Billund Airport is an airport in Denmark. Located 1.9 km northeast of Billund, it is one of the busiest air cargo hubs in the country and serves as a charter airline and private jet destination. Most major airports in Europe are connected to Billund by daily scheduled flights. The nearby Legoland Billund park is one of the largest tourist attractions in Denmark outside Copenhagen.
The airport handles on average more than three million passengers and millions of kilos of cargo per year. The airport’s main runway can handle aircraft as large as the Boeing 747, but most passengers arrive in smaller aircraft such as ATR-72s, Boeing 737s and Airbus A320s. Boeing 747 activity at this airport is almost exclusively limited to cargo flights
Denmark private jet charter prices
Although Billund Airport air charter fees depend on variables such as the number of passengers, departure airport, flight time, aircraft position, flight date, the prices for private jet charter from Istanbul → Billund are as follows.
| Light Jet | 17.750 EUR |
| Midsize Jet | 21.300 EUR |
| Heavy Jet | 30.800 EUR |
These prices are average amounts and you can contact us on our flight reservation screen or by phone for the most accurate price information
History of Billund Airport
Billund Airport started in 1961 when Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, son of the founder of the Lego Group, built an 800 metre long private runway and hangar north of his factory in Billund. With Christiansen as an important driving force, more of the neighbouring municipalities were included in the group of owners and the airport was planned to be expanded into a regular public airport.
Construction of the new airport was completed in 1964 and the airport opened on 1 November with a runway 1660 metres long and 45 metres wide, a small platform for servicing aircraft and a control tower for the controller. Lego’s former chief pilot Hans Erik Christensen became the director and passengers were served in Lego’s hangar until the first terminal building was opened in spring 1966. The airport was continuously expanded in the following years with new facilities, terminal buildings, a waiting hall, tax-exempt area and hangars with LC Johansen’s studio often participating as architect.
In 1997, an architectural competition was organised for a new 40,000 m² passenger terminal north of the original airport, designed to serve 3.5 million passengers per year. KHR Architects won the tender and completed the construction in co-operation with COWI, and at the end of May 2002 the new passenger terminal was opened for use as the first phase of a future expansion planned to be located north of the start and runway.
In 2008 the entire runway was renovated and tarmacked and a new taxiway, nicknamed “Mike”, was built. This major task took only 14 hours. As of mid-2009, the airport was served regularly by nine airlines, of which KLM had the busiest route to Amsterdam Schiphol with more than 200,000 passengers per year. In 2011, Ryanair announced that Billund Airport would be the base for two Boeing 737 aircraft, effective 25 March 2012. At the same time, Ryanair launched five new routes.
In 2014, Lego produced a special Lego Architecture kit, which can only be purchased in the departure lounge of the airport. The new terminal was inaugurated in 2019 at a cost of 100 million Danish kroner
What to see in Billund, the city where Lego was born
Billund, located in the centre of Jutland, is known as the birthplace of Lego and the city where the original factories are located. Of course, the first point to see in the city is Legoland.
Apart from Legoland, other places to visit in the city include Kongernes Jelling – The House of the Vikings, which is protected by UNESCO, Givskud Zoo, one of the largest zoos in Northern Europe, Vandel Bunker-Museum, which was actively used as an airport until 2003 and now serves as a shelter, Skulpturpark, a 1.3 kilometre long nature park decorated with modern sculptures, Lalandia Billund, an entertainment and activity complex opened in 2009, and Grindsted Kirke, known as the calmest and quietest spot in the city.
Transportation from Billund Airport to the city centre
There are options such as taxi, bus and car rental among the ways to get from the airport to Billund city centre, which has gained worldwide popularity thanks to Legoland.
There are taxis from many different companies at the airport exit. The taxis operate 24/7 and you can pay by credit card and all drivers speak English.
It is possible to reach the city centre with 9 different lines departing from the stops located at the exit of Billund Airport terminal building. Buses numbered 43, 44, 166, 144, 119, 143, 179, 166, 119 serve at different times of the day. The buses, which run between 04:00 in the morning and 00:00 at night, reach the city centre in an average of 10 minutes depending on the traffic density.
There are also private car rental offices of companies such as Avis, Budget, Hertz, Sixt, Enterprise and Billeje in the port.
