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Car hire at Billund Airport - Gateway to Western Denmark

The second-largest airport in the country after Copenhagen (the capital), Billund Airport handles around three million passenger movements annually and is the main international gateway for people visiting the western parts of Denmark. Besides its very close proximity to Legoland, one of the most famous visitor attractions in the north of Europe, it is situated only a couple of kilometres from Billund city centre and lies within striking distance of many other popular Danish towns and cities, such as Vejle (28km), Kolding (41km), Esbjerg (61km) and Aarhus (98km).

Billund Airport is connected to more than fifty-five different European airports (including Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Paris, Helsinki, Istanbul, Brussels, Warsaw and London), which means that with a single stopover travellers can reach the city from well over 500 cities worldwide. Opened in the early 1960s, it has since become increasingly popular among visitors to the enchanting Jutland Peninsula region of Denmark and in 2002 the airport's facilities were further improved with a new terminal designed to cater for the steady growth of international traffic.

Billund's burgeoning tourism portfolio was triggered in 1968 by the opening of Legoland, the second-largest visitor attraction in Denmark after the world-famous Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen. Today, Legoland is an amazing theme park with several first-class roller coasters (such as Flying Eagle, Dragen and X-treme Racers) and many other incredible experiences for all the family. But Billund isn't only about Legoland, it also has Lalandia (a tropical water park) and the Gyttegård Plantation covering some 500 hectares of forest on the edge of town.

With a car hire from Billund Airport, the whole of western Denmark is your oyster, most notably Jutland, a large peninsula that separates the North and Baltic seas and features the lovely city of Aarhus, which was originally a bustling Viking settlement where a fascinating living museum of historic buildings can be visited. Another tourism highlight close to Billund is Thy National Park which covers about 250 square-kilometres and is the largest and oldest park of its kind in Denmark.

With over 28,000 pick-up points available at more than 190 popular destinations worldwide, Auto Europe offers outstanding car rental services in Billund and many other key towns and cities in Denmark, including Copenhagen and Aalborg. You can book your cheap car rental at Billund Airport online now at the lowest rates or contact our award-winning rental specialists for assistance and they will happy to find you the best deal. For added peace of mind, take a look at the comments posted by some of our previous customers on our Billund car hire reviews page.

Airport Information

Billund Airport's roots go back to 1961 when the son of the Lego Group founder, Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, built a private 800-metre-long runway with adjoining hangar just to the north of his manufacturing plant close to the city of Billund. After subsequent expansion development over the following sixty years, the airport today handles an average of 3,000,000-plus passengers a year and millions of kilos of cargo. Its main runway can handle airliners as large as the Boeing 747, although most passengers arrive on smaller commercial jets such as ATR-72s, Boeing 737s and Airbus A320s.

Billund Airport (BLL)
Address: Billund Lufthavn A/S, Passagerterminalen 10, 7190 Billund, Denmark
Telephone: +45 76 50 50 50
Airlines operating at Billund Airport: The list of the most important airlines operating at Billund Airport currently includes Air France Hop, airBaltic, Airseven, Atlantic Airways, Austrian Airlines, British Airways (London–City and London–Heathrow), Bulgaria Air, Corendon Airlines, DAT, Eurowings, Flyr, Icelandair, Jet Time, KLM, LOT Polish Airlines, Lufthansa, Novair, Pegasus Airlines, Ryanair (Birmingham, Dublin, Edinburgh, London–Stansted and Manchester), Scandinavian Airlines, SkyAlps, Sunclass Airlines, SunExpress, Swiss International Air Lines, Turkish Airlines, Vueling, Widerøe and Wizz Air.

Where to pick up my car hire at Billund Airport

To pick up your car rental at Billund Airport, just head for the respective desk of your preferred vehicle supplier in the main Arrivals section of the terminal building after passing through the baggage-claim area. Please note that to speed up the collection process, it helps if you have all you documents ready to hand, such as your passport, driving licence, car hire voucher and coverage details.

Car hire operating hours

	Avis at Billund Airport Arrivals Terminal, Billund, Denmark 7190 +45 7024 7770	Opening Hours: Sun-Tue 9am-11.30pm, Wed-Fri 9am-7.30pm and Sat 9am-3pm
	Budget at Billund Airport Arrivals Terminal, Billund, Denmark7190 +45 75 35 39 00	Opening Hours: Sun-Tue 9am-11.30pm, Wed-Fri 9am-7.30pm and Sat 9am-3pm
	Europcar at Billund Airport Arrivals Terminal Billund, Denmark 7190 +45 75 331 533	Opening Hours: Daily 8am-10.45pm
	Hertz at Billund Airport Arrivals Terminal Billund, Denmark 7190 +45 33 17 90 50	Opening Hours: Mon-Fri 7.30am-11pm
	Sixt at Billund Airport Arrivals Terminal Billund, Denmark 7190 +45 32 46 29 45	Opening Hours: Sun-Fri 8am-11.30pm and Sat 8am-3pm

Terminals

Passengers arriving and departing at Billund Airport will find two terminals with a total of 16 gates. Covering more than 40,000 square-metres, the newest of the two is large, ultra-modern and designed to handle some 3.5 million passengers each year. Passengers can go to and from the aircraft either via walkways or by being transported to and from sixteen remote parking areas on a shuttle. The old terminal is now used as a business and general aviation centre mostly for the corporate sector as well as a busy cargo terminal.

Airport Facilities

Travellers arriving to collect their car hire at Billund Airport have every conceivable facility and amenity available to them, including an efficient tourist information counter where last-minute hotel bookings can be made. Money matters are well catered for by Global Exchange Denmark who have three branches inside the airport terminal close to the check-in desks and in both the Arrivals and Departures halls. There's an extensive choice of places to eat and drink, such as a popular café, sandwich bar, restaurant and pastry shop in the heart of the passenger terminal. Besides a large Duty-free store, the main attraction in the shopping area is the airport's very own Lego shop (where some very exclusive products are on sale), a large fashion outlet and a stylish boutique selling Danish household goods and high-quality jewellery. There's free Wi-Fi Internet access throughout the terminal building and the airport also has some modern meeting rooms located on the third-floor. Billund Airport is also fully accessible to disabled travellers with lifts, specially-adapted toilets and designated parking spaces available to passengers of reduced mobility.

How to get to and from Billund Airport

If you are arriving to pick up your car hire at Billund Airport from the city centre, you just need to follow the signs to Nordmarksvej north past Legoland before turning right on to Bastlundvej where you'll immediately see the airport directly on your right-hand side. There are regular airport buses to Horsens, Skanderborg and Aarhus plus a few more additional bus services that operate between the airport and Billund city centre. The distance from Billund Airport to the centre of Billund is 4 kilometres, so by car it will only take you about 7 minutes to get to the city centre outside the morning and evening rush-hour. Numerous bus routes stop at the airport arriving from destinations all over western Denmark, such as buses 143 and 144 which link the airport with both Legoland and Billund city centre with a journey time of around 10 minutes outside the rush-hour. Taxis are also readily available immediately outside the main terminal building.

Parking Tips

Billund is a city bursting with tourist attractions, all of which offer an excellent range of parking options. Just off Byens Pl and Gammelbro you’ll find the amazing LEGO House where you can park at Hovegaden 24 or in Granvej 9. For visitors who rent a car at Billund Airport and decide to park in the heart of the city centre, it's worth remembering that some spaces are free for up to two hours. The Legoland Billund Resort (another popular attraction) is situated just off Nordmarksvej and it's possible to park in car parks P1, P2, P3 and P5 for a small fee. Billun Airport has both short- and long-term car parks available, which are located immediately opposite the main terminal building. All the airport's car parks have security patrols and free shuttle buses to and from both the Arrivals and Departures areas.

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