Billund Airport

Billund Airport (IATA: BLL, ICAO: EKBI) located 1 NM (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) northeast of Billund, Denmark, serves as one of Denmark's busiest air cargo centers, as well as a charter airline destination, although some regular airlines also offer flights there. The proximity of the airport to the LEGOLAND theme park in Billund arguably makes it easier for the airport to attract passengers, and to lure more airlines into operating to the airport. With the advent of the jet era, travel to Europe on the rise and such airlines as Air France, BOAC, Iberia, and United States airlines, particularly Pan Am and TWA making international advances, it was decided that an airport was needed in Billund during the 1960s. To build the airport, the Billund...