Hamburg Airport

Hamburg Airport
Characteristics
ICAO code	EDDH
IATA code	HAM
Coordinates	53 ° 37 '49 "  N , 9 ° 59' 18"  E Coordinates: 53 ° 37 '49 "  N , 9 ° 59' 18"  E
Height above MSL	11 m (36  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	8.5 km north of Hamburg
Street	(over )
train	S-Bahn Hamburg
Local transport	Bus 274 , 292, 392, 606, "Kielius" ( car power ), " FlixBus ", " MOIA (VW) "
Basic data
opening	1911
operator	Hamburg Airport GmbH
surface	570 ha
Terminals	2
Passengers	17.3 million (2019)
Air freight	36,886 tons (2017)
Flight movements	155,000 (2019)
Capacity ( PAX per year)	approx. 16 million passengers (T1 & T2)
Employees	1,908 (FHG Group) 7,500 Lufthansa base 796 Airlines 602 Authorities 4,194 Other Total: 15,000 (as of 2016)
Runways
05/23	3250 m × 46 m concrete
15/33	3666 m × 46 m concrete

The Hamburg Airport , proper name Hamburg Airport since 2016 and Hamburg Airport Helmut Schmidt , is the international airport of the city of Hamburg (with a small part in Norderstedt area). It is the oldest and fifth largest airport in Germany. In 2018 it was used by around 17.23 million passengers, which corresponds to a decrease of 2.2 percent compared to the previous year. The airport is a base for Eurowings and Condor .

The name of the Hamburg airport was named in honor of the late former chancellor and honorary citizen of Hamburg on 10 November 2016 Helmut Schmidt supplemented by the suffix "Hamburg Airport Helmut Schmidt". This goes back to a resolution of the Hamburg citizenship on January 21, 2016. Schmidt died on November 10, 2015 at the age of 96. The airport was formerly called Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel Airport .

history

From left to right: Terminal 1, Airport Plaza construction site, Terminal 2

Platform of the Hamburg Airport S-Bahn station

Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel Airport at the end of the 1960s

Map of Hamburg Airport

On January 10, 1911, the Hamburger Luftschiffhallen GmbH (HLG) was founded with private funds amounting to 685,000 marks . In January 1912, the airship port was put into operation on around 45 hectares . At first, the airport was therefore mainly used by airships . In 1913 the area was expanded to around 60 hectares, with the northern area reserved for airships and the aircraft only able to use the southeastern part.

During the First World War , the airship hangar was used exclusively by the military until it was destroyed by fire on September 16, 1916 when the naval airships L 6 and L 9 ignited when improperly refilling with lifting gas. Although insignificant for military use, the HLG rebuilt the facilities, but had to make them unusable again due to the Versailles Treaty . Nevertheless, there was a fresh start for the airport in February 1919 with the establishment of a connection to Berlin by the Deutsche Luft-Reederei (DLR). From 1920 onwards, KLM also used the airport as a stopover on a route connecting Rotterdam and Amsterdam with Copenhagen. In the same year, the first statistics were compiled, counting 348 take-offs and landings with 241 passengers. The first terminal was built in 1929 and, at the instigation of the Hamburg Senator for the Interior, Alfred Richter, a memorial was inaugurated at the beginning of 1934, denouncing the Versailles Treaty and the associated restrictions. In the mid-1930s, the airport with the route Hamburg, Belgrade, Athens, Rhodes, Damascus and Baghdad was the starting point of the longest flight route in the world at the time. During the Second World War , from 1942, forced laborers were used to camouflage the airport.

The airport was named Hamburg Airport in 1945 by the British occupying forces. On May 3, 1945, the almost undamaged and functional airport was handed over from the air base commander to an officer of the Royal Air Force (RAF) when the city of Hamburg was handed over to the British armed forces . In the fall of 1945 by the RAF a 1,600  yard (Behelfsbahn) including rolling strips (about 1465 meters) long, makeshift runway ( English taxi strip ) from perforated steel sheets ( English planking pierced steel , also PSP plates or Marston mats called) created. From the summer of 1946 the airport was used again for civil purposes and on September 1, 1946 British European Airways took up the first scheduled connection (London – Amsterdam – Hamburg – Berlin). In early 1947, the Scandinavian Airline System (SAS) followed on the Copenhagen – Hamburg route, which was extended to Frankfurt am Main a little later. The Sabena also flew the Brussels – Hamburg route and KLM Amsterdam – Hamburg. In the autumn of 1947, the RAF transferred the control of Hamburg Airport to the Civil Aviation Branch (CAB), the aviation authority of the Control Commission for Germany / British Element . Due to the strong increase in air traffic, a further expansion of the airport became necessary. In the winter of 1947/1948 the RAF commissioned the civil engineering department of the Hamburg building authority to carry out the necessary expansion. According to the prevailing wind directions, a 2000 yard (around 1830 meters) long main runway (also bad weather runway or runway I ) in the northeast-southwest direction and a 1600 yard (around 1465 meters) long secondary runway (also nice weather runway or runway II ) in the northwest -Southeast direction and laid out in such a way that an obstacle-free approach resulted. On April 6, 1948, the expansion began with an average of 800 workers. The plan was to complete the first 1,600 yards of the main runway by December 31, 1948. After the RAF, in consultation with the Combined Airlift Task Force (CALTF), decided in October 1948 to include Fuhlsbüttel in the Berlin Airlift , the complete completion of 2000 yards was ordered by December 1948. To speed up the work, up to 1,400 workers were deployed in two, sometimes even three, shifts per day. On December 15, 1948 at 11:50 a.m., the first Avro Anson Mk. IV landed on the completed new concrete runway. Hamburg Airport was the only civil German airfield that was included in the airlift. All British civil charter companies participating in the Airlift were stationed here. On August 15, 1949, the airport's participation in the airlift ended. On October 1, 1950, the management of the airport was returned to German hands and taken over by Hamburger Flughafenverwaltung GmbH . When Lufthansa first resumed domestic German flight operations to Munich in April 1955 and international flight operations to New York in June, Hamburg was its home airport until Frankfurt took over this role; Lufthansa Technik's headquarters are still located in Hamburg today.

In 1960, Hamburg got a jet connection to Tokyo : Air France stopped its new flights from Paris via the polar route via Anchorage to Tokyo in Hamburg, and the then brand-new Boeing 707 was used . Shortly afterwards, Lufthansa also started jet traffic to Japan and flew the Frankfurt - Hamburg - Anchorage - Tokyo route with the Boeing 707. In 1965, Japan Air Lines started a direct connection from Tokyo to Hamburg as a third competitor, flying with Douglas DC-8 via Anchorage and from Hamburg to London. In the mid-1960s, the aim was to relocate the airport to Heidmoor near Kaltenkirchen . The reasons for this lay among other things in the environmental pollution from aircraft noise to which the population in Hamburg , Norderstedt , Quickborn and Hasloh was exposed, as well as in the plane crash on December 17, 1960 in Munich .

At the end of the 1960s, the aim was to relocate the airport to Heidmoor near Kaltenkirchen . The reasons for this lay among other things in the environmental pollution from aircraft noise to which the population in Hamburg , Norderstedt , Quickborn and Hasloh was exposed, as well as in the plane crash on December 17, 1960 in Munich .

In recent years, efforts to replace Hamburg Airport with the construction of the major Kaltenkirchen Airport have received sharp opposition from the business community due to negative experiences with airports far from the city and changes in the distribution of major airports in northern Germany. The economy in Hamburg, which is primarily geared towards services, depends on a city airport with European connections that can be reached quickly. Realization of the relocation planning, which had been running since the 1960s, was rejected in 2013. From 1970, Air France started using the then new Boeing 747 on the polar route towards Tokyo, making it the first airline to bring this type of aircraft to Hamburg on a scheduled basis. A little later, Japan Air Lines also switched their flights to Boeing 747s, while Lufthansa did not change until the mid-1970s. A few years after the Boeing 747 went into service, Air France left Hamburg as a stop on the polar route.

In June 1980, Northwest Orient included Hamburg as its first German destination in its flight plan, the Minneapolis - London / Gatwick - Hamburg route was served three times a week with Boeing 747s . From the summer of 1981, the offer was expanded to include two weekly flights on the New York / JFK - Copenhagen - Hamburg route. At the beginning of 1985, Northwest Orient stopped flight operations to Hamburg and instead flew to Frankfurt.

On April 29, 1985, Pan Am started direct flights from New York to Hamburg for the first time in over ten years: there were daily and non-stop flights with Boeing 747s from New York / JFK to Hamburg. In the spring of 1986, the route was one of the first on which Pan Am (made possible by the then new ETOPS regulations) used twin-engine Airbus A310-200s on transatlantic flights. In the summer of 1988, Japan Air Lines stopped its flights to Hamburg, and a year later Lufthansa also stopped its flights from Hamburg to Tokyo. In May 1989, Delta Air Lines started flights to Hamburg for the first time, the Atlanta - London / Gatwick - Hamburg route was served daily with Lockheed L-1011 Tristar aircraft . A few days later, American Airlines started a daily direct flight from New York / JFK via Brussels to Hamburg, using Boeing 767-200ER aircraft. American Airlines ended its involvement in Hamburg in March 1990 because capacities were needed on newly acquired routes to South America.

At the beginning of the 1990s, a fundamental modernization of the entire airport was started with the HAM21 expansion program . First the old Terminal 4 (now Terminal 2) was built. At the same time, an approximately 500 meter long pier was built, which had far-reaching effects on Terminals 2 and 3. Aircraft could no longer dock directly here. The then Terminal 2 was then closed. In the period that followed, it served as a roof for the route from Terminal 1 to Terminal 3. The latter was only used for boarding activities in the apron area. In March 1990 Lufthansa started a daily non-stop flight from Hamburg to New York / Newark , this was served with the Airbus A310-300 and was extended temporarily to Berlin / Schönefeld . In May 1991, Delta Air Lines switched its direct flight from Atlanta to Hamburg to a non-stop connection, which from then on was served by Boeing 767-300ER and extended to Berlin / Tegel . In November 1991, Delta Air Lines took over Pan Am's transatlantic routes from New York, with which Delta Air Lines henceforth offered both Atlanta and New York from Hamburg, which also meant the departure from Pan Am in Hamburg. From April 1992 Lufthansa flew twice a week with McDonnell Douglas DC-10 non-stop to Miami , but this flight was discontinued in the fall, together with the non-stop flight to Newark. In 1993, South African Airways added Hamburg to its flight schedule, twice a week the Cape Town - Johannesburg - Munich flight to Hamburg was extended, and Boeing 747s were used . However, at the end of 1994 the flight was discontinued. Due to major financial difficulties, Delta Air Lines had to significantly reduce its route network and downsize its fleet, which also fell victim to the flights to Hamburg. In October 1995 Delta Air Lines discontinued the Atlanta - Hamburg and New York - Copenhagen - Hamburg routes, which meant that Hamburg lost its last direct flights to the USA. For the 1996 summer season, the Canadian charter airline Canada 3000 flights to Hamburg, flights to Halifax and Toronto were offered, using Boeing 757-200s . With the introduction of the Airbus A330-200 , the Vancouver - Calgary - Hamburg route was also offered. In May 1998 Delta Air Lines resumed flights to Hamburg in its program, with a daily non-stop flight from Atlanta to Hamburg with the Boeing 767-300ER . The flight was discontinued at the beginning of 2000 because it was difficult to use the then very large Business Class sufficiently and the newly founded SkyTeam Alliance was now able to route passengers comfortably through Paris. At the end of 2001 Canada 3000 disappeared from the flight plan due to the bankruptcy of the airline.

At the beginning of the new millennium, Terminal 2 was demolished and rebuilt in a more modern way. The terminal was inaugurated on May 25, 2005 and was named Terminal 1. At the same time, Terminal 4 was renamed Terminal 2. Terminal 1, which was previously used as a departure building for charter airlines, still exists, but has only been rented out for events since then. It is now known as Terminal Tango . The former Terminal 3 was demolished for the construction of the new AirportPlaza . In May 2005 Air Transat started a weekly, seasonal non-stop flight from Toronto to Hamburg, flown with an Airbus A310-300 . From June 2005, Hamburg received a non-stop connection to the USA again: Continental Airlines started a daily non-stop flight from its New York / Newark hub to Hamburg, flown with a Boeing 757-200 . From the end of October 2005, Emirates wanted to start a non-stop flight from Dubai to Hamburg, but the date had to be postponed twice due to late deliveries of new aircraft. Ultimately, on March 1, 2006, an Emirates Airbus A330-200 landed in Hamburg for the first time , and from then on the route was operated daily. End of October 2006 gave Emirates using those fifth freedom rights to New York / JFK , a second object from Hamburg, the route Dubai was flown - Hamburg - New York with Boeing 777-300ER . After the route was switched to the Airbus A340-500 a year later , the Hamburg - New York route was discontinued in early summer 2008. A large imbalance in demand on both parts of the flight, ever increasing oil prices and negotiations about further landing rights in Germany led to this decision. Boeing 777s continued to fly to Dubai once a day .

The train connection to the airport went into operation in December 2008, and since then the S-Bahn line S1 has been running every ten minutes to Hamburg Airport, providing a free connection to the main train station, Jungfernstieg and Altona, among others . Previously, the airport could only be reached by changing to the bus. The new Radisson Blu Hotel Hamburg Airport opened at the end of October 2009 . It is the last sub-project belonging to the HAM21 expansion program and was designed by the Hamburg office K2B .

After the end of the 2011 summer season, Air Transat announced that it would no longer fly to Hamburg in 2012, shortly afterwards the airline withdrew completely from Germany. The reason given was the tough competition from airlines such as Lufthansa and Air Canada . In the same year, Emirates increased its offer in Hamburg: from September the route was flown twice a day. For the 2015 winter flight schedule, United Airlines , which has been operating the New York / Newark route since its merger with Continental Airlines , switched to the larger Boeing 767-300ER , with the Boeing 767-400ER also being used in midsummer . In addition to high demand, especially in the summer months, there were repeated unscheduled refueling stops with the Boeing 757 in the winter months due to the jet stream, because the route is on the edge of the range of the 757.

In 2016, the airport started a complete renovation of the apron (apron 1). This will take place in stages during ongoing operations and will last until 2020. Double taxiways will be or have been set up (on the taxiway either two smaller aircraft can run in parallel or one large one individually), follow-the-greens installed and two gate positions of sufficient size for Airbus A380s set up.

In spring 2017, United Airlines announced that from now on it would only fly to Hamburg in the summer season. After the 2018 summer season, Hamburg was completely withdrawn. At the end of October 2018, Emirates switched one of the two daily connections from Dubai to the Airbus A380 , which meant the first use of this type of aircraft in scheduled services in Hamburg and attracted media attention.

Location and transport links

The facility operated by Flughafen Hamburg GmbH is located around eight kilometers north of the city center of Hamburg and eight kilometers south of the city center of Norderstedt in the Hamburg district of Fuhlsbüttel , between the town centers of Niendorf in the south-west and Fuhlsbüttel in the east, with a small part of the airport area to the Norderstedt district of Garstedt heard.

From the center of Hamburg the airport can be reached by public transport within the HVV with the S-Bahn line S1 (stop “ Hamburg Airport ”). The S1 line connects it every ten minutes with the main train station , among others , and the journey time is 25 minutes. At night, the airport is connected to downtown Hamburg on weekdays by the night bus line 606 and on the weekends by the bus line 274 to the U1 and S1 rapid transit lines at Ohlsdorf station, which then operate continuously at night. The bus company Autokraft operates a regular bus service from Hamburg Airport to Kiel ("Kielius"). The bus connection from Lübeck to Hamburg Airport has been discontinued for economic reasons.

From western and northern Schleswig-Holstein and northern Lower Saxony , the airport can be easily reached by motorists via the A 7 and the expanded Ring 3 ( B 433 ), while passengers from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and eastern Schleswig-Holstein have to drive through the city .

Airport facilities

Passenger building

Passenger handling takes place in two terminals, which are connected by the AirportPlaza. Both are visually difficult to distinguish, as they were planned by the same architecture firm based on similar plans. Seen from the tarmac, all three buildings are preceded by an almost 800 m long pier with 15 passenger boarding bridges including 2 double passenger boarding bridges as well as four “walk-in-walk-out” positions. All buildings are the result of the HAM21 expansion program .

The expansion of 27 more gates by 2025 was announced in May 2017.

Terminal 1

Terminal 1

Terminal 1 is the newer of the two terminal buildings. It was inaugurated in 2005 and designed by the architects Gerkan, Marg and Partner . The hall area is 6300  m² . Of architectural importance is u. a. a rainwater harvesting system that supplies the sanitary facilities, and a so-called thermal labyrinth that relieves the air conditioning system by using geothermal energy .

Terminal 2

Terminal 2 (departure level) in morning lighting

Terminal 2 opened in 1993. The office of Gerkan, Marg and Partner was already responsible for the design. The hall area is 5850 m². In terms of architecture, the first thing that catches the eye is the arched roof shape. It is modeled on the wing of an airplane taking off. After the completion of Terminal 1, major innovations were retrofitted here too, bringing both terminals up to the same technical standard. The entire baggage handling system in Terminal 2 was relocated to the basement while the airport was still in operation. In addition, the check-in counters were also brought up to the latest technical standards at the time. This is where the Lufthansa and Star Alliance flights are handled.

AirportPlaza

The AirportPlaza is the newest of the three terminal buildings, also designed by the Gerkan, Marg und Partner office . It was opened in December 2008 and, located between the two terminals, forms a transition between the two. The central security control has been located in the plaza since 2009. Behind it are numerous shops and dining facilities for flight passengers. In addition, the baggage handling systems of the two terminals in the basement are brought together here. This is also where the final stop “Hamburg Airport” of the Hamburg Airport S-Bahn , which went into operation on December 12, 2008, is located.

Air freight center

The operator of Hamburg Airport started construction of a new air freight center on March 17, 2014. The air freight center, named Hamburg Airport Cargo Center (HACC), is being built on the site of the former parking area P8 and is intended to offer higher capacities and more efficient processes than the existing air freight center at Hamburg Airport.

When it went into operation in May 2016, air freight capacity rose to 150,000 tons per year. The investments amounted to around 50 million euros.

The airport operator is keeping the option open of demolishing the old air cargo center in order to make room for a further expansion of the airport pier.

Lufthansa Technik

Lufthansa Technik is located in the south of Hamburg Airport . Lufthansa aircraft are regularly serviced here. Thanks to Lufthansa Technik, large machines can also be seen occasionally in Hamburg. Around 26,000 employees work there.

Operators and group companies

The airport is operated by Flughafen Hamburg GmbH (FHG). The shareholders are 51% of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (the shares are held by HGV , which is wholly owned by the City of Hamburg) and 49% by Hamburg Airport Partners GmbH . Hamburg Airport Partners is owned by Avialliance (formerly Hochtief Airport), which holds a total of 34.8%, the remaining 14.2% are owned by Avialliance Capital GmbH & Co. KGaA (formerly Hochtief Airport Capital) and are also owned by Avialliance managed.

FHG is involved in ten major subsidiaries and associated companies.

Airport security

Guard of the airport fire brigade before the expansion in 2016 (yellow building, right in the picture)

Airfield fire engine (FLF) of the Hamburg Airport Fire Brigade

Safety devices

One of the main points of criticism of the safety of Hamburg Airport is the densely built-up approach lanes .

The instrument landing systems (ILS) at the airport itself correspond to the standard, but runway 33 only has a non-precision approach procedure LOC / DME.

From September 27, 2010, the airport was the first in Germany to test body scanners . This field trial was however on July 31, 2011 u. a. discontinued with the reference to the high error rate . The now mature body scanners have been reintroduced since 2014. Passengers can choose between body scanners and scanning.

For landings of the Airbus A380 , the green strips next to both runways are fixed with synthetic resin; On May 28, 2018, Emirates announced that it would be flying to Hamburg once a day with the Airbus A380 from October 29, 2018. The airport is also an alternative point for the nearby Airbus factory airport Hamburg-Finkenwerder ; In addition, Lufthansa Technik in Hamburg carries out maintenance work on these machines.

Airport security

The airport security department of the operating company Flughafen Hamburg GmbH is responsible for the safety of passengers, visitors, employees and flight operations together with the federal police , the Hamburg police and customs . The department has its headquarters in the area of ​​the air freight center (building 235) and performs the following tasks, among other things:

• Personal and goods controls at the entrances and driveways to the security area
• Issuing airport ID cards and driving permits for employees and visitors
• Property protection for the buildings on the airport premises
• Use of explosives detection dogs
• Implementation of security checks
• Assistance in the event of accidents on the airport premises

Federal Police

Officials of the Federal Police pursue at the airport offenses and offenses which relate exclusively to the cross-border traffic, oversee the Airport Security performed security checks , are responsible for passport control on entry and exit and run security measures on board aircraft through to attacks to prevent aviation safety. The responsible office of the Federal Police is the Federal Police Inspection for Hamburg Airport , which is part of the Hanover Federal Police Directorate .

The Hamburg State Police are responsible for carrying out and investigating criminal proceedings relating to criminal offenses that take place at Hamburg Airport. In the case of the airport, this is the police station 34 with its branch office at the airport.

Airport fire brigade

The airport fire brigade's station, which was only expanded in 2016, is located north of the terminal building next to the maintenance hangars between the two runways. The Werkfeuerwehr about 80 employees and has, among other things, a command vehicle (ELW), four airfield fire engines (FLF) of the type Ziegler Z8 100 / 120-15 + 500 P Snoozle 652 , an equipment cart logistics (GW-L), two aid Löschgruppenfahrzeuge (HLF ), two side transport vehicles (MTF), an emergency stairway vehicle (RTF), a swap body vehicle (WLF) and two ambulance (RTW). The airport fire brigade was alerted a total of 1,990 times in 2014.

Location competition

In the catchment area of ​​Hamburg Airport are also

• the Lubeck Airport on the A20
• the Bremen Airport
• the airport Hannover-Langenhagen
• the Rostock-Laage Airport

Capacity and traffic figures

Flight traces of the departures exemplarily one day with the operating directions RWY 33 (Ohmoor) and RWY 23 (Niendorf), 85 percent of which are used for take-offs

Flight traces of the landings exemplarily one day. The landings are mainly made via RWY 23 (Langenhorn), RWY 15 (Ohmoor) and RWY 05 (Niendorf)

After the opening of the new Terminal 1, Hamburg Airport will have an annual capacity of 15 to 16 million passengers.

58 aircraft can be handled at the same time  . The two intersecting runways allow a maximum of 48 take-offs and landings per hour.

There are night flight restrictions from 11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. , in 2007 there were 456 exemptions for the period from 12:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m., around 300 of which were for postal machines. Swiss Post discontinued these flights at the end of March 2008. Overall, the number of flights counted increased between 11:00 pm and 12:00 am; In 2007, a total of 1438 flights took place during this period, in 2006 there were 1365 flights. In 2012, there were 203 flights between midnight and 6:00 a.m. (medical aid flights and emergencies as well as 21 individual exemptions in the public interest) and 501 flights between 11:00 p.m. and midnight.

Source:

year	Passenger volume	Flight movements	sales
2018	17,230,000	156,388	€ 269.4 million
2017	17,622,997	159,780	€ 264.5 million
2016	16.224.154	160,643	€ 244.1 million
2015	15.610.054	158,390	€ 288.1 million
2014	14,760,000	153,876	€ 271.3 million
2013	13,502,939	143,802	€ 254.5 million
2012	13,697,690	152,890	€ 251.5 million
2011	13,536,110	158.076	€ 253.3 million
2010	12,960,000	157.210	€ 248.6 million
2009	12.229.131	157.481	€ 224.1 million
2008	12,840,000	172.065	€ 230.7 million
2007	12,780,509	173,500	€ 234.2 million
2006	11,954,560	168,395	€ 223 million
2005	10,677,268	156.128	€ 203 million
2004	9,893,703	151.434	€ 199 million
2003	9,529,924	149,366	€ 187 million
2002	8,946,505	150.271	€ 184 million
2001	9,490,432	158,569	€ 192 million
2000	9,949,269	164.932	€ 198 million
1990	6,861,255	141,042	-
1980	4,558,939	100.279	-
1970	3,138,467	89,788	-
1960	935.213	53,951	-
1937	57.194	-	-
1924	17,350	-	-
1923	5,087	-	-
1920	241	348	-

Busiest flight routes

All in all

Busiest flight routes from HAM

rank	target	Passengers 2018	change	Passengers 2017	Starts 2018	change	Starts 2017
1	Munich	872,652	▲ 0.49%	868.416	6,557	▲ 5.2%	6.233
2	Frankfurt	720.921	▲ 3.26%	698.169	5,382	▼ -0.99%	5,436
3	Palma de Mallorca	411.854	▼ -15.76%	488.906	2,426	▼ -18.32%	2,970
4th	Zurich	373,565	▲ 5.01%	355,746	3.159	▲ 14.13%	2,768
5	Stuttgart	368,601	▲ 7.04%	344.364	3,278	▲ 13.62%	2,885
6th	Vienna	303.464	▲ 3.55%	293.051	2,312	▲ 4.43%	2.214
7th	London Heathrow	301,896	▲ 2.68%	294.015	2,572	▼ -3.63%	2,669
8th	Dusseldorf	259.080	▼ -15.28%	305.818	2,688	▼ -17.57%	3,261
9	Amsterdam	241.120	▲ 5.44%	228.673	2.211	▲ 0.68%	2,196
10	Cologne / Bonn	237.864	▼ -1.42%	241.281	2,617	▼ -1.58%	2,659
This statistic only includes starts. (No landings)

National

Busiest national flight routes to / from HAM

rank	Start finish	Passengers 2018	change	Passengers 2017	Flight movements in 2018	change	Flight movements in 2017
1	Munich	1,749,304	▲ 0.59%	1,738,973	13.198	▲ 5.49%	12,511
2	Frankfurt	1,440,241	▲ 3.25%	1,394,973	10,815	▼ -1.07%	10,932
3	Stuttgart	738.694	▲ 6.99%	690.451	6,572	▲ 13.74%	5,778
4th	Dusseldorf	525.779	▼ -13.4%	607.141	5,413	▼ -17.51%	6,562
5	Cologne / Bonn	477,951	▼ -1.66%	486.034	5,056	▼ -1.9%	5,154
6th	Nuremberg	175,779	▲ 0.15%	175,519	1,781	▼ -0.17%	1,784
7th	Saarbrücken	59,234	▼ -4.09%	61,759	1,130	▼ -3.42%	1,170
8th	Leipzig / Halle	3,885	▲ 147.61%	1,569	61	▲ 17.31%	52
9	Karlsruhe / Baden-B.	5,956	▼ -92.93%	84,221	147	▼ -87.92%	1,217
10	Hanover	1,248	▼ -74.73%	4,938	68	▼ -13.92%	79
This statistic includes take-offs and landings.

Continental

Busiest continental routes from HAM

rank	target	Passengers 2018	change	Passengers 2017	Starts 2018	change	Starts 2017
1	Palma de Mallorca	411.854	▼ -15.76%	488.906	2,426	▼ -18.32%	2,970
2	Zurich	373,565	▲ 5.01%	355,746	3.159	▲ 14.13%	2,768
3	Vienna	303.464	▲ 3.55%	293.051	2,312	▲ 4.43%	2.214
4th	London Heathrow	301,896	▲ 2.68%	294.015	2,572	▼ -3.63%	2,669
5	Amsterdam	241.120	▲ 5.44%	228.673	2.211	▲ 0.68%	2,196
6th	Paris Charles de Gaulle	228.299	▼ -5.09%	240,549	2.134	▼ -0.88%	2.153
7th	Istanbul Ataturk	214.207	▲ 0.64%	212,837	1,403	▼ -9.48%	1,550
8th	Antalya	198.716	▲ 37.66%	144,349	1,099	▲ 38.24%	795
9	Barcelona	149.308	▼ -1.64%	151,804	924	▼ -4.55%	968
10	Lisbon	133,852	▲ 0.65%	132.983	952	▲ 3.93%	916
11	Basel-Mulhouse	116,781	▲ 5.4%	110,797	759	▲ 2.99%	737
12	Manchester	114.253	▼ -21.08%	144,775	822	▼ -35.38%	1,272
13	Dublin	108,313	▲ 33.59%	81,080	791	▲ 31.61%	601
14th	Las Palmas	101.140	▼ -5.72%	107.278	560	▼ -4.92%	589
15th	London Stansted	98,889	▼ -7.61%	107.035	605	▼ -11.03%	680
16	Stockholm Arlanda	96,330	▲ 1.48%	94,928	1,082	▼ -3.39%	1,120
17th	Madrid	95,976	▲ 10.38%	86,954	600	▲ 10.09%	545
18th	Brussels	94,851	▼ -31.33%	138.126	910	▼ -31.16%	1,322
19th	Copenhagen	94,802	▲ 6.12%	89,336	1,466	▼ -0.2%	1,469
20th	London Gatwick	81,480	▲ 6.56%	76,464	586	▲ 4.27%	562
This statistic only includes starts. (No landings)

Intercontinental

Busiest intercontinental flight routes from HAM

rank	target	Passengers 2018	change	Passengers 2017	Starts 2018	change	Starts 2017
1	Dubai	214.409	▼ -0.24%	216,489	728	▼ -1.0%	730
2	Hurghada	73,453	▲ 88.31%	39.007	403	▲ 83.18%	220
3	Newark	23,261	▼ -6.97%	25.004	160	▼ -0.6%	159
4th	Marrakech	19.004	Route new	0	113	Route new	0
5	Tehran	16.609	▼ -15.03%	19,547	100	▼ -4.76%	105
This statistic only includes starts. (No landings)

By country

Busiest routes by country from HAM

rank	target	Passengers 2018	change	Passengers 2017	Starts 2018	change	Starts 2017
1	Germany	2,595,312	▼ -1.53%	2,635,521	23,702	▼ -1.49%	24,061
2	Spain	1,125,213	▼ -10.41%	1,255,936	6,666	▼ -11.79%	7,557
3	Great Britain	680.322	▼ -6.4%	726.813	5,642	▼ -13.84%	6,548
4th	Switzerland	528.877	▲ 4%	508,521	4,460	▲ 5.99%	4,208
5	Turkey	527.297	▲ 12.4%	469.144	3,275	▲ 5.1%	3.116
6th	Austria	369,530	▼ -3.81%	384.158	2,947	▼ -1.64%	2,996
7th	Italy	305,644	▼ -15.85%	363.222	2,332	▼ -18.12%	2,848
8th	France	293,684	▼ -7.46%	317,366	2,847	▼ -1.76%	2,898
9	Netherlands	241.353	▲ 5.37%	229.053	2.234	▲ 0.99%	2.212
10	Greece	218.311	▲ 3.58%	210.763	1.405	▲ 2.78%	1,367
11	United Arab Emirates	214.409	▼ -0.24%	214,919	728	▼ -0.41%	731
12	Portugal	208.936	▼ -2.18%	213,595	1,435	▼ -0.62%	1,444
13	Sweden	122,424	▲ 2.17%	119,823	1,398	▼ -2.71%	1,437
14th	Ireland	108,319	▲ 33.6%	81,080	793	▲ 31.95%	601
15th	Russia	105.278	▲ 9.95%	95,754	962	▲ 16.04%	829
16	Poland	105.161	▼ -9.13%	115.731	1,288	▼ -7.54%	1,393
17th	Belgium	94,929	▼ -31.33%	138,232	936	▼ -30.46%	1,346
18th	Denmark	94,853	▲ 5.83%	89,631	1,482	▲ 0.07%	1,481
19th	Egypt	86,894	▲ 90.44%	45,629	499	▲ 87.59%	266
20th	Norway	82,253	▼ -10.45%	91,855	812	▼ -14.97%	955
This statistic only includes starts. (No landings)

Award

Hamburg Airport received the “Best Regional Airport Europe” award from Skytrax in both 2011 and 2012 . In addition, Hamburg Airport received the ACI ( Airports Council International ) Europe Award “Best Airport Europe” in the category of 10 to 25 million passengers in 2012 and 2013 .

Criticism of the airport

Noise map of Hamburg Airport with the departure routes (noise reduction routes)

There has been criticism of the airport's operation for a long time. For example, there is the emergency community of Flughafenanlieger Hamburg e. V. since 1961 and the interest group Flugschneise Nord - citizens' initiative against aircraft noise in Quickborn and Hasloh e. V. since 1970. There is also the citizens' initiative for aircraft noise protection in Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein - BAW . The “Alliance for Aircraft Noise Protection (FLSA)” was founded at the instigation of the Hamburg Citizenship (Drucksache 20/14334). The FLSA includes the aircraft noise protection initiatives in the Hamburg metropolitan region, the parties to the Hamburg parliament, the districts affected by aircraft noise, the environmental and transport authorities, the business associations, the German Air Traffic Control (DFS), the aviation industry and the aircraft noise protection officers. The FLSA met for the first time on July 7, 2015. A total of eleven meetings have taken place since then.

In particular, the citizens concerned are required to comply with the protective provisions set out in the airport regulations and in the aviation manual (night flight restrictions and runway use regulations) for the population. The night flight restriction states that after 11 p.m., scheduled and tourist flights may only take offs and landings that are demonstrably unavoidable. However, the number of such flight movements has increased sharply in recent years. In 2018 there were 1,194 such flights. In 2013, however, the number was 451. The runway usage regulation serves to reduce the number of aircraft noise affected per overflight. There are essentially three rules that state that take-offs should take place to the northwest if possible, flights over the southeast should be avoided and landings should also take place over the northwest in the last and first hour of operation.

People who look for returnable bottles in rubbish bins at the airport were temporarily banned from entering the home for twelve months. If they were found again, they would receive a charge of trespassing. In 2014, the airport administration filed 97 complaints. A spokeswoman for Hamburg Airport justified this with safety and aesthetic aspects. At the beginning of February 2015 it was announced that the airport would tolerate the bottle collectors in a test phase for the time being and will work on a final solution by the end of April 2015. This came in response to an online petition from a social worker that had been signed by around 57,000 people by then. The Donate your Pfand campaign has been running at Hamburg Airport since September 2015 . During this campaign, visitors to the airport can throw their returnable bottles into special containers. The airport hired three long-term unemployed people whose job it is to empty these bins.

Incidents

• On March 11, 1952, all four engines of an Avro York Mk.I of Air Charter (Great Britain) ( aircraft registration G-AMGL ) failed due to a lack of fuel when approaching Hamburg Airport. There was a belly landing in the area, in which the machine was irreparably damaged. All 10 occupants, 3 crew members and 7 passengers survived.

• On July 27, 1961 a Boeing 707-328 of Air France (F-BHSA) landed on the flight from Paris-Orly via Hamburg to Anchorage and Tokyo, initially at Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel airport. During the later take-off, the captain noticed that the aircraft was pulling to one side. He then aborted the start, the machine came off the runway while coasting and rolled into an adjacent depression. The landing gear and several engines tore off and the fuselage broke into three parts. The machine was only two years old and had to be written off. All 41 people on board survived the accident.

• On September 6, 1971, a fully loaded passenger plane had to type BAC 1-11 airline Paninternational after takeoff at the airport Hamburg directly on the 7 motorway in Hasloh (about 6 km north of the airport) emergency landing are, after both engines of the machine almost exploded at the same time. After touchdown, the plane collided with a bridge pier, broke into several pieces and caught fire. One crew member and 21 passengers were killed, 45 of the 99 survivors were seriously injured.
  → Main article : Paninternational flight 112

• During hurricane Emma on March 1, 2008, an Airbus A320 landed a serious incident. The machine, with 131 passengers, was hit by a strong gust of wind immediately before touching down on the runway and tilted to the left so that the left wing tip touched the ground. The cockpit crew then took off and the captain landed shortly afterwards. The passengers and crew members survived the incident unharmed.

• On February 12, 2017 came in the area of security controls in the Airport Plaza to an irritant gas release on the air conditioning of the building. Many people complained of burning eyes and dry coughs. 68 people were injured and cared for by fire and rescue services, nine of them were taken to hospitals for further treatment. During the mission, the building was completely cleared and flight operations were suspended for around an hour. During the investigation into the incident, an empty pepper spray can was found in a garbage can in front of the terminal building . The security authorities therefore assumed that the irritant gas had been sprayed into the building by a stranger and had spread through the air conditioning. A terrorist background was excluded. The following day there was another major deployment of the rescue services at the airport after several people again complained of being unwell. One of the 14 people affected was taken to hospital. The fire brigade then took further measurements in the area of ​​the AirportPlaza , but did not determine any pollution.

literature

• Helmut Trede: From the prison camp to the international airport - a chronology of failure, Lentföhrden - Hamburg-Kaltenkirchen . Self-published 2013, ISBN 978-3-00-044299-5 .
• Astrid Röben: Portrait: Helmut Schmidt Airport Hamburg. In: AERO International No. 1/2019, pp. 36–41

See also

• List of commercial airports
• List of commercial airports in Germany

Individual evidence

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Web links

Commons : Hamburg Airport  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Hamburg Airport website