Hannover Airport

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Hannover Airport Flughafen Hannover-Langenhagen
IATA: HAJ ICAO: EDDV
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	Flughafen Hannover-Langenhagen GmbH
Serves	Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg Metropolitan Region
Location	Langenhagen
Focus city for	Corendon Airlines Europe Eurowings TUI fly Deutschland
Elevation AMSL	183 ft / 56 m
Coordinates	52°27′37″N 9°41′01″E
Website	hannover-airport.de
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 09L/27R 12,467 3,800 Concrete 09R/27L 7,677 2,340 Concrete 09C/27C 2,559 780 Asphalt
Statistics (2022)
Passengers 3,961,983 +92,6% Aircraft movements 0,061,871 +26,6% Cargo (metric tons) 0,036,644 0-1,6%
Sources: Statistics at ADV.,[1] AIP at German air traffic control.[2]

Hannover Airport (IATA: HAJ, ICAO: EDDV) is the international airport of Hanover, capital of the German state of Lower Saxony. The ninth largest airport in Germany, it is situated on 570 hectares (1,400 acres) in Langenhagen,^[3] 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) north of the centre of Hanover. The airport has flights to European metropolitan and leisure destinations, and serves as a base for Eurowings, Corendon Airlines Europe and TUI fly Deutschland.

History

Early years

Hannover Airport in 1970

A Lufthansa Boeing 737-100 at Hannover Airport in April 1968

Hannover Airport opened in Langenhagen in 1952, replacing an airfield situated within the 1952 city limits of Hanover. In 1973 two modern passenger terminals opened as terminals A and B that, as of 2023^[update], are still in service. Known for their compact design, Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow was modelled after them.

In the 1990s, trials of intercontinental services to the United States and Canada were stopped due to low passenger numbers.

Terminal C, the largest of the three passenger terminals, was opened in 1998 to handle more passengers, adding 8 more boarding gates and 3 bus departure gates. Up to 33 aircraft can be handled simultaneously, of which 20 can use aircraft stands equipped with a Jetway. All three terminals are capable of handling a Boeing 747.

From 1957 to 1990, the airport hosted the Internationale Luft- und Raumfahrtausstellung, Germany's largest air show. After a fatal accident in 1988, when a Royal Air Force Chinook helicopter hit a Jetway with its rotor, and after German Reunification two years later, the air show moved to Berlin in 1992.

Development since the 2000s

An S-Bahn connection was established between the airport and Hamelin via Hanover central station in 2000. This replaced the airport's shuttle bus service. While the bus service ran more frequently than the S-Bahn (it ran every 20 minutes), it also took longer to travel between the airport and central station. The train service was extended to Paderborn in 2003.

TUIfly, which maintains a base at Hannover Airport, reduced services heavily in 2008 and 2009, and late in 2009 passed all of its non-traditional holiday routes to now defunct Air Berlin. In 2010, Lufthansa subsidiary Germanwings made Hannover their sixth base in Germany, launching 16 new routes.^[4] In March 2017, Air Berlin ceased all of its services and operations at Hannover, over half a year before becoming completely defunct as a company in October.

Hannover Airport has struggled to generate increased demand in recent years, possibly due to not being able to attract Europe's low-cost carriers to the airport. In addition, new routes from established legacy carriers with their hubs were not able to sustain themselves, as seen with Aer Lingus,^[5] airBaltic,^[6] Finnair,^[7] Brussels Airlines,^[8] Iberia,^[9] LOT Polish Airlines,^[10] and TAP Air Portugal.^[11] Although traffic grew satisfactorily during the late 1990s, there has been little improvement since. In both 2007 and 2008, traffic was down less than 1%, but in 2009 it fell by almost 12%.^[4] Hannover Airport is one of the very few airports in Germany that are open 24 hours a day, but only a few passenger and cargo flights operate at Hannover between 11 PM and 4 AM.

In September 2006 the general aviation terminal, located near the middle runway, was renamed to Karl Jatho Terminal in honour of Hanoverian aviation pioneer Karl Jatho.^[12]

Terminals

The landside areas of Hannover Airport's three passenger terminals A, B, and C (each with shops, restaurants, and travel agents) are interconnected, but each terminal also has its own, separate, airside area with further facilities. Terminals A and B each have six boarding gates equipped with jet bridges, while terminal C has eight of them.^[13] Additional bus gates are available in each concourse. Terminal A underwent a major refurbishment from April 2013, reopening on 9 July 2014.^[14][15]

A rebuilt hangar to the east of the main terminal is used exclusively as terminal D by the Royal Air Force to transport British troops to and from northern Germany.^{[clarification needed]}

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

The following airlines offer regular scheduled and charter flights at Hannover Airport.^[16]

Airlines	Destinations
Aegean Airlines	Seasonal: Athens, Thessaloniki
Air Anka	Seasonal charter: Antalya
Air Cairo[17][18]	Hurghada Seasonal: Marsa Alam[19]
Air France	Paris–Charles de Gaulle[20]
Air Serbia	Belgrade[21]
AJet	Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen[22] Seasonal: Antalya
Austrian Airlines	Vienna
British Airways	London–Heathrow[23]
Corendon Airlines[24]	Antalya, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Hurghada, Tenerife–South Seasonal: Adana/Mersin,[25] Ankara, Corfu, Diyarbakır, Heraklion, İzmir,[26] Kayseri, Kos, Lanzarote, Marsa Alam,[27] Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes, Samsun
Eurowings[28][29][30]	Palma de Mallorca, Pristina Seasonal: Bari, Beirut (begins 20 December 2024),[31] Bergamo,[32] Catania, Faro, Gran Canaria, Lamezia Terme, Málaga, Naples, Olbia, Pula,[29] Rome–Fiumicino, Stockholm–Arlanda, Tenerife–South, Thessaloniki
FlyEgypt	Seasonal charter: Hurghada
FlyErbil[33]	Erbil
Freebird Airlines[34]	Antalya
GP Aviation	Charter: Pristina[35]
KLM	Amsterdam[36]
Lufthansa	Frankfurt, Munich
Mavi Gök Airlines	Seasonal: Antalya
Nesma Airlines	Seasonal charter: Hurghada
Nouvelair	Djerba, Monastir
Pegasus Airlines	Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen Seasonal: Antalya, Bodrum
Scandinavian Airlines	Copenhagen
SunExpress	Adana/Mersin,[37] Ankara, Antalya, Diyarbakır, Izmir, Kayseri (resumes 3 June 2025)[38] Seasonal: Bodrum, Gaziantep, Kayseri
Swiss International Air Lines	Zürich[39]
Tailwind Airlines	Antalya
TUI fly Deutschland	Boa Vista, Fuerteventura, Funchal, Gran Canaria, Hurghada, Lanzarote, Palma de Mallorca, Sal, Tenerife–South Seasonal: Antalya,[40] Arvidsjaur,[41] Burgas,[42] Corfu, Dalaman, Enfidha,[43] Faro, Heraklion, Ibiza, Jerez de la Frontera, Kittilä, Kos, Larnaca, Menorca, Patras, Rhodes, Varna[42]
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul Seasonal: Trabzon
Volotea[44][45]	Seasonal: Toulouse
Vueling	Barcelona

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
Amazon Air[46]	Barcelona, Madrid, Milan-Malpensa, Paris–Charles de Gaulle
FedEx Express[47]	Billund, Liege, Oslo, Paris–Charles de Gaulle

Statistics

Departure area

Check-in area

Cargo terminal

Annual traffic

Annual passenger traffic at HAJ airport. See Wikidata query.

Annual Passenger Traffic^[48]

Year	Passengers	% Change
2000	5,530,284
2001	5,157,558	-6.7%
2002	4,751,921	-7.8%
2003	5,044,870	6.1%
2004	5,249,169	4.0%
2005	5,637,385	7.4%
2006	5,699,299	1.1%
2007	5,644,582	-1%
2008	5,637,517	-0.1%
2009	4,969,799	-11.8%
2010	5,059,800	2%
2011	5,340,264	5.5%
2012	5,287,831	-1%
2013	5,234,909	-1%
2014	5,291,981	1%
2015	5,452,669	3%
2016	5,408,814	-1%
2017	5,870,104	8.5%
2018	6,324,634	7.7%
2019	6,301,366	-0.4%
2020	1,452,333	-76.9%
2021[49]	2,057,452	+41,7%
2022	3,961,983	+92,5
2023	4,599,823	+16,1

Ground transportation

Hannover Airport railway station

Train

Hannover Flughafen railway station is located beneath terminal C and features frequent services of Hanover S-Bahn line S5 to the city centre of Hanover. The service runs every 30 minutes for 22 hours a day, and takes approximately 17 minutes. During important fairs like the Hanover Fair, additional hourly services of Hanover S-Bahn line S8 link the airport with the Hanover fairground.^[50]

Bus

The 470 bus runs directly from the Langenhagen-Zentrum station to Hannover Airport.

Car

Hannover Airport has its own exit on autobahn A352, but can also be reached via local roads. Approximately 14,000 parking spaces are available.

Incidents

• On 30 August 1939, a Lufthansa Junkers Ju 52 crashed after takeoff. All seven occupants died.^[51]
• On 26 May 1988, a Fokker F-27 Friendship operated byStar Air A/S crashed on approach to Hannover when the flaps were fully extended and the aircraft pitched up violently causing a cargo shift. Both occupants died.^[52]

See also

• Transport in Germany
• List of airports in Germany

References

1. "ADV Monthly Traffic Report 12/2022" (PDF; 919 KB). adv.aero (in German). Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Verkehrsflughäfen e.V. 13 February 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
2. "AIP VFR online". dfs.de. DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
3. "Hannover Airport Facts". invest-in-niedersachsen.com. Archived from the original on 15 October 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
4. anna.aero (5 May 2010). "Germanwings' new Hanover base launches with 16 routes; half of 75 weekly flights target the Air Berlin monopoly routes". anna.aero Airline News & Analysis. Archived from the original on 12 May 2010. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
5. "Aer Lingus neu von Hannover nach Dublin". Austrian Wings. 22 November 2013.
6. "airBaltic NS24 Network Changes – 03SEP23". AeroRoutes.
7. Presse, Neue (12 February 2020). "Hannover: Finnair streicht Direktflug nach Helsinki nach nur elf Monaten wieder". www.neuepresse.de.
8. "Brussels Airlines NS23 European Network Adjustment – 18DEC22". AeroRoutes.
9. "Iberia mit zwei neuen Zielen in Deutschland". Austrian Wings. 4 August 2014.
10. "LOT Polish Airlines bietet ab Juni 2018 Flüge nach Warschau an" [LOT Polish Airlines offer flights to Warsaw from June 2018]. Focus Online (in German). 16 February 2018. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
11. "TAP Portugal S16 European Service Suspensions | Airline Route". Archived from the original on 28 January 2016.
12. "Karl Jatho". Hannover Airport. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
13. "Hannover Airport: Fluginformationen: Hannover Airport: Fluginformationen: Site". Archived from the original on 8 July 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
14. "Schneller einchecken und mehr Komfort" [Quicker Checkin and more Comfort]. Bild (in German). 5 July 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
15. "Umbau Terminal A – Oktober 2013 bis Juli 2014" [Refurbishment of terminal A – October 2013 to July 2014]. Hannover Airport (in German). Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
16. "Hannover Airport: Fluginformationen: Hannover Airport: Fluginformationen: Flight Plan". Retrieved 1 November 2021.
17. "Flight plan". sunexpress.com.
18. "Egypt's Air Cairo, SunExpress ink cooperation agreement". ch-aviation.com. 8 March 2021.
19. "AIR CAIRO NS23 NETWORK ADDITIONS – 13OCT22". aeroroutes.com. 14 October 2022.
20. "Air France NS24 Paris European Frequency Variations – 21JAN24". Aeroroutes.
21. https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240229-juns24freq
22. "AJet NS24 Additional Flight Number Changes". Aeroroutes.
23. "British Airways NW24 Heathrow – Europe Frequency Changes – 27OCT24". Aeroroutes. Aeroroutes. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
24. "Corendon Airlines Network". corendonairlines.com. 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
25. "10 Ağustos'ta Adana Şakirpaşa Havalimanı kapatılıyor! Uçuşlar yeni havalimanına aktarılacak". 3 August 2024.
26. "CORENDON AIRLINES NW22 SCHEDULED SERVICE ADJUSTMENT – 20OCT22". aeroroutes.com. 20 October 2022.
27. "Winter 2022: Corendon Europe legt weitere Ferienstrecken ab Deutschland auf". 21 April 2022.
28. eurowings.com retrieved 4 May 2024
29. "Eurowings NS24 Hanover / Nuremberg Network Expansion". AeroRoutes. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
30. "Eurowings NW23 Spain Network Additions". AeroRoutes.
31. "Eurowings Adds Hannover - Beirut Service In NW24". AeroRoutes. 18 July 2024. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
32. "Eurowings Further Expands Hannover / Nuremberg Network in NS24". AeroRoutes.
33. "Fünf zusätzliche Airlines starten ab Hannover". aeroTELEGRAPH. 3 May 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
34. "Flight list". freebirdairlines.com. Archived from the original on 13 February 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
35. "Bulgaria's GP Aviation adds Pristina-Hannover route". SeeNews. 4 April 2024.
36. "KLM/SAS Begins Codeshare Service From Sep 2024". Aeroroutes.
37. "10 Ağustos'ta Adana Şakirpaşa Havalimanı kapatılıyor! Uçuşlar yeni havalimanına aktarılacak". 3 August 2024.
38. "SunExpress NS25 Network Additions – 27OCT24". Aeroroutes. Aeroroutes. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
39. "SWISS NW24 Europe Frequency Changes – 27OCT24". Aeroroutes. Aeroroutes. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
40. "TUIfly Resumes Hannover – Antalya From May 2024".
41. "TUIFLY ADDS ARVIDSJAUR / KITTILA SERVICE IN NW23".
42. "TUIFLY ADDS NEW HANNOVER – BULGARIA ROUTES IN NS24". AeroRoutes. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
43. "Sommer 2024: Tuifly mit zwei neuen Tunesien-Strecken". 19 May 2023.
44. volotea.com - Destinations retrieved 15 October 2021
45. aviation.direct - "From Hannover: Volotea starts Toulouse" (German) 2 December 2022
46. Holy-Zwickelstorfer, Michaela (28 March 2022). "Amazon baut europäischen Luftfrachtbetrieb massiv aus" [Amazon massively expands European airfreight operations]. dispo (in German). Retrieved 25 December 2023.
47. "According to FedEx you can check the Travis for HAJ: Tu.-Fr. morning one flight to Billund (B734 or B738) coming from Liege, Mo.-Fr. Evening: One flight to Liege (B738) coming from Oslo and to Paris (B734) coming from Berlin-SXF". Archived from the original on 14 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
48. Unsere Flughäfen. "Regionale Stärke, Globaler Anschluss". www.adv.aero (in German). Archived from the original on 26 July 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
49. "ADV-Monatsstatistik - ADV Monthly Traffic Report 12/2021" (PDF; 823 kb). www.adv.aero/. Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Verkehrsflughäfen e.V. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
50. "Tariff info" (PDF). www.s-bahn-hannover.de. 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
51. Accident description for D-AFOP at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on October 10, 2023.
52. Accident description for OY-APE at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on October 10, 2023.

External links

• Official website
• Current weather for EDDV at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for HAJ at Aviation Safety Network