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Aarhus Airport (EKAH) lies at Tirstrup, some 19 nautical miles northeast of Aarhus in Region Midtjylland, and serves as the main civil gateway to Denmark's second city. Built by the German occupying forces in 1943 and later a Cold War military base, it now combines scheduled and charter airline traffic with a residual military presence, all under full ATC control with ILS-equipped runways.
Aarhus Airport is a public international airport at Tirstrup, operated by Aarhus Airport A/S, serving Aarhus and the wider Djursland area of Denmark. For a visiting VFR or IFR pilot it offers a substantial, controlled aerodrome with long, ILS-equipped hard runways, a mix of airline and general traffic, and a history stretching back to wartime military origins - a field of real interest for anyone wanting to experience a mid-sized European international airport in the simulator.
The airport sits at Tirstrup, about 19.4 nautical miles (35.9 km) northeast of Aarhus city centre, reached from the city via the Djursland motorway. As an international airport handling scheduled and charter services it operates within controlled airspace, with approach and tower services provided (see Radio and Navigation below).
Aarhus Airport has two parallel hard-surfaced runways. Runway 10R/28L is the longer of the pair, with 10R at 9,562 ft and 28L at 9,770 ft, both lit and served by ILS. Runway 10L/28R is 9,063 ft in each direction, also hard-surfaced and lit, but without ILS.
Approach control is available on 119.275 MHz, with tower on 118.525 MHz. A further frequency, 130.225 MHz, is listed for miscellaneous and handling use. The airport is equipped with ILS on runway 10R/28L, supporting instrument approaches to that runway.
The airfield was established in 1943 by German occupying forces during the Second World War. Following the war it began carrying civilian traffic from 1946, while also serving as a Cold War military base for Danish and allied air forces into the 1990s. A small military depot remains on the airport, which has hosted occasional NATO training exercises, the most recent in 2007. The current passenger terminal dates from 1981, with renovations carried out between 2007 and 2009 and again in late 2016. Since December 2016 the local authority of Aarhus Kommune has been the airport's major shareholder, and in March 2021 a construction project was announced to enlarge the terminal, scheduled for completion in 2022.
Aarhus Airport today handles scheduled and charter services from carriers including Scandinavian Airlines, Ryanair, Norwegian Air Shuttle, Pegasus Airlines, Air Cairo, Aegean Airlines and Airseven, alongside its retained military depot facility. Given its status as a controlled international airport with airline operations, prior permission is required for visiting light aircraft.
