Aarhus Airport
Aarhus Airport
Aarhus Airport (IATA: AAR, ICAO: EKAH) is an international airport located 19.4 nautical miles (35.9 km; 22.3 mi) northeast of Aarhus, Denmark.
Location
56.303°N, 10.618°E · 25 m s. n. m. (82 ft)
General data
Runways · 2
Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.
Radio frequencies · 2
Tower
Approach
Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.
History
The airfield was established in 1943 by German occupying forces in World War II and was later used as a Cold War military base for the Danish and other allied airforces until the 1990s. The airport still contains a small military depot and plays host to occasional training exercises; the last NATO exercise was in 2007.
The current passenger terminal dates from 1981 with renovations performed between 2007 and 2009 and again in late 2016. Since 1946, the airport has carried civilian traffic and is the primary gateway for Aarhus, located 40 km from the city centre via the Djursland motorway. Since December 2016, the local authority of Aarhus Kommune is the major shareholder in the airport,
The airport carried 500,490 passengers in 2019.
In March 2021, a construction project was announced. The project is scheduled to be completed in 2022. It includes a new hotel and increases terminal floor area from 5,000 m2 (54,000 sq ft) to 10,000 m2 (110,000 sq ft). Three new gates will be built so the airport has seven in total.
Airlines operating here · 7
Other airlines with direct routes
Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).
Photo: EHRENBERG Kommunikation · CC BY 2.0 · view original
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APA
Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Aarhus Airport (AAR). Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/AAR
MLA
“Aarhus Airport (AAR).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/AAR. Accessed 16 Oct. 2026.
Chicago
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Harvard
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BibTeX
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title = {{Aarhus Airport (AAR)}},
publisher = {Fundación Poderia},
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date = {2026-10-15},
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howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/AAR}},
urldate = {2026-10-16},
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}Wikipedia
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