / 54.96444°N 9.7917306°E / 54.96444; 9.7917306
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
14/32 5,895 1,797 Asphalt
Statistics (2015)
Passengers 56.565
Aircraft Movements 11,746

Sønderborg Airport (Danish: Sønderborg Lufthavn) (IATA: SGD, ICAO: EKSB) is an airport located in Sønderborg, Denmark. The airport opened in 1968 however the first flights in the area where in 1950 which were flown by Sønderjyllands Flyveselskab. [2]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Alsie Express Copenhagen

Cimber Sterling operated the connection to Copenhagen until May 3, 2012, when the airline filed for bankruptcy.[3] Danish Air Transport took over the route to Copenhagen just hours after. In April 2013 Alsie Express was founded and started operating between Sønderborg and Copenhagen. Soon after Alsie Express started flying, Danish Air Transport stopped operating the route.

Ground transport

The airport is located 7 km (4.3 mi) from Sønderborg city. Transfer is by taxi or own car. Rental car is also available at the airport. Other cities for which the airport is useful include Åbenrå (41 km (25 mi)), Tønder (70 km (43 mi)) and Flensburg (in Germany, 55 km (34 mi))

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.azworldairports.com/airports/a1460sgd.cfm
  2. ↑ http://www.sonderborg-lufthavn.dk/history.html
  3. ↑ "Cimber Sterling bankrupt". politiken.dk. 3 May 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2012.

External links

Media related to Sønderborg Airport at Wikimedia Commons


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