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Sønderborg Airport

Sønderborg Lufthavn
Sønderborg Airport; Sønderborg Lufthavn
	IATA: SGD; ICAO: EKSB;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Location	Sønderborg
Elevation AMSL	24 ft / 7 m
Coordinates	54°57′52″N 009°47′30.23″E / 54.96444°N 9.7917306°E
Map
	SGD Location of airport in Denmark
Runways
Statistics (2019)
Passengers
Passengers	73.821
Aircraft movements	11,746

Sønderborg Airport (Danish: Sønderborg Lufthavn) (IATA: SGD, ICAO: EKSB) is an airport located in Sønderborg, Denmark. The airport officially opened in 1968; however, the first flights took place in 1950, and were flown by Sønderjyllands Flyveselskab.^[2]

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at the airport:

Airlines	Destinations
Alsie Express	Copenhagen^[3] Seasonal: Bornholm

Cimber Sterling operated the connection to Copenhagen until 3 May 2012, when the airline filed for bankruptcy.^[4] DAT took over the route to Copenhagen just hours after. In April 2013 Alsie Express was founded and started operating between Sønderborg and Copenhagen. Soon after Alsie Express started flying, DAT stopped operating the route.

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at SGD airport. See Wikidata query.

Ground transport

The airport is located 7 km (4.3 mi) from Sønderborg city. Transfer is by taxi or own car. Rental car is also available at the airport. Other cities for which the airport is useful include Åbenrå (41 km (25 mi)), Tønder (70 km (43 mi)) and Flensburg (in Germany, 55 km (34 mi)).