# Heide-Büsum Airport (HEI / EDXB)

**Heide-Büsum Airport** (IATA: HEI, ICAO: EDXB) is a small airport in Oesterdeichstrich, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It has one runway, 720 m (2,362 ft) long, asphalt. In 2016 it handled 19 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: HEI / EDXB
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Oesterdeichstrich, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
- Elevation: 2 m / 7 ft
- Coordinates: 54.1533, 8.9017
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 720 m / 2,362 ft
- Passengers: 18,508 (2016)
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Berlin
- Website: https://www.flugplatz-heidebuesum.de/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heide%E2%80%93B%C3%BCsum_Airport (12 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q556109
- Weather station: ETNH · WMO 10038
- Ident: EDXB

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11/29 | 720 m / 2,362 ft | 23 m / 76 ft | Asphalt |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2002 | 1 | Eurostat |
| 2003 | 7 | Eurostat |
| 2004 | 40 | Eurostat |
| 2005 | 10 | Eurostat |
| 2006 | 18 | Eurostat |
| 2008 | 8 | Eurostat |
| 2009 | 8 | Eurostat |
| 2010 | 34 | Eurostat |
| 2015 | 18,070 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 18,508 | Wikidata |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [HGL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edxh.md) Helgoland-Düne Airport · Germany · 64 km / 40 mi · OFD Ostfriesischer Flugdienst

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from HEI, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- [OFD Ostfriesischer Flugdienst](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ofd-ostfriesischer-flugdienst) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 19K (2016) | #2,470 of 3,974 | #508 in Europe | #44 in DE |
| Longest runway | 720 m / 2,362 ft | =21,880 of 29,858 | =2,215 in Europe | =302 in DE |
| Elevation | 2 m / 7 ft | =42,809 of 43,403 | =5,781 in Europe | =788 in DE |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =85 in DE |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| INFO | Buesum Radio | 125.860 |
| AFIS | Langen Information | 125.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [PSH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edxo.md) Sankt Peter-Ording Airport · 22 km / 14 mi
- [EDXM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edxm.md) Sankt Michaelisdonn Airfield · 25 km / 16 mi
- [DE-0371](https://dromopedia.com/airports/de-0371.md) Offenbüttel Ultralight Airfield · 31 km / 19 mi
- [QHU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edxj.md) Husum-Schwesing Airport · 43 km / 26 mi
- [ETNH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/etnh.md) Hohn Air Base · 45 km / 28 mi
- [FCN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/etmn.md) Sea-Airport Cuxhaven/Nordholz / Nordholz Naval Airbase · 46 km / 28 mi

## In collections

- [Shortest runways with airline service](https://dromopedia.com/collections/shortest-scheduled) #24

## 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)
- [Wikipedia: “Heide–Büsum Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heide–Büsum_Airport&oldid=1363042346), revision of 7 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [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/edxb/data