Karup Airport
| Karup Airport Karup Lufthavn | |||
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IATA: KRP – ICAO: EKKA
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| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public / Military | ||
| Owner | Karup Lufthavn a.m.b.a. | ||
| Serves | Karup, Denmark | ||
| Location | Viborg / Herning | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 170 ft / 52 m | ||
| Coordinates | 56°17′51″N 009°07′29″E / 56.29750°N 9.12472°E | ||
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| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 09L/27R | 10,000 | 3,048 | Asphalt [1] |
| 09R/27L | 9,622 | 2,933 | Concrete/Asphalt [1] |
| 04/22 | 3,089 | 940 | Concrete/Asphalt [1] |
| 14/32 | 2,565 | 782 | Concrete/Asphalt [1] |
| Statistics | |||
| Passengers 2008 | 197.258 | ||
| Passengers 2007 | 216.461 | ||
| Passengers 2006 | 208.767 | ||
| Passengers 2005 | 195.607 | ||
Karup Airport (Danish: Karup Lufthavn) is an airport in Denmark.
History
At the request of some middle-and West Jutland politicians airport, it was opened on 1 November 1965 when the first direct connection between Karup and Copenhagen was opened. In 1968 the airport's first terminal was built. Until then, it had rented premises at the airbase.
Airport ownership consisted of Viborg and Ringkjøbing county council districts and the municipalities of Herning, Holstebro, Viborg, Skive, Ikast, Karup, Struer, Ringkøbing, Lemvig and Skjern. It was agreed that Det Danske Luftfartsselskab - later SAS - would start flying on the route in exchange for a subsidy by the owners. In the beginning there was a single daily departures with a 15-passenger Heron aeroplane. The route was a success and there was no need for the subsidy. On the contrary, the airport's ongoing development was paid for with the operating income and no additional public support aside from the owners' initial deposits.
In 1991 the present terminal, Glass House on the Heath designed by Architect Firm Torsten Riis Andersen, was inaugurated.
Lemvig and Skjern municipality sold their shares to Karup council (now Viborg council) in 2002. As of 1st. January 2007 the owners are Herning, Holstebro, Ikast-Brande, Lemvig, Ringkobing-Skjern, Silkeborg, Skive, Struer and Viborg municipalities.
Karup lost scheduled flights when Cimber Sterling, the only operator at the airport, declared bankruptcy and cancelled all flights on 3 May 2012. Only hours after Norwegian Air Shuttle announced 4 daily flights to the Danish capital of Copenhagen on an all-year basis, operated by a Boeing 737. Today, the airport has up to 14 daily flights and approximately 200,000 passengers annually. The airport is operated today by, Cimber Sterling and several national and international taxi-flight companies. Norwegian Air Shuttle operated the Route during the Summer-season. They will reconsider flights from Karup again when the Summer-season 2012 starts.
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Norwegian Air Shuttle | Copenhagen |
See also
- List of the largest airports in the Nordic countries
References
- AIP Denmark: Karup - EKKA
- VFR Flight Guide Denmark: Karup - EKKA
Notes
External links
Media related to Karup Airport at Wikimedia Commons
- Karup Airport (English)
- Karup Lufthavn (Danish)
- Flyvestation Karup (Danish)
- Airport information for EKKA at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
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