Læsø Airport is a small airport serving Læsø, in North Jutland, Denmark. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is BYR.
Key facts
- IATA code
- BYR
- ICAO code
- EKLS
- City
- Læsø
- State or region
- North Jutland
- Country
- Denmark
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 57.2772° N, 11.0001° E
- Elevation
- 8 m (25 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 928 m (3,045 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, BYR means Læsø Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: EKLS. ICAO codes that begin with E belong to northern Europe. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 57.2772° N, 11.0001° E. It stands 8 metres (25 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Gothenburg, about 75 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Europe/Copenhagen, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Læsø Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 928 metres (3,045 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 11 airports of Denmark on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 11.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 928 m 3,045 ft | 23 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Aalborg AirportAalborg | AAL | 72 km |
| Göteborg Landvetter AirportGöteborg, Sweden | GOT | 88 km |
| Aarhus AirportAarhus | AAR | 111 km |
| Halmstad AirportHalmstad, Sweden | HAD | 128 km |
| Trollhättan-Vänersborg AirportTrollhättan, Sweden | THN | 141 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 5,951 km | 7 h 40 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 6,553 km | 8 h 25 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 4,992 km | 6 h 30 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 982 km | 1 h 40 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 6,024 km | 7 h 45 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 8,822 km | 11 h 10 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 10,061 km | 12 h 35 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 8,636 km | 10 h 55 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 16,069 km | 19 h 50 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
Airport data: OurAirports, as downloaded on 11 November 2026. This page does not show live flights, terminals or airlines. For those, use the airport's or the airline's own site. See About and data sources.