Denmark reopens airports after hours-long shutdown due to drone incursions

Airports in western Denmark reopen after being shut for hours when unidentified drones flew into their airspace overnight.

Billund airport, Denmark’s second biggest, was closed for an hour, and Aalborg, used for commercial and military flights, was closed for three hours due to drone incursions late on Wednesday, Danish police say.

Drones had also been observed near airports in Esbjerg and Sonderborg, as well as Skrydstrup airbase, home to some of Denmark’s F-16 and F-35 fighter jets.

Danish national police say the drones followed a similar pattern to ones that had halted flights at Copenhagen airport late on Monday and early Tuesday.

Police describe that as the most serious “attack” yet on its critical infrastructure and link it to a series of suspected Russian drone incursions and other disruptions across Europe, without giving evidence.

Russia’s ambassador to Denmark, Vladimir Barbin, denies any involvement by his country in the Copenhagen incident.