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Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (EDDH/HAM) is Germany's fifth-busiest airport and lies in the Fuhlsbüttel quarter some 8.5 km north of the Hamburg city centre. It is claimed to be the oldest civil airport in the world still operating on its original site, tracing its history back to 1911, and today handles well over 17 million passengers a year as a hub for Eurowings and a focus city for Condor. For a simulator pilot it offers a busy mix of wide-body and narrow-body airline traffic, full ATC services and ILS approaches on two crossing runways.
Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport, identified by the ICAO code EDDH and IATA code HAM, is a major international airport serving Hamburg, the second-largest city in Germany. Since November 2016 it has carried the name of former German chancellor Helmut Schmidt. It sits in the Fuhlsbüttel quarter and is notable as the oldest civil airport in the world still operating at its original site, with origins dating back to 1911. It is a hub for Eurowings and a focus city for Condor, and is equipped to handle wide-bodied aircraft including the Airbus A380, making it an interesting and busy destination for a VFR or IFR flight in the simulator.
The airport lies in the Fuhlsbüttel quarter of Hamburg, roughly 8.5 km north of the city centre. It sits within controlled airspace served by Bremen Radar and its own Director, Tower, Ground and Apron positions, reflecting its status as a major commercial hub with dense scheduled traffic.
The airfield has two physical runways. Runway 15/33 is a hard-surfaced, lit runway measuring 12016 ft from threshold 15 and 10552 ft from threshold 33, with an ILS serving runway 15. Runway 05/23 is also hard-surfaced and lit, measuring 9674 ft from threshold 05 and 10144 ft from threshold 23, with an ILS serving runway 23. Field elevation is 39 ft.
Radio services at Hamburg include AFIS on 125.1 MHz (Langen Information), ATIS on 124.325 MHz (Hamburg ATIS), Director on 118.2 MHz, Ground/Rollkontrolle on 121.805 MHz (Hamburg Ground), Radar on 134.25 MHz (Bremen Radar), Apron/Vorfeld on 121.705 MHz (Hamburg Apron), and Tower/Turm on 121.28 MHz (Hamburg Tower). Both main runway ends, 15 and 23, are equipped with ILS.
Hamburg's airport traces its origins back to 1911, making it, according to Hamburg's aviation cluster organisation, the oldest civil airport in the world still operating at its place of origin. Since November 2016 the airport has carried the name of former German chancellor Helmut Schmidt. Over the decades it has grown continuously from its early beginnings into a modern hub, and it is today counted among the busiest airports in Germany, forming part of a wider aviation cluster in the Hamburg region that also includes major aircraft manufacturing and maintenance industries.
Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport is one of the fastest-growing and most modern airports in Germany, handling over 17 million passengers a year and, as of mid-2017, flights to more than 130 mostly European destinations plus long-haul routes to Dubai and Tehran. It serves as a hub for Eurowings and a focus city for Condor, and is capable of handling wide-bodied aircraft up to the Airbus A380. The airport is involved in initiatives aimed at decarbonising its operations, with a target of net zero by 2035.
