AirportsHannover Airport is a large airport serving Hannover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is HAJ.
Key facts
- IATA code
- HAJ
- ICAO code
- EDDV
- City
- Hannover
- State or region
- Lower Saxony
- Country
- Germany
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 52.4611° N, 9.6851° E
- Elevation
- 56 m (183 ft)
- Runways
- 3
- Longest runway
- 3,790 m (12,434 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, HAJ means Hannover Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: EDDV. ICAO codes that begin with E belong to northern Europe. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 52.4611° N, 9.6851° E. It stands 56 metres (183 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone Europe/Berlin, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Hannover Airport has 3 runways in the data. The longest is 3,790 metres (12,434 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 38 airports of Germany on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 6.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09L/27R | 3,790 m 12,434 ft | 45 m | Concrete | Yes |
| 09R/27L | 2,340 m 7,677 ft | 45 m | Concrete | Yes |
| 09C/27C | 777 m 2,548 ft | 23 m | Asphalt | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Bremen AirportBremen | BRE | 89 km |
| Kassel AirportCalden | KSF | 118 km |
| Paderborn Lippstadt AirportBüren | PAD | 119 km |
| Hamburg Helmut Schmidt AirportHamburg | HAM | 132 km |
| Münster Osnabrück AirportGreven | FMO | 141 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 6,029 km | 7 h 45 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 6,530 km | 8 h 20 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 4,857 km | 6 h 20 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 703 km | 1 h 20 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 6,151 km | 7 h 55 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 9,171 km | 11 h 35 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 10,180 km | 12 h 45 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 9,102 km | 11 h 30 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 16,341 km | 20 h 10 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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