Roskilde Airport
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| Roskilde Airport Copenhagen Airport Roskilde |
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| IATA: RKE - ICAO: EKRK | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Copenhagen Airports A/S | ||
| Serves | Copenhagen | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 146 ft (45 m) | ||
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| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 03/21 | 4,920 | 1,500 | Asphalt |
| 11/29 | 5,900 | 1,799 | Asphalt |
Roskilde Airport (IATA: RKE, ICAO: EKRK) (officially Copenhagen Airport Roskilde, Danish Roskilde Lufthavn) is about 4 Nautical miles 7.4 km south-east of Roskilde near the town Tune. It was opened in 1973 as the first of three planned relief airports around Copenhagen. These plans were shelved shortly after, and the two other relief airports never made it past the planning stage. The airport is owned and operated by Københavns Lufthavne A/S (Copenhagen Airports) which also operates Copenhagen's major airport at Kastrup. The airport had 43,220 passengers in 2003.
The airport is open around the clock and has immigration and customs facilities for international traffic, but it is used primarily by taxi, tour, and training flights. It is also the base for some pilot schools. The airport is home to more than half of the danish fleet of GA-aircraft. There are a few scheduled services to small islands, but Roskilde Airport is planning an expansion of the airport to include service of low-price international and charter flights. [1]
Bus services to and from Roskilde station are infrequent due to the limited use of the airport.
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