# Kiel-Holtenau Airport (KEL / EDHK)

**Kiel-Holtenau Airport** (IATA: KEL, ICAO: EDHK) is a medium airport in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It opened in 1914. It has 2 runways; the longest is 1,260 m (4,134 ft). In 2010 it handled 222 passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/edhk

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KEL / EDHK
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
- Opened: 1914
- Elevation: 31 m / 102 ft
- Coordinates: 54.3796, 10.1453
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 1,260 m / 4,134 ft
- Passengers: 222 (2010)
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Berlin
- Website: http://www.airport-kiel.de/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiel_Airport (15 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q566504
- Weather station: EDHK
- Ident: EDHK

## Timeline

- 1914: Kiel-Holtenau Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 1,260 m / 4,134 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 082° / 262° | yes |
| 08L/26R | 450 m / 1,476 ft | 35 m / 115 ft | Grass | 081° / 261° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2002 | 128,901 | Eurostat |
| 2003 | 82,278 | Eurostat |
| 2004 | 53,075 | Eurostat |
| 2005 | 42,250 | Eurostat |
| 2006 | 6,868 | Eurostat |
| 2007 | 281 | Eurostat |
| 2008 | 271 | Eurostat |
| 2009 | 202 | Eurostat |
| 2010 | 222 | Eurostat |

## Airlines

Hubs from Wikidata.

Former hub of [Holstenflug](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/holstenflug).

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 222 (2010) | =3,545 of 3,974 | #724 in Europe | #52 in DE |
| Longest runway | 1,260 m / 4,134 ft | =9,198 of 29,858 | =1,119 in Europe | #92 in DE |
| Elevation | 31 m / 102 ft | =36,757 of 43,403 | =4,893 in Europe | =711 in DE |
| Age | Opened 1914 | =81 of 15,079 | =65 in Europe | =13 in DE |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =135 in Europe | =20 in DE |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | Langen Information | 125.100 |
| GND | GND | 125.600 |
| OPS | KIEL MIL | 33.832 |
| RDR | BREMEN RADAR | 136.225 |
| RMP | APRON | 121.900 |
| FIS | Kiel Information | 119.960 |
| VOLMET | Bremen VOLMET | 127.410 |

## Nearby airports

- [ETNH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/etnh.md) Hohn Air Base · 40 km / 25 mi
- [WBG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/etns.md) Schleswig Air Base · 42 km / 26 mi
- [SGD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eksb.md) Sønderborg Airport · 69 km / 43 mi
- [LBC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edhl.md) Lübeck Blankensee Airport · 74 km / 46 mi
- [HAM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddh.md) Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport · 84 km / 52 mi
- [MRW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ekmb.md) Lolland Falster Maribo Airport · 91 km / 56 mi

## In collections

- [Oldest airports still open](https://dromopedia.com/collections/oldest) #50

## Sources

- [Eurostat](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/avia_paoa/default/table): Source: Eurostat (avia_paoa) (Eurostat reuse policy (CC BY 4.0))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/edhk/data