AirportsHelgoland-Düne Airport is a small airport serving Helgoland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is HGL.
Key facts
- IATA code
- HGL
- ICAO code
- EDXH
- City
- Helgoland
- State or region
- Schleswig-Holstein
- Country
- Germany
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 54.1853° N, 7.9158° E
- Elevation
- 2 m (8 ft)
- Runways
- 3
- Longest runway
- 480 m (1,574 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, HGL means Helgoland-Düne Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: EDXH. ICAO codes that begin with E belong to northern Europe. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 54.1853° N, 7.9158° E. It stands 2 metres (8 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Bremerhaven, about 82 km away in a straight line.
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
Helgoland-Düne Airport has 3 runways in the data. The longest is 480 metres (1,574 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 38 airports of Germany on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 37.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 480 m 1,574 ft | 30 m | Concrete | not listed |
| 03/21 | 371 m 1,217 ft | 20 m | Concrete | not listed |
| 06/24 | 258 m 846 ft | 12 m | Concrete | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Wangerooge AirportWangerooge | AGE | 45 km |
| Baltrum AirportBaltrum | BMR | 62 km |
| Heide-Büsum AirportOesterdeichstrich | HEI | 64 km |
| Sea-Airport Cuxhaven/Nordholz / Nordholz Naval AirbaseWurster Nordseeküste | FCN | 67 km |
| Norderney AirportNorderney | NRD | 70 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 6,141 km | 7 h 55 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 6,677 km | 8 h 35 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 5,034 km | 6 h 35 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 638 km | 1 h 15 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 5,969 km | 7 h 40 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 8,950 km | 11 h 15 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 10,281 km | 12 h 55 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 9,024 km | 11 h 20 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 16,383 km | 20 h 15 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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