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Encyclopedia > Hamburg Airport
Hamburg Airport
Flughafen Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel
IATA: HAM - ICAO: EDDH
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator FHG Flughafen Hamburg GmbH
Serves Hamburg, Germany
Elevation AMSL 22 ft (6.7 m)
Coordinates 53°37′55″N, 09°59′22″E
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
05/23 10,660 3,250 Paved
15/33 12,025 3,660 Paved

Hamburg Airport (IATA: HAMICAO: EDDH) (German: Flughafen Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel) is the international airport of Hamburg, Germany. An IATA airport code, also known an IATA location identifier or simply a location identifier [1], is a three-letter code designating many airports around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). ... The ICAO (IPA pronunciation: ) airport code or location indicator is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. ... This article is about the city in Germany. ... The term above mean sea level (AMSL) refers to the elevation (on the ground) or altitude (in the air) of any object, relative to the average sea level. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... The metre (or meter, see spelling differences) is a measure of length. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... The metre (or meter, see spelling differences) is a measure of length. ... An IATA airport code, also known an IATA location identifier or simply a location identifier [1], is a three-letter code designating many airports around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). ... The ICAO (IPA pronunciation: ) airport code or location indicator is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. ... Hamburg from above Hamburgs motto: May the posterity endeavour with dignity to conserve the freedom, which the forefathers acquired. ...


It originally covered 440,000 square metres. Since then, the site has grown more than tenfold to 5.7 square kilometres. The main apron covers 320,000 square meters. The Airport is 8.5 km north-west of the centre of the City of Hamburg. Hamburg from above Hamburgs motto: May the posterity endeavour with dignity to conserve the freedom, which the forefathers acquired. ...

Hamburg Airport Departure Hall
Hamburg Airport Departure Hall

The Airport was opened in 1911. In the 1970s, there were discussions of moving Hamburg airport northward to a site near Kaltenkirchen. This plan was subsequently abandoned, and the airport is completing a major modernization that includes new terminal buildings, new roadside access and a connection to Hamburg's rapid transit system (S-Bahn). Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (850x638, 666 KB) Summary Hamburger Flughafen Terminal 2 - Abflugebene. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (850x638, 666 KB) Summary Hamburger Flughafen Terminal 2 - Abflugebene. ... 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ...


Hamburg Airport (measured by the number of passengers) is the fifth biggest of the 16 German commercial airports (on a level with Tegel International Airport in Berlin). This is a list of airports in Germany. ... Tegel International Airport Otto Lilienthal (IATA: TXL, ICAO: EDDT) (often shortened to Tegel) is an airport in Berlin, Germany. ... Berlin is the capital city and one of the sixteen states of the Federal Republic of Germany. ...


The shareholders of Hamburg Airport are the City of Hamburg (51%) and Hochtief AirPort GmbH. (49%). Hochtief AirPort is one of the world’s leading independent airport managers. ...


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External links

  • Hamburg Airport (in German and English)
  • Hamburg Airport Aviation Community (in German and English)

  Results from FactBites:
 
Hamburg Airport - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (244 words)
The Airport is 8.5 km north-west of the centre of the City of Hamburg.
Hamburg Airport (measured by the number of passengers) is the fifth biggest of the 16 German commercial airports (on a level with Tegel International Airport in Berlin).
The shareholders of Hamburg Airport are the City of Hamburg (51%), Hochtief AirPort GmbH and Aer Rianta International plc.
Hamburg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (3193 words)
Hamburg is situated on the southern tip of Jutland Peninsula, geographically centred (a) between Continental Europe and Scandinavia and (b) between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea.
Hamburg is the birthplace of Alsterwasser (a reference to the city’s river Alster with two lake-like bodies in the city centre thanks to damming), a type of shandy, a concoction of equal parts of beer and carbonated lemonade (Zitronenlimonade), the lemonade being added to the beer.
Hamburg is thus one of the few locations in the world in which both Sinti and Romany are spoken, and it is also one of the major headquarters of international Roma organisations.
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