Bornholm Airport ( da, Bornholms Lufthavn) is a

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airport located 2.7 nautical miles (5 km) southeast of

Rønne Rønne ( sv, Rönne) is the largest town on the Danish island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea. It has a population of 13,807 (1 January 2022). It was a municipality in its own right from 1970 until 2002, when Bornholm was a county (Danish: ''Bornh ...

, on the island of

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. The airport is operated by

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(''The Danish Civil Aviation Administration'') with the air traffic control provided by

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History

In 1935, representatives of

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, Rønne municipality and

Det Danske Luftfartsselskab Det Danske Luftfartselskab A/S or DDL, trading in English as Danish Air Lines, was Denmark's national airline from 1918 until it merged to create Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) in 1951. DDL was established on 29 October 1918, but started its f ...

(DDL) − later a part of

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− agreed to establish an air connection between Rønne and

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...

. The following year ''A/S Den bornholmske Flyveplads'' was founded, with airport construction beginning in 1937. Two years later the first route commenced on a temporary licence from the air transport inspectorate. Flights were however suspended after several days due to runway problems. The airport was officially opened on 16 November 1940, with DDL operating a daily route to Copenhagen. The first temporary terminal was erected shortly after, in 1941, however it wasn't until 1961 that the proper terminal building was built. In 1947 the Danish state took control over the airport, changing its name to ''Rønne Airport''. The name of the airport was changed again in 1992, this time to Bornholm Airport in order to facilitate its marketing as a holiday destination. In 1982, the operations were taken over by

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, later a part of

Sterling Airlines Sterling Airlines A/S was a low-cost airline with its head office at Copenhagen Airport South in Dragør, Dragør Municipality, Denmark. It was created in September 2005 through the merger of two Danish airlines — Sterling European Airlin ...

. Heavy losses of the former forced it to abandon the route in 2002, which was then taken over by

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. In 2005

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became the second carrier at Bornholm Airport, increasing competition on the route. The airline decided to abandon the Copenhagen–Bornholm route in 2008, but took it up again after the bankruptcy of Cimber Sterling in 2012.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at the airport:

Statistics

References

* AIP Denmark
Bornholm/Roenne - EKRN
* VFR Flight Guide Denmark
Bornholm/Roenne - EKRN

External links

Bornholm Airport

Bornholms Lufthavn

Official airport webcam
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History

Airlines and destinations

Statistics

See also

References

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