# Hof-Plauen Airport (HOQ / EDQM)

**Hof-Plauen Airport** (IATA: HOQ, ICAO: EDQM) is a medium airport in Hof, Bavaria, Germany. It opened in 1968. It has one runway, 1,480 m (4,856 ft) long, asphalt. In 2010 it handled 14 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: HOQ / EDQM
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Hof, Bavaria, Germany
- Opened: 1968
- Elevation: 597 m / 1,959 ft
- Coordinates: 50.2885, 11.8529
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,480 m / 4,856 ft
- Passengers: 14,138 (2010)
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Berlin
- Website: https://airport-hof.de/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hof%E2%80%93Plauen_Airport (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q565394
- Weather station: EDQM · WMO 10685
- Ident: EDQM

## Timeline

- 1968: Hof-Plauen Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 1,480 m / 4,856 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 087° / 267° | yes |

- 08/26 slopes 1.3%: threshold 26 at 578 m / 1,896 ft, threshold 08 at 597 m / 1,958 ft.

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2002 | 20,843 | Eurostat |
| 2003 | 22,916 | Eurostat |
| 2004 | 23,828 | Eurostat |
| 2005 | 22,297 | Eurostat |
| 2006 | 23,205 | Eurostat |
| 2007 | 24,663 | Eurostat |
| 2008 | 19,640 | Eurostat |
| 2009 | 17,086 | Eurostat |
| 2010 | 14,138 | Eurostat |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 14K (2010) | #2,559 of 3,974 | #526 in Europe | #46 in DE |
| Longest runway | 1,480 m / 4,856 ft | =7,371 of 29,858 | #995 in Europe | #77 in DE |
| Elevation | 597 m / 1,959 ft | =9,123 of 43,403 | #505 in Europe | #73 in DE |
| Age | Opened 1968 | =5,887 of 15,079 | =1,060 in Europe | =207 in DE |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =85 in DE |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | Langen Information | 125.800 |
| RDR | MUNCHEN RADAR | 118.975 |
| TWR | Hof Tower / Turm | 124.355 |

## Nearby airports

- [BYU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edqd.md) Bayreuth Airport · 37 km / 23 mi
- [ETIC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/etic.md) Grafenwöhr Army Air Field · 66 km / 41 mi
- [KLV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lkkv.md) Karlovy Vary Airport · 76 km / 47 mi
- [EDQA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edqa.md) Bamberg-Breitenau Airfield · 78 km / 49 mi
- [AOC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edac.md) Leipzig–Altenburg Airport · 90 km / 56 mi
- [ERF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edde.md) Erfurt-Weimar Airport · 99 km / 62 mi

## 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/edqm/data