The private jet terminal at Roskilde Airport

Why it is on the list

Roskilde is owned and run by Copenhagen Airports, the company behind Kastrup, but it carries no airline traffic of any size: it is open day and night, clears customs and immigration for international flights, and serves mostly business jets, air taxis and flight schools.¹ Its own handling team, Roskilde Executive Handling, has looked after private jets here since 2003; it won the 2015 EBAN readers' FBO survey and was voted third in Europe, the Middle East and Africa in the Business Air News FBO Feedback 2025 survey.² Office and lounges are in the main terminal, beside the apron, so the walk from the car to the aircraft steps takes a couple of minutes; central Copenhagen is 30 minutes away by car.²

The runways are 1,500 and 1,799 m long, too short for a fully loaded Boeing 737.¹ For an aircraft that needs a longer runway, or to land closer to the city, take the tarmac arrival with ASE Handling at Kastrup instead.

How to get it

Send the handling request to Roskilde Executive Handling by email, or call +45 32 31 62 20; crews reach the team on 131.550 MHz, "Roskilde Handling".³⁴ Handling is required for every aircraft; ask for premium handling, booked ahead by email, since extras cannot be added to the lighter package.³ Catering, from the airport's own suppliers or outside ones, is ordered through the same team, which quotes on request.³ A take-off or landing between 22:00 and 07:00 local time pays an opening charge: DKK 1,500 for an aircraft under 2,000 kg, DKK 3,500 from 2,000 to 9,999 kg and DKK 5,500 at 10,000 kg and above, covering one aircraft for one hour from the first movement, then a charge for each hour begun.⁵

Discretion

The airport's traffic is business jets, air taxis and training flights, with no large airliners.¹ The passenger lounge sits beside the apron, and the walk from the car outside to the aircraft takes a couple of minutes.⁶²