CPH

Copenhagen Kastrup Airport

Copenhagen, Denmark

Opened1925ICAOEKCHElev17 ft
The Verdict
53/100Could be worse (but not by much)

Passengers have noticed — and they're not happy about it. And it's getting worse.

Ranked #34 of 42 airportsBased on data from 2001–2026
Operational25%
75Actually decent
Sentiment25%
30Dire
Infrastructure15%
59Passable
Sent. Velocity15%
23Dire
Connectivity10%
98Suspiciously good
Operator10%
50Passable

Carbon Accreditation

Level 6/7Transition
2024

Paris-aligned reductions + offsetting residuals

What People Think

CPH: the airport equivalent of a participation trophy.

3.8Avg Rating / 10
331
ReviewsSkytrax 331
26%Positive
SKYTRAX STARS:★★★★
☆☆☆☆skytrax
Mar 2026

✅ Trip Verified | The passport stamping lines are horrendously long because they don’t staff enough people. Had a 1hr wait to get to the official. Dis...

★★☆☆☆skytrax
Dec 2025

I use this airport frequently and you never know what to expect: Some weeks ago you didn't have to take laptops and liquids out at security, this time...

☆☆☆☆skytrax
Aug 2025

✅ Trip Verified | I fly out of CPH several times a month. This time (Aug 8) I had an evening departure. Due to a packed schedule during the day I thou...

★★☆☆☆skytrax
Aug 2025

✅ Trip Verified | The security process here is ridiculous. One of the most inefficient and unorganized that I’ve seen in my 40 years of internationa...

☆☆☆☆skytrax
Apr 2025

In the US, I’ve never had to take liquids out and put them in separate bags nor have a limit on how much I can bring. So when I went through the TSA l...

Sentiment Trajectory (20082023)+0.04 over 15 years
Then: 3.9/5 (14 reviews)Now: 4.0/5 (14 reviews)
Positive26%
Neutral26%
Negative48%
Queuing
2.7
Cleanliness
3.1
Staff
2.9
Food & Bev
2.6
Wifi
Wayfinding
3.4
Transport
3.6
Shopping

The Numbers

18.1MPassengers (2001)
-0.9%YoY Growth

18.1M passengers in 2001 — still 40% below the 2019 peak, though up 141% from the 2020 COVID crater.

Passenger History

Tardiness Report

2014/12–2014/01 · 0 flights
Flights Delayed
Avg Delay

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245 routes · 6 regions · Top: Oslo Gardermoen Airport (818/mo)
Europe10
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London Heathrow Airport (LHR)527
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)527
Helsinki Vantaa Airport436
Charles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG)371
Frankfurt am Main International Airport334
Zurich Airport327
Vienna International Airport311

Ground Transport

MMetro
RRail
TTram
BBus

Direct rail connection to terminal

The Runway Report

3 Runways
04L/22R11,811ft × 148ft · ASP · Lighted
04R/22L10,827ft × 148ft · ASP · Lighted
12/309,186ft × 148ft · ASPH · Lighted

The Backstory

1925
Opened
ACI Service Quality Awards

None recorded. A clean record — in the worst sense.