AirportsHamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport is a large airport serving Hamburg, in Germany. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is HAM.
Key facts
- IATA code
- HAM
- ICAO code
- EDDH
- City
- Hamburg
- State or region
- Hamburg
- Country
- Germany
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 53.6304° N, 9.9882° E
- Elevation
- 16 m (53 ft)
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 3,666 m (12,028 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, HAM means Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: EDDH. ICAO codes that begin with E belong to northern Europe. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 53.6304° N, 9.9882° E. It stands 16 metres (53 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
Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport has 2 runways in the data. The longest is 3,666 metres (12,028 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 7.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 3,666 m 12,028 ft | 46 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 05/23 | 3,250 m 10,663 ft | 46 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Lübeck Blankensee AirportLübeck | LBC | 52 km |
| Sea-Airport Cuxhaven/Nordholz / Nordholz Naval AirbaseWurster Nordseeküste | FCN | 89 km |
| Heide-Büsum AirportOesterdeichstrich | HEI | 92 km |
| Bremen AirportBremen | BRE | 103 km |
| Hannover AirportHannover | HAJ | 132 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 6,007 km | 7 h 45 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 6,533 km | 8 h 20 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 4,885 km | 6 h 25 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 745 km | 1 h 25 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 6,118 km | 7 h 50 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 9,087 km | 11 h 25 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 10,151 km | 12 h 45 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 8,988 km | 11 h 20 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 16,279 km | 20 h 05 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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