The catchment area of Copenhagen Airport

In the beginning of 2008 Cowi Consult did an analysis on the catchment area of Copenhagen Airport compared to the catchment areas of Hamburg, Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Billund and Aarhus respectively. On the basis of this analysis the following conclustions can be drawn:

• Copenhagen is generally the airport which most citizens can reach in less than half an hour, 1 hour, 1.5 hours and 2 hours respectively.
• The line of demarcation between the catchment areas of Copenhagen and Stockholm is placed about 4 hours drive from the Swedish border. The demarcation is a relatively straight line from Oskarshamn, to Jonkoping, through Lake Vanarn and towards Oslo. 
• From Copenhagen it is faster to use the public transportation system rather than travelling by car to/from a number of areas in the Malmö/Lund region, the north eastern part of Skaane and Smaaland.
• Using the public transportation system you can reach farther up north in Sweden from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) than from Malmö Sturup (MMX).
• The line of demarcation between the airports in Copenhagen and Billund is placed around Nyborg at Funen if you are travelling by car.

The results of the analysis

By clicking the menu options to the left you can see the results of the analysis illustrated on various maps. Beneath you can see the results illustrated graphically.

Source: COWI 2008