AirportsEsbjerg Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Esbjerg, in South Denmark, Denmark. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is EBJ.
Key facts
- IATA code
- EBJ
- ICAO code
- EKEB
- City
- Esbjerg
- State or region
- South Denmark
- Country
- Denmark
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 55.5259° N, 8.5534° E
- Elevation
- 30 m (97 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,599 m (8,527 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, EBJ means Esbjerg Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: EKEB. ICAO codes that begin with E belong to northern Europe. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 55.5259° N, 8.5534° E. It stands 30 metres (97 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Odense, about 117 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
Esbjerg Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,599 metres (8,527 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 11 airports of Denmark on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 6.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 2,599 m 8,527 ft | 45 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Billund AirportBillund | BLL | 45 km |
| Westerland Sylt AirportSylt, Germany | GWT | 69 km |
| Midtjyllands Airport / Air Base KarupKarup | KRP | 92 km |
| Sønderborg AirportSønderborg | SGD | 100 km |
| Odense Hans Christian Andersen AirportOdense | ODE | 112 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 6,097 km | 7 h 50 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 6,661 km | 8 h 30 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 5,050 km | 6 h 35 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 747 km | 1 h 25 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 5,954 km | 7 h 40 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 8,868 km | 11 h 10 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 10,226 km | 12 h 50 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 8,882 km | 11 h 10 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 16,285 km | 20 h 05 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
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