HGL

Helgoland-Düne Airport

ICAO EDXH54.1853°N 7.9158°E2 m / 8 ftSmall airport
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Helgoland-Düne Airport (IATA: HGL, ICAO: EDXH) is a small airport in Helgoland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It opened in 1962. It has 3 runways; the longest is 480 m (1,574 ft). It is operated by DB Station&Service. In 2016 it handled 25 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1962–1962
1962
OpenedHelgoland-Düne Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
15/33147° / 327°
LENGTH480 m1,574 ftWIDTH30 m98 ftSURFACEConcrete
03/21027° / 207°
LENGTH371 m1,217 ftWIDTH20 m66 ftSURFACEConcrete
06/24057° / 237°
LENGTH258 m846 ftWIDTH12 m39 ftSURFACEConcrete

Passengers per year

2002–2016
11
32
212
204
189
218
100
101
1K
22K
25K
0203040506070809101516

Routes

2 destinations · 1 country

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from HGL. From the Wikipedia article “Heligoland Airfield” (revision of 8 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers25K (2016)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#2,365of 3,974 · #488 Europe · #40 DELongest runway480 m1,574 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=27,639of 29,823 · =2,794 Europe · =405 DEElevation2 m8 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=42,681of 43,341 · =5,763 Europe · #787 DEAgeOpened 19622026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=4,898of 15,079 · =968 Europe · =180 DERunways31 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=151of 29,943 · =32 Europe · =4 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

2 channels
INFOHelgoland Radio122.455
AFISLangen Information128.525