Hamburg Airport

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Hamburg Airport

Hamburg Airport, known in German as Flughafen Hamburg, is a major international airport in Hamburg, the second-largest city in Germany. Since November 2016 the official name has become Hamburg Airport Helmut Schmidt, after the former German chancellor Helmut Schmidt. It is located 8.5 km north of the city centre in the Fuhlsbüttel quarter and serves as a hub for Eurowings and focus cities for Condor, Ryanair, and TUI fly Deutschland. It was formerly named Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel Airport, a name still sometimes used.

The airport was opened in January 1911 from private funding by the Hamburger Luftschiffhallen GmbH (HLG), making it the oldest international airport in the world to still be in operation and the second oldest airport in the country after Tempelhof Airport. The original site comprised 45 hectares, and during its early days was primarily used for airship flights. In 1913 the site was expanded to 60 hectares, the northern part being used for airship operations while the southeast area was used for fixed-wing aircraft.

Hamburg Airport is the fifth-busiest of Germany’s commercial airports measured by the number of passengers and counted 17,231,687 passengers and 156,388 aircraft movements in 2018. The airport is equipped to handle wide-bodied aircraft including the Airbus A380. Hamburg’s other airport, Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport is where the Airbus factory is located, and is not open to commercial traffic.

Airport News

Baltic Sea Region (BSR) HyAirport Project: International Project for Hydrogen Use in Aviation Takes Off

Within three years, the foundations for the aviation sector's transition to renewable energy are set to be developed in the Baltic Sea region. The "BSR HyAirport" project has officially commenced, bringing together 16 airports, airlines, research …

Hamburg Airport joins international “Hydrogen Hub at Airports” network

Airbus and Hamburg Airport agree on cooperation for energy transition in aviation // Establishing reliable infrastructure for hydrogen-powered flight Hamburg Airport is the first airport in Germany to join the international network for future hydrogen hubs. …

DLR and Hamburg Airport present joint hydrogen roadmap

H2 potential for medium-sized airports On the way to climate-friendly flight – today, the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and Hamburg Airport presented a roadmap that sets out the steps required to develop a hydrogen infrastructure at …

New service available at Hamburg Airport - Slot & Fly – making planning for your departure even easier

Right on time for the start of the Easter holidays, the day of departure from Hamburg Airport can be planned even more effectively thanks to the new Slot & Fly service. Within the 72 hours …

Innovation at Hamburg Airport: Live test of 30 “intelligent” cabin baggage trolleys

Interactive displays with site map make it easier to find your way / flight information and special offers available with one click Hamburg Airport is the first German airport to be testing the smart cabin baggage …

Recovery of aviation has begun: 11.1 million passengers used Hamburg Airport

More than double the number of passengers from the previous year, around 36 percent less than in the pre-coronavirus year 2019 / Continued demand growth anticipated in northern Germany despite difficult situation The recovery of air …

Hamburg Airport and Christchurch International Airport enter into joint climate partnership

CO2 emissions to be reduced to zero / Partner airports work on infrastructure for the use of green hydrogen in aviation New partnership for sustainable airport operations: Hamburg Airport and New Zealand's Christchurch Airport will pursue …

Contact

Hamburg Airport
Flughafenstr. 1-3
22335 Hamburg
Germany
  • +49 40 50750