Denmark
airport closes due to drones, two days after incursions in Copenhagen and Oslo
Police
say the drones over Aalborg airport followed a similar pattern to the ones that
had halted flights at Copenhagen airport a few days earlier
Ima
Caldwell and agencies
Thu 25
Sep 2025 08.10 CEST
Denmark’s
Aalborg airport was closed for hours due to drones in its airspace, local
police said early on Thursday, two days after the country’s main Copenhagen
airport was shut over drone sightings that rattled European aviation.
Danish
national police said the drones followed a similar pattern to the ones that had
halted flights at Copenhagen airport for four hours a few days earlier. The
country’s armed forces were also affected, as Aalborg airport is used as a
military base, they added.
Danish
police verified drone activity also occurred on Wednesday evening at Esbjerg,
Sønderborg and Skrydstrup airports in a statement and posts on X early on
Thursday morning, though they were not closed.
In an
update after midnight, the country’s police commissioner, Chief Police
Inspector Jesper Bøjgaard Madsen, said attempts would be made to “take down”
the drones.
“We have
not succeeded in taking down the drones themselves,” police said.
Denmark
said on Tuesday the incident at Copenhagen airport was the most serious attack
yet on its critical infrastructure and linked it to a series of suspected
Russian drone incursions and other disruptions across Europe.
Authorities
in Norway also shut the airspace at Oslo airport for three hours on Monday
evening after a drone was seen.
Northern
Jutland police told reporters that “more than one drone” had been sighted near
Aalborg airport and they were flying with lights on.
The
drones were first sighted at about 9.44 pm local time on Wednesday, according
to police, and remained in the airspace at the time of the press briefing at
12.05 am on Thursday.
Northern
Jutland police said they could not specify the type of drones or whether they
were the same as the ones flying over Copenhagen airport on Monday.
“It is
too early to say what the goal of the drones is and who is the actor behind,” a
police official said.
Norwegian
and Danish authorities are in close contact over the Copenhagen and Oslo
incidents on Monday but their investigation has not yet established a
connection, Norway’s foreign minister said on Wednesday.
Eurocontrol,
which oversees European air traffic control, said arrivals and departures at
Aalborg airport would be at a “zero rate” until 0400 GMT on Thursday due to
drone activity in the vicinity.
Police
said they were investigating further on site in collaboration with the national
security agency and Danish Armed forces, and there was no danger to passengers
at the airport or residents in the area.
They
added that three flights had been diverted to other airports.
The
police commissioner encouraged witnesses to document suspicious drone activity
in the highest resolution possible and asked those with relevant information to
contact the authorities.
Police
said there is “nothing that prevents air traffic from being resumed” and urged
passengers to stay up to date with the relevant airline’s website and
communications.
With
Reuters and Agence France-Presse
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