# Sønderborg Airport (SGD / EKSB)

**Sønderborg Airport** (IATA: SGD, ICAO: EKSB) is a medium airport in Sønderborg, South Denmark, Denmark. It opened in 1950. It has one runway, 1,797 m (5,895 ft) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 64 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: SGD / EKSB
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Sønderborg, South Denmark, Denmark
- Opened: 1950
- Elevation: 7 m / 24 ft
- Coordinates: 54.9644, 9.7917
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,797 m / 5,895 ft
- Passengers: 64,144 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Copenhagen
- Website: http://www.sonderborg-lufthavn.dk/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B8nderborg_Airport (18 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1432970
- Weather station: EKSB · WMO 06118
- Ident: EKSB

## Timeline

- 1950: Sønderborg Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 14/32 | 1,797 m / 5,895 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 139° / 319° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 57,575 | Eurostat |
| 2015 | 56,008 | Eurostat |
| 2016 | 57,417 | Eurostat |
| 2017 | 62,841 | Eurostat |
| 2018 | 71,833 | Eurostat |
| 2019 | 73,543 | Eurostat |
| 2020 | 21,891 | Eurostat |
| 2021 | 27,857 | Eurostat |
| 2022 | 46,117 | Eurostat |
| 2023 | 49,217 | Eurostat |
| 2024 | 57,341 | Eurostat |
| 2025 | 64,144 | Eurostat |

## Routes

3 destinations in 2 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [CPH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ekch.md) Copenhagen Kastrup Airport · Denmark · 195 km / 121 mi · Alsie Express
- [JER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egjj.md) Jersey Airport · Jersey · 1,037 km / 644 mi · Alsie Express

### Seasonal (1)

- [RNN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ekrn.md) Bornholm Airport · Denmark · 317 km / 197 mi · Alsie Express

## Airlines

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

### Hub airlines (2)

- 6I [Alsie Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/alsie-express) · 3
- 6I [Air Alsie](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-alsie)

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 64K (2025) | #1,982 of 3,974 | #423 in Europe | #6 in DK |
| Longest runway | 1,797 m / 5,895 ft | =4,979 of 29,858 | #858 in Europe | #10 in DK |
| Elevation | 7 m / 24 ft | =40,976 of 43,403 | =5,524 in Europe | #44 in DK |
| Age | Opened 1950 | =3,626 of 15,079 | =762 in Europe | #6 in DK |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =12 in DK |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | AFIS | 126.400 |

## Nearby airports

- [SKS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eksp.md) Skrydstrup Air Base · 44 km / 27 mi
- [WBG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/etns.md) Schleswig Air Base · 59 km / 37 mi
- [EKVD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ekvd.md) Kolding Vamdrup Airfield · 60 km / 37 mi
- [ODE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ekod.md) Odense Hans Christian Andersen Airport · 66 km / 41 mi
- [KEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edhk.md) Kiel-Holtenau Airport · 69 km / 43 mi
- [ETNH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/etnh.md) Hohn Air Base · 74 km / 46 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: “Sønderborg Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sønderborg_Airport&oldid=1371343792), revision of 26 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/eksb/data