# Copenhagen Roskilde Airport (RKE / EKRK)

**Copenhagen Roskilde Airport** (IATA: RKE, ICAO: EKRK) is a medium airport in Roskilde, Zealand, Denmark. It opened in 1973. It has 2 runways; the longest is 1,740 m (5,709 ft). In 2025 it handled 9 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: RKE / EKRK
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Roskilde, Zealand, Denmark
- Opened: 1973
- Elevation: 45 m / 146 ft
- Coordinates: 55.5856, 12.1314
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 1,740 m / 5,709 ft
- Passengers: 9,044 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Copenhagen
- Website: http://www.rke.dk
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roskilde_Airport (18 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1431775
- Weather station: EKRK · WMO 06170
- Ident: EKRK

## Timeline

- 1973: Copenhagen Roskilde Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11/29 | 1,740 m / 5,709 ft | 32 m / 105 ft | Asphalt | 116° / 296° | yes |
| 03/21 | 1,500 m / 4,921 ft | 32 m / 105 ft | Asphalt | 031° / 211° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 7,233 | Eurostat |
| 2015 | 7,722 | Eurostat |
| 2016 | 7,517 | Eurostat |
| 2017 | 7,265 | Eurostat |
| 2018 | 5,699 | Eurostat |
| 2019 | 6,307 | Eurostat |
| 2020 | 6,671 | Eurostat |
| 2021 | 9,233 | Eurostat |
| 2022 | 13,406 | Eurostat |
| 2023 | 10,015 | Eurostat |
| 2024 | 10,461 | Eurostat |
| 2025 | 9,044 | Eurostat |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (1)

- [BYR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ekls.md) Læsø Airport · Denmark · 201 km / 125 mi · Copenhagen Air Taxi

## Airlines

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

### Hub airlines (1)

- W2 [Flexflight](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flexflight)

### Passenger (1)

- CAT [Copenhagen Air Taxi](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/copenhagen-air-taxi) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 9K (2025) | #2,728 of 3,974 | #561 in Europe | #9 in DK |
| Longest runway | 1,740 m / 5,709 ft | =5,108 of 29,858 | #869 in Europe | #11 in DK |
| Elevation | 45 m / 146 ft | =35,446 of 43,403 | =4,643 in Europe | #9 in DK |
| Age | Opened 1973 | =6,831 of 15,079 | =1,164 in Europe | #11 in DK |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =135 in Europe | =4 in DK |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 125.525 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 123.800 |
| MISC | HANDLING | 130.225 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.900 |
| TWR |  | 119.650 |

## Nearby airports

- [CPH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ekch.md) Copenhagen Kastrup Airport · 33 km / 21 mi
- [MMX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/esms.md) Malmö Sturup Airport · 78 km / 49 mi
- [ESTL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/estl.md) Ljungbyhed Airfield · 87 km / 54 mi
- [AGH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/esta.md) Ängelholm-Helsingborg Airport · 91 km / 56 mi
- [MRW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ekmb.md) Lolland Falster Maribo Airport · 108 km / 67 mi
- [ODE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ekod.md) Odense Hans Christian Andersen Airport · 114 km / 71 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: “Roskilde Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roskilde_Airport&oldid=1369836937), revision of 17 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/ekrk/data