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42-516: Dragør ( Danish pronunciation: [ˈtʁɑːwˌøɐ̯ˀ] ) is the main town of Dragør Municipality , (Denmark), which includes the village of Store Magleby . The city hall and seat of the municipal council lies on Kirkevej 7 (postal code 2791 Dragør) in Store Magleby, which has enough space for such a large building. Dragør, on the southeastern coast of the island of Amager , is located only 12 km from central Copenhagen . Together with

84-518: A VIP terminal. The VIP terminal is actually the first terminal building, from the 1920s. It was moved about 2 km during the 1990s. In 2015, Boeing opened a maintenance, repair, and operations facility at CPH, as proximity to daily operations is more important than high wages when checks have to be made every 1,000 flight hours. Within the airport area, special airport buses depart every 15 minutes. The bus line connects all terminals and parking lot areas and uses in all 11 bus stops. The transport

126-500: A common airside passenger concourse as well as the arrivals section which houses customs and baggage claim and is physically located in Terminal 3. The airside is reached through a common security check located between Terminal 2 and Terminal 3. The common airside passenger concourse is divided into piers, called A, B, C, D, E and F. Pier A and B are for flights inside Schengen only. Pier C is mostly for flights outside Schengen. Pier D

168-487: A density of 607.8 persons per square km (1,574.2/sq mi). On 1 January 2020 12,309 people (2010:11,573) lived in the built-up area of Dragør (includes St. Magleby), 1,739 (2010:1,713) in Søvang, 408 people (2010:237) were living in rural areas (areas with below 200 people), and thirty-eight persons (2010:41) were recorded as not having a fixed address. On 1 January 1970 9,808 people lived in the two parishes, and on 1 January 2010

210-431: A hydroplane landing stage and a few grassy meadows that could be used as runways. The grass on the runways was kept short by sheep, which were shepherded away before take-offs and landings. From 1932 to 1939, takeoffs and landings increased from 6,000 to 50,000 and passenger number increased to 72,000. Between 1936 and 1939, a new terminal was built, considered one of the finest examples of Nordic functionalism . The terminal

252-558: A maximum operation capability of 83 operations/hour, and a total of 108 jet bridges and remote parking stands . Unlike other Scandinavian airports, most of the airport's passengers are international. In 2015, 6.1% of passengers travelled to and from other Danish airports, 83.5% to/from other European airports, and 10.4% were intercontinental passengers. The airport is owned by Københavns Lufthavne , which also operates Roskilde Airport . The airport employs 1,700 people (not including employees in shops, restaurants, etc.). Copenhagen Airport

294-460: A new arrivals hall; new modern baggage handling facilities; an underground railway station with two large underground parking facilities with 2400 spaces opens; and above it all the spacious and impressive delta-shaped terminal (Terminal 3) with 17 million passengers capacity. The first stage of the new Pier D was completed in the spring of 1999. On 1 July 2000 the Øresund Bridge opened which connects Denmark and Sweden by motorway and train. In 2001

336-495: A new low-cost terminal at the facility. On 31 October 2010 the new low cost terminal CPH Go opened by easyJet . In 2013 the airport handled a new record of 24,067,030 passengers. In 2014 CPH announced plans to increase capacity to 40 million passengers per year. It reached 30 million in 2018. From late 2015, the airport became the first in Scandinavia to have a regularly scheduled A380 service after Emirates started operating

378-429: Is connected by the Øresund Bridge . The airport covers an area of 11.8 km (4.6 sq mi). Most of the airport is in the municipality of Tårnby , with a small part in the city of Dragør . The airport is the main hub out of three used by Scandinavian Airlines and is also an operating base for Sunclass Airlines and Norwegian Air Shuttle . Copenhagen Airport handles around 60 scheduled airlines, and has

420-767: Is free of charge for all. During a few night hours, the buses depart every 20 minutes instead. The airport's railway station is located underneath Terminals on the Øresund Railway Line . Line M2 of the Copenhagen Metro links the airport with the city centre in around 15 minutes. The Metro station is two floors above the underground rail station and continues on elevated tracks until it goes underground after five stations. The metro trains run very frequently, in rush hours every four minutes, outside rush hours and on weekends every six minutes, and every 15/20 minutes at night. The metro runs to Kongens Nytorv station amongst other stations, where connections can be made to

462-697: Is mostly for flights inside Schengen. The newest section, CPH Go, now called Pier F, dedicated to low-cost carriers opened in October 2010. So far, EasyJet , Transavia and Ryanair are the only airlines operating from this facility. An all new Terminal 4 has been discussed, but replaced by plans to expand the current facilities in appropriate increments. Copenhagen Airport says passengers have easy transfer possibilities. Previously all domestic flights departed from Terminal 1, but from 29 March 2015 all departures have been collected in Terminals 2 and 3, and Pier C

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504-745: Is the largest airport in the Nordic countries . As the Nordic countries' largest airport, it served 30.3 million passengers in 2019. It is one of the oldest international airports in Europe, the fourth-busiest in Northern Europe , and the busiest for international travel in Scandinavia . The airport is on the island of Amager , 8 kilometres (5 miles) south of Copenhagen city centre, and 24 km (15 mi) west of Malmö city centre, to which it

546-528: The 1970 Danish Municipal Reform on 1 April 1974 two new municipalities were formed in Copenhagen County , namely Dragør Municipality, formed by the merger of Dragør (an independent parish from 1 April 1954) and Store Magleby parishes and Høje-Taastrup Municipality , which from that date also included Sengeløse parish (which - as an already existing parish - was also made an independent municipality from 1 April 1970 until 31 March 1974; but it

588-658: The carrot to Denmark. Dutch and Low German were still spoken on Amager until the 19th century. Dragør was made an independent parish 1 April 1954, before that being a part of Store Magleby parish. Prior to its dissolution, Maersk Air had its headquarters in Dragør. When it existed, Sterling Airlines had its head office at Copenhagen Airport South in Dragør. [REDACTED] Media related to Dragør at Wikimedia Commons 55°35′N 12°40′E  /  55.583°N 12.667°E  / 55.583; 12.667 Drag%C3%B8r Municipality Not until four years after

630-450: The Øresund to a dedicated terminal in Malmö where luggage could be checked in. From 1984 to 1994, the service was operated by hovercraft , whereas from 1994 to 2000 catamarans were used. The marine link closed in 2000 due to the opening of the Øresund Bridge . A number of important construction projects were completed in 1998: a pier connecting the domestic and international terminals;

672-459: The Danish parliament instead decided to expand the capacity of Copenhagen airport to 20–22 million passengers by the year 2000. This solution was far cheaper than building a new airport and, because the new types of aircraft were less noisy, an airport on Saltholm did not offer a decisive environmental gain. In 1973, the airport handled 8 million passengers per year. The third (long) runway opened and

714-456: The airport are above water due to the heading of the dual parallel runway system (04R/22L & 04L/22R). Those runways point to the Øresund strait, close in both directions. The supplementary runway (30/12) oriented perpendicular to the main runways also has its approach or departure over Øresund in one direction. In the opposite direction, the 30/12 runway has noise restrictions as flight happens close over residential areas. Other advantages are

756-671: The area and produce food for the royal household. Twenty-four families arrived. They and their descendants settled in the village of Store Magleby . Tensions between the Dutch farmers of the inland and the Danish fishermen and sailors at the coast are still detectable now, with a certain rivalry between citizens of Store Magleby and Dragør. The Dutch peasants delivered vegetables to the Amagertorv market in Copenhagen . Among their many other achievements they were responsible for introducing

798-423: The award for the world's best airport. The runways were lengthened and fitted with technically advanced equipment. By 10 May 1960, when the new airport terminal (now Terminal 2) was inaugurated, the daily number of jet operations had increased to 28, and still traffic kept on growing. The large new airport terminal soon became too small, and in 1969 yet another huge expansion programme was launched. Domestic traffic

840-438: The dual runway system (04L/22R-04R/22L) opened, strongly expanding the starts and landings capacity. The expansion of the airport began in 1982, after the necessary period of planning. The intention was not to build Europe's largest airport, but to build transit passengers' favourite airport. A stay at the airport was supposed to be an integral part of the travel experience. Efficiency and precision were obvious demands, but focus

882-554: The first years SAS operated. On 26 January 1947, a KLM Douglas DC-3 "Dakota" crashed at the airport after stopping en route to Stockholm . 22 people on board died, including the Swedish prince Gustav Adolf and the American opera singer Grace Moore . In 1948, Copenhagen airport was third largest airport in Europe with 150 daily takeoffs and almost 300,000 passengers for the year. The airport continued its rapid growth. The terminal

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924-459: The five-star Hilton hotel opened with 382 rooms. In 2006 for the first time in its history Copenhagen airport exceeded 20 million passengers and reached 20,900,000 passengers. In October 2007 the metro station opened, connecting the airport to the Copenhagen Metro . A new control tower opened in 2008 by Naviair as part of a major renovation of the ATC system. Airport officials announced plans to build

966-410: The latter accounting for more than 88% of Dragør municipality's area. A part of Copenhagen Airport lies in Dragør municipality. With 4,144 people (1 January 1970:4,309), 29.77% of the population, recorded as living there on 1 January 2013, Dragør parish has a population density of 2,656 persons per square km (6,880/sq mi), Store Magleby parish with 9,737 people (1970:5,499), 69.96% of the population, has

1008-689: The low altitude of the airport and absence of hills and high buildings below the approach directions. In case of fog, the runway 22L is equipped with an ILS category III C system, which allows modern aircraft to land in zero sight. Runway 04R/22L was widened by 4 meters in each side at DKK 30M to accommodate the Airbus A380, as part of a general concrete renewal program of DKK 300M. The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Copenhagen Airport: The SAS traffic office resides at Copenhagen Airport South and in Dragør , together with

1050-402: The merger. Because the voters of Store Magleby and Sengeløse were almost exclusively owner-occupiers, who voted center-rightwing, whereas Høje-Taastrup Municipality and Dragør Municipality to a large extent consisted of tenants who rented their apartments and who voted center-leftwing, there were heated debates and reluctance among the voters of Store Magleby and Sengeløse about joining

1092-514: The municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007 . Copenhagen Airport Copenhagen Airport, Kastrup ( Danish : Københavns Lufthavn, Kastrup , pronounced [kʰøpm̩ˈhɑwns ˈlɔftˌhɑwˀn ˈkʰæˌstʁɔp] ) ( IATA : CPH , ICAO : EKCH ) is an international airport serving Copenhagen , the capital of Denmark , as well as Zealand , the Øresund Region , and southern Sweden including Scania . In 2023 it

1134-482: The municipality had a population of 13,564 people. The main town is Dragør . The seat of the town hall is on Kirkevej 7 in Store Magleby , which easily can house such a large building. Its only neighboring municipality is Tårnby to the north. To the east and south is the Øresund , the strait that separates Zealand and Amager from Sweden . To the southwest is Køge Bay ( Køge Bugt ). Dragør Municipality

1176-520: The name, Drag- , refers to drawing (dragging) boats ashore. The ending -ør is common in Scandinavian placenames and means a beach covered in sand or gravel. The area has a Dutch ancestry that is still much in evidence. In the early 16th century, King Christian II invited a group of farmers from the Netherlands — at the time a more agriculturally advanced nation than Denmark — to settle in

1218-408: The neighbouring village of Store Magleby , it forms a separate urban area with a population of 12,337 (1 January 2024). Dragør has many well-preserved historical buildings. The old part of the town is a compact, picturesque maze of alleys with yellow-painted houses, red roofs, and cobblestone streets built in the traditional Danish style. Many of these buildings are hundreds of years old. Dragør

1260-498: The new municipalities. This was because the center-rightwing voters would be in a minority at elections for their local councils. Dragør parish is surrounded by Store Magleby parish to the north, south, and west and the strait of Øresund to the east, and Dragør parish thus does not border the neighboring Tårnby municipality. Dragør parish has an area of only 156 hectares (1.56 square km;0.6 sq mi), 8.6% of Dragør municipality's area, as opposed to Store Magleby parish's 1602 hectares,

1302-449: The number of take-offs and landings exceeded 180,000 and there were more than eight million passengers. Throughout the 1970s, airport traffic continued to grow, but the airport was not expanded further. A new large airport located at the island of Saltholm (with a connecting bridge to Denmark and Sweden ) was on the drawing board. It would be a huge investment, and the proposal was evaluated thoroughly by many experts. In 1980, however,

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1344-539: The plane for its Copenhagen route. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the number of passengers fell dramatically during 2020. There were 7.525 million passengers this year, a majority of these in January and February when restrictions were yet not issued. The Group Annual Report 2020 showed 600 million DKK in deficit. Copenhagen Airport has two terminals for check-in, Terminals 2 and 3, which handle all flights and share

1386-601: Was 1,400 metres (4,600 ft) long and 65 m (213 ft) wide. When World War II ended in May 1945, Copenhagen had the most modern international airport in Europe , because the airport remained untouched by actual acts of war. On 1 August 1947, Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) was founded, an important event for the Copenhagen Airport, as Copenhagen was to be the main hub for the airline. Traffic increased rapidly in

1428-500: Was a prosperous seafaring town in the latter half of the 19th century, and its charming harbour front is still in use. Dragør was founded in the 12th century, and grew quickly as a fishing port. In 1370, the Hanseatic League was granted some trade privileges in the town. Dragør continued to grow - as the home of one of the largest fishing fleets in the country and as a base for salting and processing fish. The first part of

1470-403: Was also on generating an oasis where international travellers could relax: beautiful architecture, Scandinavian design, and pleasant, light, and comfortable surroundings with plenty of shops, restaurants, and other facilities providing enjoyment and pleasure. The new cargo terminal was built in the eastern area of the airport. From 1984, SAS operated a marine link from the airport to Malmö, across

1512-560: Was considered too small to remain as an independent municipality). The inhabitants would have preferred to remain as independent municipalities. Store Magleby , which was larger in area than Dragør, had a large number of subdivisions (Danish (singular): parcel;udstykning) with owner-occupied homes built on the boundary with Dragør (as far away from the noise as possible from planes landing at Copenhagen Airport , and taking restrictions in building regulations (inside city (built-up area) limits versus outside city limits) into consideration) before

1554-525: Was designed by Vilhelm Lauritzen , who was considered a pioneer among architects, in terms not only of architecture and construction, but also of service and passenger comfort. In the years of World War II , the Copenhagen airport was closed for civil operations except for periodic flights to destinations in Sweden , Germany , and Austria . In the summer of 1941 the first hard-surface runway opened. It

1596-450: Was expanded several times and new hangars were erected. In 1954, Scandinavian Airlines began the world's first trans-polar route, flying initially to Los Angeles . The route proved to be a publicity coup, and for some years Copenhagen became a popular transit point for Hollywood stars and producers flying to Europe – also the airport handled 11,000 tonnes of freight per year. In 1956, the airport handled 1 million passengers per year and won

1638-492: Was expanded with another jetbridge at DKK 10M to facilitate the Emirates Airbus A380 to Dubai from December 2015, which was the first 2-class A380 carrying 615 passengers. Pier E began construction in 2016 and was finished in May 2019 and opened on June 4, 2019. SAS have moved most of its long-haul flight from pier C to E. Despite the short distance to the city centre, approaches to, and departures from,

1680-461: Was not merged with any adjacent municipality under the municipal reform of 2007 , as it agreed to enter into a "municipal cooperation agreement" with Tårnby Municipality . Prior to its dissolution, Maersk Air had its headquarters in Dragør in the municipality. When it existed, Sterling Airlines had its head office at Copenhagen Airport South in Dragør. Dragør's municipal council consists of 15 members, elected every four years. Below are

1722-455: Was originally called Kastrup Airport, after the small town of Kastrup , now part of the Tårnby municipality. The formal name is still Copenhagen Airport, Kastrup, to distinguish it from Roskilde Airport. The airport was inaugurated 20 April 1925 and was one of the first civil airports in the world. It consisted of a large, impressive terminal built of wood, a couple of hangars, a balloon mast,

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1764-414: Was relocated to a new domestic terminal (the eastern part of Terminal 1). The (current) international terminal was supplemented with a new pier (C) and a separate arrivals hall (the building between Terminals 2 and 3). A new control tower and 3,600 metres (11,800 ft) of additional runways allowed take-offs and landings to take place at the same time. When the comprehensive expansion was completed in 1972,

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