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Kiel-Holtenau Airport lies on the Baltic coast at the northern end of the Kiel Canal, serving the city of Kiel in Schleswig-Holstein. It offers a hard-surfaced instrument runway alongside a shorter grass strip, making it a useful stop for both instrument and VFR flying in northern Germany.
Kiel-Holtenau Airport (ICAO: EDHK) is a medium-sized aerodrome serving Kiel, the state capital of Schleswig-Holstein, situated where the Kiel Canal meets the Baltic Sea. The field combines a paved instrument runway with a parallel grass strip, and its coastal setting alongside the canal entrance makes it a distinctive and easily recognisable destination for visiting pilots.
The airport sits at coordinates 54.3795 N, 10.1452 E at an elevation of 92 feet, on the northern edge of Kiel where the Kiel Canal opens into the Kieler Förde on the Baltic coast.
Kiel-Holtenau has two physical runways. The main runway, 08/26, is a hard-surfaced, lit strip equipped with an ILS, measuring 3739 feet on the 08 threshold and 4191 feet on the 26 threshold. Alongside it runs a shorter grass runway, 08L/26R, also lit, at roughly 1317 to 1318 feet in length.
Aerodrome flight information is provided as AFIS on 125.1 MHz, with Langen Information also available on that frequency for wider area FIS. Kiel Information can be reached on 119.96 MHz, ground movements on 125.6 MHz, and apron on 121.9 MHz. Kiel Mil operations use 33.832 MHz, Bremen Radar is available on 136.225 MHz, and Bremen VOLMET broadcasts on 127.41 MHz. The main runway, 08/26, is served by an ILS.
Kiel-Holtenau operates with an AFIS (Aerodrome Flight Information Service) rather than full air traffic control, reflecting its status as a general aviation and regional field rather than a scheduled airline airport.
