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Encyclopedia > Frankfurt Hahn Airport
Flughafen Frankfurt-Hahn
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Quick Info
Type of Airport Commercial
Run by Fraport AG
Opened ?
City Frankfurt, Germany
Latitude Longitude
49°56′54″ N 07°15′51″ E
IATA HHN ICAO EDFH
Runways
Direction Length Surface
Meters Feet
03/21 3.045 ? Asphalt
Statistics
2002
Number of Passengers 2,7 Mio
Terminal at Frankfurt-Hahn.
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Terminal at Frankfurt-Hahn.

Frankfurt Hahn Airport (German Flughafen Frankfurt-Hahn) is an international aviation facility located between the towns of Simmern and Kirchberg in the Rhein-Hunsrück district of Rhineland-Palatinate in central western Germany. Despite its name, the airport is situated some 120 km west of Frankfurt. A question mark is a punctuation mark. ...   Frankfurt am Main? [ˈfraÅ‹kfÊŠrt] is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany. ... The International Air Transport Association is an international trade organization of airlines headquarted in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... Frankfurt Hahn Airport (German Flughafen Frankfurt-Hahn) is an international aviation facility located between the towns of Simmern and Kirchberg in the Rhein-Hunsrück district of Rhineland-Palatinate in central western Germany. ... The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), an agency of the United Nations, develops the principles and techniques of international air navigation and fosters the planning and development of international air transport to ensure safe and orderly growth. ... Frankfurt Hahn Airport (German Flughafen Frankfurt-Hahn) is an international aviation facility located between the towns of Simmern and Kirchberg in the Rhein-Hunsrück district of Rhineland-Palatinate in central western Germany. ... Image File history File links Terminal at Frankfurt Hahn. ... Image File history File links Terminal at Frankfurt Hahn. ... Simmern (pronounced zi-MANN), town in Germany in the western state of Rhineland-Palatinate and seat of the Simmern enclave of the Rhein-Hunsrück district or Kreis. ... There are communes and places that have the name Kirchberg: In Austria A subdivision of Fontanella in Vorarlberg Kirchberg in Tirol, a town in the Kitzbühel district In Luxembourg Kirchberg-Plateaau In Switzerland Kirchberg BE, in the Canton of Bern Kirchberg SG, in the Canton of St Gallen In France... Rhein-Hunsrück is a district (Kreis) in the middle of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. ... The Rhenish Palatinate (Rheinpfalz, sometimes Lower Palatinate or Niederpfalz) occupies rather more than a quarter of the German Bundesland (federal state) of Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz) and contains the towns of Ludwigshafen, Kaiserslautern, Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, Pirmasens, Landau and Speyer. ...   Frankfurt am Main? [ˈfraÅ‹kfÊŠrt] is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany. ...

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Transport

The airport is easily reached by car and bus. There are buses every two hours between Frankfurt Hahn and the main railway station in Mainz (60 km away), served by trains to and from all parts of Germany. The bus journey take 70 minutes and costs EUR 12 (June 2005). Other buses connect Hahn to Frankfurt International Airport and main railway station as well as to the main railway station in Cologne. Map of Germany showing Mainz Mainz (French: Mayence) is a city in Germany and the capital of the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... The Frankfurt International Airport (IATA: FRA, ICAO: EDDF) (German: Rhein-Main-Flughafen or Flughafen Frankfurt am Main) is located in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. ... Cologne skyline at night with river Rhine in the foreground and famous Cologne Cathedral on the right. ...


History

The airport was originally the Hahn Air Base of the United States Air Force, and was converted to a civil airport after outliving its usefulness as a military base. Seal of the Air Force. ...


One of the main investors in the development of the new civil facility was Fraport AG, which also runs Frankfurt International Airport, the aim being to reduce the amount of traffic using their main airport. The Frankfurt International Airport (IATA: FRA, ICAO: EDDF) (German: Rhein-Main-Flughafen or Flughafen Frankfurt am Main) is located in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. ...


Although it handles international flights, Hahn airport does not have the word "International" as part of its name—in order to avoid confusion with the more heavily used and much larger Frankfurt Airport proper. As airport charges to operators are low because of its remote location, Frankfurt Hahn is very popular with low-cost airlines like Ryanair, which uses it as one of its principal hubs. Listen to this article · (info) This audio file was created from the revision dated 2005-06-27, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ...


Technical information

Frankfurt Hahn airport can handle planes up to the size of a large Boeing 747 jet. It has been suggested that Boeing 747 Advanced be merged into this article or section. ...


Airlines and destinations

Ryanair flies during summer 2005 to Oslo-Torp, Gothenburg, Stockholm, Tampere, Klagenfurt, Venice, Pescara, Milan, Rome, Alghero, Montpellier, Girona, Reus, Jerez, Santander, Kerry, Shannon, Dublin, London-Stansted, and Glasgow. Ryanair is planning (from October) to fly to Rzeszow, Gdansk, Riga, Bratislava, and Porto. Listen to this article · (info) This audio file was created from the revision dated 2005-06-27, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... Sandefjord Airport Torp is located at Torp near Sandefjord. ... Gothenburg City Airport (Swedish: Göteborg City Airport, often incorrectly called its previous name Säve Flygplats) is Swedens most fast-growing - and maybe best situated airport. ...   Stockholm? is the capital and the largest city in Sweden. ... Location within Finland Tampere (Swedish name Tammerfors) is a city in southern Finland located between two lakes: Näsijärvi and Pyhäjärvi. ... Klagenfurt is the capital of the federal state of Austrian Carinthia (German Kärnten, in Austria, on the Glan River. ... Location within Italy Venice (Italian: Venezia), the city of canals, is the capital of the region of Veneto and of the province of Venice, 45°26′ N 12°19′ E, population 271,663 (census estimate 2004-01-01). ... Pescara is a city in the central Italian region of Abruzzo, 42°28N 14°12E, on the Adriatic sea; with a population of 121,700 as of the 2003 census. ... Location within Italy Piazza della Scala Milan (Italian: Milano; Milanese dialect: Milán) is the main city in northern Italy, and is located in the plains of Lombardy, the most populated and developed Italian region. ... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Democratici di Sinistra) Area  - City Proper  1290 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,546,807 almost 4,000,000 1... Alghero (LAlguer in Catalan and SAlighera in Sardinian), is a town of about 35,000 inhabitants. ... Location within France Montpellier (Occitan Montpelhièr) is a city in the south of France. ... Girona (Catalan: Girona, Spanish: Gerona, French: Gérone) is a city located in the northwest of Catalonia, Spain on the confluence of the rivers Ter and Onyar. ... Reus is the capital of the comarca of Baix Camp, in the province of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain, located at 117 metres above the sea. ... see: Jerez de la Frontera Jerez was a small independent emirate created c. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Kerry has multiple meanings. ... Shannon Airport (IATA Airport Code; SNN, ICAO Airport Code; EINN) is Irelands main transatlantic airport. ... Dublin International Airport (IATA Airport Code; DUB, ICAO Airport Code; EIDW) is Irelands main airport. ... Terminal building, designed by Sir Norman Foster The lawn in front of Stansted Airport attracts large numbers of people waiting for their flight during the summer Stansted Airport (IATA: STN, ICAO: EGSS) is a medium-sized passenger airport with a single runway, located in the English county of Essex about... Glasgows location in Scotland Glasgow (or Glaschu in Gaelic) is Scotlands largest city, situated on the River Clyde in the countrys west central lowlands. ... Rzeszów (pronounce: [ʒεʃuv]) is a city in south-eastern Poland with a population of 159,649 (2003), granted a town charter in 1354, the capital of the Subcarpathian Voivodship (since 1999), previously of Rzeszow Voivodship (1945-1998). ... For alternative meanings of Gdańsk and Danzig, see Gdansk (disambiguation) and Danzig (disambiguation) Motto: Nec temere, nec timide (Neither rashly nor timidly) Voivodship Pomeranian Municipal government Rada miasta Gdańska Mayor Paweł Adamowicz Area 262 km² Population  - city  - urban  - density 461 400 (2003) Ranked 6th 1 035 000 1761/km² Founded... Riga (RÄ«ga in Latvian), the capital of Latvia, is situated on the Baltic Sea coast on the mouth of River Daugava, at 56°58′ N 24°8′ E. Riga is the largest city in the Baltic states and serves as a major cultural, educational, political, financial, commercial and industrial... Bratislava (until 1919: PreÅ¡porok in Slovak and Pressburg in German and English; Pozsony in Hungarian) is the capital of Slovakia and the countrys largest city, with a population of some 430,000. ... District Porto Mayor   - Party Rui Rio PSD Area 41. ...


Wizz Air flies to Warsaw, Katowice und Budapest; Iceland Express flies more than once a week to Reykjavik. Wizzair is a Polish/Hungarian low-cost airline focusing on the markets of Central and Eastern Europe. ... Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw Warsaw (Polish: Warszawa, see also other names, in full The Capital City of Warsaw, Polish: Miasto StoÅ‚eczne Warszawa) is the capital of Poland and its largest city. ... Katowice International Airport (MiÄ™dzynarodowy Port Lotniczy Katowice-Pyrzowice) is an international airport located in Pyrzowice, north of Katowice and the Upper Silesia agglomeration. ... Budapest Ferihegy International Airport (Hungarian: Ferihegy RepülÅ‘tér or simply Ferihegy) (located at 47° 26′ 12. ... Iceland Express is a low-fare airline that is based at Keflavík airport near Reykjavík and began operations in 2003. ... Keflavík International Airport (also known as Flugstöð Leifs Eiríkssonar) is the largest airport in Iceland. ...


Cargo

Cargo airline service is offered by: FedEx DC-10 Cargo airlines are airlines dedicated to the transport of cargo. ...

Aeroflot — Russian Airlines (Russian:Аэрофло́т — Росси́йские авиали́нии), or Aeroflot (Аэрофло́т), is the Russian national airline and is the biggest carrier in Russia. ... EgyptAir is the national airline of Egypt, is based in Cairo and is wholly owned by the Egyptian government. ... Royal Jordanian Airbus A310-300 Royal Jordanian Airlines is an airline based in Amman, Jordan. ... British Airways is the largest airline of the United Kingdom. ... Air New Zealand is a major scheduled passenger airline based in Auckland, New Zealand. ... Air Armenia is an airline based in Armenia. ...

External link

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