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New Drone Sightings Shut Denmark’s Aalborg Airport as Investigators Probe Wider Nordic Incursions

Officials now warn of a capable operator behind the incursions.

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The Danish police are seen at Copenhagen Airport, in Kastrup near Copenhagen, on September 22, 2025. Danish police said on September 23, 2025 they did not know who was responsible for flying drones over Copenhagen airport the previous evening, but that they appeared to have been knowledgeable. "The number, size, flight patterns, time over the airport. All this together ... indicates that it is a capable actor. Which capable actor, I do not know," police inspector Jens Jespersen told reporters. The airport was closed for several hours before reopening early Tuesday, causing numerous delays and travel disruptions to 20,000 passengers, airport officials said. (Photo by Steven Knap / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP) / Denmark OUT (Photo by STEVEN KNAP/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images)
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Overview

  • Northern Jutland police halted all flights at Aalborg on Wednesday night after more than one drone with lights on was seen, with Eurocontrol setting traffic to zero until 0400 GMT and the co-located military base affected, alongside reports of drones near Esbjerg, Sønderborg and Skrydstrup airfields.
  • Danish national police said the activity mirrors the two to three large drones that closed Copenhagen Airport for nearly four hours on Monday, forcing dozens of diversions and causing delays and cancellations affecting about 20,000 passengers.
  • Copenhagen police described the pilot as a “capable operator” flying from multiple directions with lights switching on and off, and authorities decided against shooting the drones down due to the risk to passengers, aircraft and nearby fuel facilities.
  • Multiagency investigations now involve local police, the armed forces and the intelligence service PET with cross-border coordination, and officials have not attributed responsibility while saying potential Russian involvement cannot be confirmed.
  • Norway briefly closed Oslo Airport after a separate sighting, and police detained two people for flying drones over the restricted Akershus Fortress area in Oslo with no established link to the airport disruptions.