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Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport

ICAO EDDH53.6304°N 9.9882°E16 m / 53 ftLarge airport

Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (IATA: HAM, ICAO: EDDH) is a large airport in Hamburg, Germany. It opened in Jan 1912. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,666 m (12,028 ft). In 2025 it handled 14.8 million passengers.

Timeline

4 events · 1912–2018

JAN 1912

OpenedHamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport opens.

06 SEP 1971

DisasterPaninternational Flight 112.22 killed

10 NOV 2016

RenamedRenamed Hamburg Airport Helmut Schmidt.

03 JUN 2018

MilestonePower outage.

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

15/33153° / 333° · LIT

LENGTH3,666 m12,028 ftWIDTH46 m150 ftSURFACEAsphalt

05/23050° / 230° · LIT

LENGTH3,250 m10,663 ftWIDTH46 m150 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025

14.7M

15.6M

16.2M

17.6M

17.2M

17.3M

4.6M

5.3M

11.1M

13.6M

14.8M

14.8M

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Routes

124 destinations · 47 countries

Year-round77

CPHCopenhagen Kastrup AirportDenmark · Scandinavian Airlines280 km174 mi DUSDüsseldorf AirportGermany · Eurowings340 km211 mi CGNCologne Bonn AirportGermany · Eurowings363 km226 mi AMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · KLM379 km235 mi FRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Condor Flugdienst, Lufthansa413 km257 mi BRUBrussels AirportBelgium · Brussels Airlines482 km300 mi PRGVáclav Havel Airport PragueCzechia · easyJet490 km304 mi LUXLuxembourg-Findel International AirportLuxembourg · Luxair516 km321 mi SCNSaarbrücken AirportGermany · DAT530 km329 mi STRStuttgart AirportGermany · Eurowings552 km343 mi GDNGdańsk Lech Wałęsa AirportPoland · Ryanair, Wizz Air560 km348 mi MUCMunich AirportGermany · Lufthansa City Airlines, Eurowings, Lufthansa600 km373 mi FDHBodensee Airport FriedrichshafenGermany · Avanti Air663 km412 mi SZGSalzburg AirportAustria · Eurowings683 km424 mi STNLondon Stansted AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair684 km425 mi BSLEuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–FreiburgFrance · easyJet693 km431 mi ZRHZürich AirportSwitzerland · Eurowings694 km431 mi CDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · Air France, Eurowings728 km452 mi OSLOslo-Gardermoen International AirportNorway · Eurowings, Scandinavian Airlines, Norwegian Air Shuttle733 km455 mi LGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet743 km462 mi LHRLondon Heathrow AirportUnited Kingdom · Eurowings, British Airways745 km463 mi WAWWarsaw Chopin AirportPoland · LOT Polish Airlines753 km468 mi VIEVienna International AirportAustria · Eurowings, Austrian Airlines767 km477 mi BGOBergen Airport, FleslandNorway · Widerøe795 km494 mi BZOBolzano AirportItaly · Sky Alps803 km499 mi MANManchester AirportUnited Kingdom · Eurowings, easyJet811 km504 mi ARNStockholm-Arlanda AirportSweden · Eurowings, Scandinavian Airlines, Norwegian Air Shuttle826 km513 mi GRZGraz AirportAustria · Eurowings833 km518 mi GVAGeneva International AirportSwitzerland · easyJet867 km539 mi MXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · Eurowings, easyJet894 km556 mi BUDBudapest Liszt Ferenc International AirportHungary · Eurowings950 km590 mi RIXRiga International AirportLatvia · AirBaltic956 km594 mi DUBDublin AirportIreland · Ryanair, Aer Lingus1,072 km666 mi TLLLennart Meri Tallinn AirportEstonia · AirBaltic1,111 km690 mi NCENice-Côte d'Azur AirportFrance · Eurowings1,127 km700 mi HELHelsinki Vantaa AirportFinland · Finnair1,169 km726 mi TZLTuzla International AirportBosnia & Herzegovina · Wizz Air1,200 km746 mi SPUSplit Saint Jerome AirportCroatia · Eurowings1,213 km754 mi BEGBelgrade Nikola Tesla AirportSerbia · Wizz Air, Air Serbia1,231 km765 mi FCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · Eurowings, easyJet1,326 km824 mi SBZSibiu International AirportRomania · Wizz Air1,333 km828 mi TGDPodgorica Airport / Podgorica Golubovci AirbaseMontenegro · Wizz Air1,428 km887 mi PRNPriština Adem Jashari International AirportKosovo · Eurowings, Wizz Air1,474 km916 mi BCNJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat AirportSpain · Eurowings, Vueling1,493 km928 mi RMOChişinău International AirportMoldova · Wizz Air, HiSky1,532 km952 mi TIATirana International Airport Mother TeresaAlbania · Wizz Air1,539 km956 mi SKPSkopje International AirportNorth Macedonia · Wizz Air1,558 km968 mi SOFSofia AirportBulgaria · Wizz Air1,566 km973 mi PMIPalma de Mallorca AirportSpain · Eurowings, Ryanair, Condor Flugdienst1,659 km1,031 mi VARVarna AirportBulgaria · Wizz Air1,743 km1,083 mi SKGThessaloniki Macedonia International AirportGreece · Eurowings, Aegean Airlines1,752 km1,089 mi MADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · Iberia1,779 km1,105 mi ALCAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández AirportSpain · Ryanair1,887 km1,173 mi ISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Turkish Airlines1,957 km1,216 mi MIRMonastir Habib Bourguiba International AirportTunisia · Tunisair1,988 km1,235 mi SAWIstanbul Sabiha Gökçen International AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines, AJet2,020 km1,255 mi ATHAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International AirportGreece · Sky Express (Greece), Aegean Airlines2,045 km1,271 mi ADBAdnan Menderes International AirportTürkiye · SunExpress2,149 km1,335 mi SVQSeville AirportSpain · easyJet2,176 km1,352 mi LISLisbon Humberto Delgado AirportPortugal · TAP Air Portugal2,198 km1,366 mi ESBEsenboğa International AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines2,286 km1,420 mi AYTAntalya International AirportTürkiye · SunExpress, Corendon Airlines2,454 km1,525 mi KUTDavid the Builder Kutaisi International AirportGeorgia · Wizz Air2,704 km1,680 mi RAKMarrakesh Menara AirportMorocco · easyJet2,841 km1,765 mi EVNZvartnots International AirportArmenia · Wizz Air2,972 km1,847 mi TLVBen Gurion International AirportIsrael · Eurowings3,114 km1,935 mi FNCCristiano Ronaldo International AirportPortugal · Condor Flugdienst3,146 km1,955 mi AMMQueen Alia International AirportJordan · Royal Jordanian3,197 km1,987 mi EBLErbil International AirportIraq · Eurowings3,250 km2,019 mi ACECésar Manrique-Lanzarote AirportSpain · Condor Flugdienst3,346 km2,079 mi FUEFuerteventura AirportSpain · Eurowings, Condor Flugdienst3,406 km2,116 mi LPAGran Canaria AirportSpain · Condor Flugdienst3,528 km2,192 mi HRGHurghada International AirportEgypt · Air Cairo, Condor Flugdienst, AlMasria Universal Airlines3,530 km2,193 mi TFSTenerife Sur AirportSpain · Condor Flugdienst3,574 km2,221 mi SPCLa Palma AirportSpain · Condor Flugdienst3,578 km2,223 mi DOHHamad International AirportQatar · Qatar Airways4,656 km2,893 mi DXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Emirates4,885 km3,035 mi

Seasonal60

INNInnsbruck AirportAustria · Eurowings715 km444 mi KLUKlagenfurt AirportAustria · Austrian Airlines, Sky Alps836 km519 mi LINMilano Linate AirportItaly · ITA Airways912 km567 mi VRNVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo AirportItaly · Eurowings918 km570 mi VCEVenice Marco Polo AirportItaly · Eurowings919 km571 mi LYSLyon Saint-Exupéry AirportFrance · Volotea946 km588 mi ZAGZagreb Franjo Tuđman International AirportCroatia · Croatia Airlines979 km608 mi RJKRijeka AirportCroatia · Eurowings992 km616 mi VNOVilnius International AirportLithuania · AirBaltic1,001 km622 mi NTENantes Atlantique AirportFrance · Volotea1,091 km678 mi FLRFlorence Airport, PeretolaItaly · Volotea1,096 km681 mi ZADZadar AirportCroatia · Eurowings1,130 km702 mi OLBOlbia Costa Smeralda AirportItaly · Eurowings1,416 km880 mi NAPNaples International AirportItaly · Eurowings1,453 km903 mi BRIBari Karol Wojtyła International AirportItaly · Eurowings1,478 km918 mi BIOBilbao AirportSpain · Eurowings, Vueling1,487 km924 mi CAGCagliari Elmas AirportItaly · Eurowings1,600 km994 mi PMIPalma de Mallorca AirportSpain · Marabu Airlines1,659 km1,031 mi RVNRovaniemi AirportFinland · Eurowings1,674 km1,040 mi KAOKuusamo AirportFinland · AirBaltic1,730 km1,075 mi CFUCorfu Ioannis Kapodistrias International AirportGreece · Marabu Airlines, Eurowings, Condor Flugdienst1,731 km1,076 mi VARVarna AirportBulgaria · Eurowings1,743 km1,083 mi KTTKittilä International AirportFinland · Eurowings1,751 km1,088 mi VLCValencia AirportSpain · Eurowings1,760 km1,094 mi IBZIbiza AirportSpain · Eurowings1,767 km1,098 mi BOJBurgas AirportBulgaria · Eurowings1,782 km1,107 mi PVKAktion National AirportGreece · Marabu Airlines1,828 km1,136 mi CTACatania-Fontanarossa AirportItaly · Eurowings1,839 km1,143 mi TOSTromsø AirportNorway · Eurowings1,842 km1,145 mi ALCAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández AirportSpain · Eurowings1,887 km1,173 mi ZTHZakynthos International Airport Dionysios SolomosGreece · Marabu Airlines, Eurowings, Condor Flugdienst1,953 km1,214 mi OPOFrancisco de Sá Carneiro AirportPortugal · Eurowings1,955 km1,215 mi MLAMalta International AirportMalta · Eurowings2,008 km1,248 mi KLXKalamata AirportGreece · Condor Flugdienst2,061 km1,281 mi JMKMykonos Island National AirportGreece · Eurowings2,152 km1,337 mi KEFKeflavik International AirportIceland · Icelandair2,166 km1,346 mi AGPMálaga-Costa del Sol AirportSpain · Marabu Airlines, Eurowings2,192 km1,362 mi LISLisbon Humberto Delgado AirportPortugal · Eurowings2,198 km1,366 mi XRYJerez AirportSpain · Marabu Airlines, Eurowings, Condor Flugdienst2,248 km1,397 mi BJVMilas Bodrum International AirportTürkiye · AJet2,271 km1,411 mi ESBEsenboğa International AirportTürkiye · SunExpress, AJet2,286 km1,420 mi KGSKos International Airport "Ippokratis"Greece · Marabu Airlines, Eurowings, Condor Flugdienst2,289 km1,422 mi CHQChania International AirportGreece · Marabu Airlines, Eurowings, Condor Flugdienst2,294 km1,425 mi FAOFaro - Gago Coutinho International AirportPortugal · Marabu Airlines, Eurowings, Condor Flugdienst2,306 km1,433 mi HERHeraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis AirportGreece · Marabu Airlines, Eurowings, Condor Flugdienst2,353 km1,462 mi RHORhodes International Airport "Diagoras"Greece · Marabu Airlines, Eurowings, Condor Flugdienst2,371 km1,473 mi DLMDalaman International AirportTürkiye · SunExpress2,374 km1,475 mi AYTAntalya International AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines, Freebird Airlines2,454 km1,525 mi ASRKayseri Erkilet International AirportTürkiye · Eurowings2,541 km1,579 mi COVÇukurova International AirportTürkiye · Eurowings2,679 km1,665 mi LCALarnaca International AirportCyprus · Eurowings2,783 km1,729 mi RAKMarrakesh Menara AirportMorocco · Eurowings2,841 km1,765 mi AGAAl Massira AirportMorocco · Marabu Airlines, Condor Flugdienst3,026 km1,880 mi FNCCristiano Ronaldo International AirportPortugal · Marabu Airlines, Eurowings3,146 km1,955 mi ACECésar Manrique-Lanzarote AirportSpain · Marabu Airlines, Eurowings3,346 km2,079 mi LPAGran Canaria AirportSpain · Marabu Airlines, Eurowings3,528 km2,192 mi HRGHurghada International AirportEgypt · Marabu Airlines, Eurowings, Corendon Airlines3,530 km2,193 mi TFSTenerife Sur AirportSpain · Marabu Airlines, Eurowings3,574 km2,221 mi SPCLa Palma AirportSpain · Marabu Airlines, Eurowings3,578 km2,223 mi RMFMarsa Alam International AirportEgypt · Eurowings3,726 km2,315 mi

Most destinationsEurowings 68Condor Flugdienst 19Marabu Airlines 18Wizz Air 13easyJet 9Ryanair 5

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from HAM. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Hamburg Airport” (revision of 20 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers14.8M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#152of 3,974 · #41 Europe · #5 DE Longest runway3,666 m12,028 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#295of 29,823 · #40 Europe · #7 DE Elevation16 m53 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=38,991of 43,341 · =5,223 Europe · =745 DE AgeOpened 19122026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=46of 15,079 · =33 Europe · =4 DE Runways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =134 Europe · =20 DE

Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

8 channels

ATISHamburg ATIS124.325

DIRDIRECTOR118.200

GNDHamburg Ground / Rollkontrolle121.805

RDRBREMEN RADAR134.250

RMPHamburg Apron / Vorfeld121.705

TWRHamburg Tower / Turm121.280

AFISLANGEN INFORMATION125.100

TWRHahn Tower / Turm126.855