Hamburg Airport (IATA: HAM, ICAO: EDDH), also known as Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel Airport (German: Flughafen Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel), is an international airport serving Hamburg, Germany.
In 2011, Hamburg airport served 13,559,370 passengers and 158,076 aircraft movements. It is the fifth busiest of Germany’s commercial airports measured by the number of passengers. The shareholders of Hamburg Airport are the City of Hamburg (51%) and Hochtief AirPort GmbH (49%).
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HAMBURG AIRPORT HISTORY
The airport was opened in January 1911 from private funding by the Hamburger Luftschiffhallen GmbH (HLG), making it the oldest airport in the world which is still in operation. The original site comprised 45 hectares and was primarily used for airship flights in its early days. 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. During the First World War, the airship hangar was used extensively by the military, until it was destroyed by fire in 1916.
During the British occupation, beginning in 1945, the airport was given its current name, Hamburg Airport. It was used extensively during the Berlin Airlift in 1948 as a staging area, as the northern air corridor went between Hamburg and West Berlin. When Lufthansa launched passenger operations in 1955, Hamburg was used as a hub until Frankfurt Airport took over due to growth constraints posed by the location in the city. Lufthansa Technik still maintains a large presence at the airport due to the early activities of the airline at the airport.
HAMBURG AIRPORT LOCATION
Hamburg Airport (IATA: HAM, ICAO: EDDH), also known as Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel Airport (German: Flughafen Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel), is an international airport serving Hamburg, Germany.
HAMBURG AIRPORT FACTS
ICAO/IATA: HAM/EDDH
Lat: 53.63040161132812
Long: 9.98822975158691
Elevation: 53 ft.
Runway length available: 05/23 10663×150 ft. :: 15/33 12028×150 ft.
