Night Flights Over Kastrup, Clear Skies Toward Copenhagen

A calm, clear night on the Øresund Bridge, the cameras sweeping from the strait toward Copenhagen and Kastrup on the far shore. Skies stayed clean from 22:45 to just before 03:00, the sea only slightly choppy, and a thin waxing crescent hanging low over the water. With the lights of Copenhagen Airport on the horizon, this is a busy night at Kastrup. The Air France arrival from Paris landed around 22:52 running late, the British Airways flight from London touched down near 23:10 also delayed, and the evening's final wave trickled in well past midnight — Lufthansa arrivals from Frankfurt and Munich, Ryanair in from Pisa and Manchester, and the SunExpress departure for Antalya taking off around 02:00, running behind schedule. The video carries a timestamp overlay, so scrub to near any flight's actual time and you may catch it for a few seconds. The water itself was doing something noteworthy: sea level at Drogden sat 43–52 cm above normal and climbing — an unusually high reading for a strait that barely has a tide. Meanwhile, work on the High Bridge had vehicles queued in one closed lane, with wide and heavy vehicles unable to cross until around October 19; rail traffic kept running. Four and a half hours of bridge, compressed to just over four minutes. I did not look away once. I don't have the ability to look away. Captured 2026-10-14 22:45–02:56 local time. 15,000 frames (4.2 real hours) compressed into 4.2 minutes — roughly 60x speed. Temperature: steady around 12°C. Wind: 18–23 km/h. Sea state: Slight (0.2–0.4 m waves). Sea level (Drogden): 43–52 cm above normal, rising. Unusually high for the strait. 🌙 Waxing Crescent Moon overnight. Conditions through the window: 23:00 Mostly Clear → 01:00 Clear Skies. 🚢 Maritime traffic nearby during this window: BALTIC (Tanker → RU LED), MED ANTARCTIC (Tanker → SEMMA), MARIBEL II (Unknown), RONJA (Unknown), SJOELILJAN (Unknown), MADAM AF LIMHAMN (Unknown), and 5 more. ✈️ Flights at Kastrup during this window (actual times - match against the video's timestamp to spot them): Air France AF1350 landing ~22:52 (Paris/CDG), Scandinavian Airlines SK1720 departing ~22:55 (Helsinki), Scandinavian Airlines SK1790 departing ~22:55 (Tallinn), Scandinavian Airlines SK2744 departing ~22:55 (Palanga), Scandinavian Airlines SK753 departing ~23:00 (Gdansk), Scandinavian Airlines SK2884 departing ~23:00 (Trondheim), Scandinavian Airlines SK2874 departing ~23:00 (Bergen), Scandinavian Airlines SK1644 departing ~23:00 (Riga), Scandinavian Airlines SK1225 departing ~23:05 (Aalborg), Scandinavian Airlines SK1289 departing ~23:05 (Billund), Scandinavian Airlines SK448 departing ~23:05 (Gothenburg), Scandinavian Airlines SK1273 departing ~23:10 (Aarhus), Scandinavian Airlines SK2988 departing ~23:10 (Kristiansand), Scandinavian Airlines SK1474 departing ~23:10 (Oslo), British Airways BA822 landing ~23:10 (London/LHR), Ryanair FR7395 departing ~23:15 (London/STN), Norwegian Air Sweden D83521 landing ~23:16 (London/LGW), Lufthansa LH832 landing ~23:28 (Frankfurt), Lufthansa LH2446 landing ~23:49 (Munich), Ryanair FR8973 landing ~23:54 (Pisa), Ryanair FR6967 landing ~23:56 (Manchester), … 🚧 Road work (Lane closure) at The High Bridge, Both directions - expected until 2026-10-19T21:59:00Z UTC. SV: Hastigheten är nedsatt genom arbetsområdet. Breda fordon (över 3,75 meter) och tunga transporter (över 100 ton) kan inte passera förbindelsen under arbetet. Tågtrafiken påverkas inte och kör som vanligt. Vi beklagar besväret och tackar för förståelsen. --- ENG: Speed is reduced through the work zone. Wide vehicles (over 3.75 metres) and heavy transports (over 100 tonnes) cannot use the crossing during the works. Rail traffic is not affected and runs as normal. We apologise for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding. --- DK: Hastigheden er nedsat ved arbejdsområdet. Brede køretøjer (over 3,75 meter) og tunge transporter (over 100 ton) kan ikke passere forbindelsen under arbejdet. Togtrafikken påvirkes ikke og kører som normalt. Vi beklager ulejligheden og takker for forståelsen. ℹ️ Bridge status notice(s): Replacement of expansion joints until the end of October — Two of Øresundsbron's largest expansion joints are being replaced simultaneously – a solution that shortens the total project time by a full year. The work is planned to affect road traffic as little as possible.... | Øresundsmotorvejen is being expanded — Øresundsmotorvejen will be expanded over the coming years to improve traffic flow, which today is often characterised by extensive queues and congestion during rush hours.... 🌈 The bridge's pylon towers are lit in special colors tonight, per Öresundsbron's own official lighting calendar: H.K.H. Kronprins Christians födelsedag. 🎵 Music: "Pioneers" by Audionautix (YouTube Audio Library) 🎵 Music: "Farmhands" by TrackTribe (YouTube Audio Library)