AirportsMidtjyllands Airport / Air Base Karup is a medium-sized airport serving Karup, in Central Jutland, Denmark. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is KRP.
Key facts
- IATA code
- KRP
- ICAO code
- EKKA
- City
- Karup
- State or region
- Central Jutland
- Country
- Denmark
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 56.2971° N, 9.1043° E
- Elevation
- 52 m (170 ft)
- Runways
- 5
- Longest runway
- 2,992 m (9,816 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, KRP means Midtjyllands Airport / Air Base Karup. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: EKKA. ICAO codes that begin with E belong to northern Europe. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 56.2971° N, 9.1043° E. It stands 52 metres (170 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Århus, about 70 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
Midtjyllands Airport / Air Base Karup has 5 runways in the data. The longest is 2,992 metres (9,816 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 3.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09L/27R | 2,992 m 9,816 ft | 23 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 09R/27L | 2,928 m 9,607 ft | 46 m | Concrete and asphalt | Yes |
| 03/21 | 859 m 2,818 ft | 15 m | Concrete and asphalt | Yes |
| 09/27 | 850 m 2,789 ft | 60 m | Grass | not listed |
| 14/32 | 700 m 2,296 ft | 18 m | Concrete and 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 | 62 km |
| Esbjerg AirportEsbjerg | EBJ | 92 km |
| Aarhus AirportAarhus | AAR | 93 km |
| Aalborg AirportAalborg | AAL | 100 km |
| Odense Hans Christian Andersen AirportOdense | ODE | 119 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 6,063 km | 7 h 50 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 6,643 km | 8 h 30 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 5,051 km | 6 h 35 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 824 km | 1 h 30 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 5,955 km | 7 h 40 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 8,827 km | 11 h 10 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 10,184 km | 12 h 45 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 8,794 km | 11 h 05 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 16,219 km | 20 h 00 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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