# Esbjerg Airport (EBJ / EKEB)

**Esbjerg Airport** (IATA: EBJ, ICAO: EKEB) is a medium airport in Esbjerg, South Denmark, Denmark. It opened in 1971. It has one runway, 2,599 m (8,527 ft) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 50 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ekeb

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: EBJ / EKEB
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Esbjerg, South Denmark, Denmark
- Opened: 1971
- Elevation: 30 m / 97 ft
- Coordinates: 55.5259, 8.5534
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,599 m / 8,527 ft
- Passengers: 50,221 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Copenhagen
- Website: http://www.esbjerg-lufthavn.dk/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esbjerg_Airport (23 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q127148
- Weather station: EKEB · WMO 06080
- Ident: EKEB

## Timeline

- 1971: Esbjerg Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 2,599 m / 8,527 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 079° / 259° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 119,482 | Eurostat |
| 2015 | 122,675 | Eurostat |
| 2016 | 102,853 | Eurostat |
| 2017 | 80,401 | Eurostat |
| 2018 | 76,214 | Eurostat |
| 2019 | 83,081 | Eurostat |
| 2020 | 45,900 | Eurostat |
| 2021 | 45,345 | Eurostat |
| 2022 | 77,992 | Eurostat |
| 2023 | 95,015 | Eurostat |
| 2024 | 77,216 | Eurostat |
| 2025 | 50,221 | Eurostat |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [ABZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egpd.md) Aberdeen International Airport · United Kingdom · 687 km / 427 mi · Loganair

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from EBJ, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- LM [Loganair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/loganair) · 1

Former hub of [Maersk Commuter](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/maersk-commuter).

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 50K (2025) | #2,084 of 3,974 | #439 in Europe | #7 in DK |
| Longest runway | 2,599 m / 8,527 ft | =2,133 of 29,858 | #330 in Europe | #7 in DK |
| Elevation | 30 m / 97 ft | =37,047 of 43,403 | =4,942 in Europe | =23 in DK |
| Age | Opened 1971 | =6,388 of 15,079 | =1,124 in Europe | #10 in DK |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =12 in DK |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | AFIS | 120.150 |
| MISC | HANDLING | 130.575 |

## Nearby airports

- [BLL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ekbi.md) Billund Airport · 45 km / 28 mi
- [EKVD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ekvd.md) Kolding Vamdrup Airfield · 50 km / 31 mi
- [STA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ekvj.md) Stauning Vestjylland Airport · 53 km / 33 mi
- [SKS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eksp.md) Skrydstrup Air Base · 56 km / 35 mi
- [GWT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edxw.md) Westerland Sylt Airport · 69 km / 43 mi
- [KRP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ekka.md) Midtjyllands Airport / Air Base Karup · 92 km / 57 mi

## Sources

- [Eurostat](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/avia_paoa/default/table): Source: Eurostat (avia_paoa) (Eurostat reuse policy (CC BY 4.0))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Esbjerg Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Esbjerg_Airport&oldid=1372125861), revision of 30 Aug 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ekeb/data