View Copenhagen Airport Map here

We have always considered that finding a flight is only one part of the journey, and that the onward land connection to your final destination needs to be considered at the time of booking, because finding out later on that you could have flown to a more convenient airport is far too late!
We have produced a sample map showing onward rail connections from Copenhagen airport, and we intend to roll this out across a number of key hub airports in Europe, together with a limited number of worldwide hub cities such as New York, Chicago, Washington DC and Tokyo.

Copenhagen is interesting for two reasons — firstly, if you are trying to get to Malmo in neighbouring Sweden, then it is usually much easier to find flights to Copenhagen and make the short trip across the Oresund bridge. Although Ryanair have recently announced that they will restart flights to Malmo from London Stansted, it will still be quicker to reach central Malmo from Copenhagen by public transport, as the train service is both fast and frequent.

However, whenever one city airport is an alternative for another city, it can often work in the other direction as well, especially if a low-cost airline like Ryanair is offering substantially cheaper fares. Surprisingly, they have not marketed Malmo as ‘Copenhagen East’, even though it is a closer alternative to Copenhagen than the Slovakia and capital Bratislava is to Vienna, which they do market as Vienna East.

Heading west in Denmark, it is possible to reach all other major cities in Denmark within a relatively short time. Although all of the cities on the Jutland peninsular which have commercial airports offer flights to London, there are currently no commercial flights to the UK from Odense. Apart from Lego capital Billund, which still has flights from Edinburgh, only Copenhagen offers a good network of flight choices from UK regional airports.

If, like most flightmapping.com users, you aren’t starting your journey near London, you have two main choices to get to this part of the world — take a connecting flight, usually via Copenhagen, but this involves a very indirect journey. Some connections are also available via Amsterdam. Alternatively, you might find it much easier and cheaper to fly to Copenhagen, and then take the train. All cities in Denmark which have airports have direct train connections to Copenhagen, except for Billund, which can only be reached by train and bus, via Vejle. Many train services to western Denmark offer through connections directly from Copenhagen airport itself, without having to change in central Copenhagen.

For further information about trains in Denmark, visit the DSB journey planner – although we have always found DB (German Railways) to be much easier to navigate. Both are in English.

A note about the Oresund bridge — if, like us, you have an interest in architecture and engineering, then you will probably want to include a crossing of the Oresund bridge in your visit to Denmark and southern Sweden. In our view, this bridge is perhaps third only to the Millau Viaduct and the Forth Rail Bridge (see Edinburgh Airport Approach!). Note that this cable stayed structure has two decks, with the railway running below four lanes of highway. To get the best views, you will need to use the highway. Details about travel across the Oresund Bridge from Copenhagen Airport are here. Note – Copenhagen Airport is right next to the Oresund Bridge – you can travel straight out and back, but we at least suggest a visit to the Turning Torso in Malmo!