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

Hamburg Airport reaches a positive overall financial result

Passenger numbers continue to recover // Hamburg Airport exceeds its own forecast with a positive balance sheet // Program ensures improvements in terminal facilities, service, speed and cleanliness Hamburg Airport is back in the black for …

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 …

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