Billund’s Airport City Starts to take shape

Air Cargo Week (ACW)
28 Jan 2026

Billund Airport is set to embark on a major expansion of its logistics operations with a new DKK 80 million air cargo facility in partnership with local trucking giant HT Transport. The project, scheduled to break ground in spring 2026, will mark the first tangible step in the airport’s long-term Airport City vision.

“This is part of the strategic vision that we set out a few years back, wanting to create the Airport City,” says Kaspar Andreas Nissen, Senior Manager for Air Cargo at Billund Airport. He explains that while the northern side of the airport is dedicated to passenger services, the southern side is focused entirely on logistics.

The new facility will be built just outside of, but connected to, Cargo Handling Billund Airport, and will cover roughly 8,700 m² of cross-docking space, alongside administrative offices, and will accommodate 54 truck docks, a significant expansion from the usual six to eight. “Being able to use these facilities, both the truck docking facilities and the warehouse facilities, really gives us the span for when things tighten up,” Nissen explains...

Billund's Airport City starts to take shape - Air Cargo Week - 28 Jan 2026