# Hannover Airport (HAJ)

> Hannover, DE · IATA: HAJ · ICAO: EDDV · Large Airport · Cargo Hub

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `HAJ` |
| ICAO | `EDDV` |
| City | Hannover |
| Country | DE |
| Type | Large Airport |
| Elevation | 56 m |
| Cargo | ✅ |
| GPS | 52.46110, 9.68508 |

## Description

Hannover Airport (IATA: HAJ, ICAO: EDDV) holds a privilege almost unique among German commercial airports: aircraft may operate around the clock, with no night-flight restrictions and no slot constraints. That freedom has long made the Lower Saxony airport a fixed node in Germany's night airmail network and a fallback for time-critical cargo charters that noise rules block elsewhere. Scheduled freight volumes remain modest, in the low five-digit tonnage range, handled at a dedicated cargo centre on the southern side with on-site customs. Passenger traffic reached about 5.35 million in 2025 and leans heavily towards leisure travel: TUI fly calls Hannover its largest base and is stationing an additional aircraft for winter 2026/2027, a lineage reaching back to predecessor Hapag-Lloyd Flug. Several times a year, Hannover Messe and other major trade fairs turn the airport into a gateway for business charters and exhibition logistics. For truckers the location works well - the A352 spur links the site directly to the A2, one of Europe's busiest east-west freight corridors, and to the A7, while the city centre lies about 11 kilometres away and the S-Bahn serves the terminal directly. The airfield also hosts a tower site of German air navigation provider DFS with a training role.

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