# Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM)

> Hamburg, DE · IATA: HAM · ICAO: EDDH · Large Airport · Cargo Hub

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `HAM` |
| ICAO | `EDDH` |
| City | Hamburg |
| Country | DE |
| Type | Large Airport |
| Elevation | 16 m |
| Cargo | ✅ |
| GPS | 53.63040, 9.98823 |

## Description

Aviation began at Fuhlsbüttel in 1911, which makes Hamburg Airport (IATA: HAM, ICAO: EDDH) the world's oldest commercial airport still operating at its original site. Named after former chancellor Helmut Schmidt, it handled around 14.8 million passengers in 2024 - fifth place in Germany - with Eurowings and Condor among the most visible carriers. Freight plays a deliberately minor role: a night-flight ban and a location just 9 kilometres north of the city centre keep volumes in the low five-digit tonnage range, almost all of it belly cargo. The Hamburg Airport Cargo Center, opened in 2016 with its own customs post on the apron, concentrates handling and clearance, but a substantial share of Hamburg's air freight actually rolls by road feeder service to the Frankfurt and Amsterdam hubs. What sets the location apart is the industry on site: Lufthansa Technik, one of the world's largest aircraft maintenance and overhaul providers, has its corporate headquarters at the airport and ranks alongside Airbus as an anchor of an aviation cluster employing more than 40,000 people. Airbus's final assembly lines, with their own factory airfield, sit across the Elbe in Finkenwerder. Road access runs via the A7 motorway, and the S1 suburban rail line stops directly beneath the terminal.

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