HAM — Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport
- IATA code
- HAM
- ICAO code
- EDDH
- Size
- large
- OurAirports class
- Passengers
- 14,770,495
- 2025 · −0.4% on the year before
- Nonstop routes
- 75
- With open traffic data
- Time zone
- UTC+1 / UTC+2
- Europe/Berlin
- Elevation
- 16 m
- 52 ft
- Runways
- 2
- Longest 3,666 m
Jan–May 2026: 5,460,317 passengers, +2.1% on the same months of 2025 (Eurostat).
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About HAM
Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport is a large airport serving Hamburg, Germany. It opened in 1912. 14,770,495 passengers used it in 2025. Open traffic data shows 75 nonstop routes from HAM.
Wikidata (CC0) · Eurostat. Sources
Busiest nonstop routes from HAM
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| HAM → MUC | 600 km | 1,281,162 |
| HAM → FRA | 413 km | 1,083,599 |
| HAM → PMI | 1,659 km | 967,394 |
| HAM → ZRH | 694 km | 585,980 |
| HAM → LHR | 748 km | 581,731 |
| HAM → VIE | 769 km | 557,895 |
| HAM → AYT | 2,456 km | 555,190 |
| HAM → DXB | 4,889 km | 444,412 |
| HAM → IST | 1,960 km | 443,119 |
| HAM → CDG | 729 km | 394,895 |
| HAM → SAW | 2,023 km | 375,867 |
| HAM → AMS | 380 km | 357,234 |
| HAM → BCN | 1,493 km | 343,251 |
| HAM → STR | 552 km | 331,421 |
| HAM → MAD | 1,781 km | 269,247 |
| HAM → HRG | 3,529 km | 225,249 |
| HAM → DUB | 1,075 km | 195,219 |
| HAM → FUE | 3,406 km | 187,614 |
| HAM → STN | 686 km | 186,988 |
| HAM → GDN | 562 km | 180,734 |
| HAM → AGP | 2,192 km | 175,278 |
| HAM → CPH | 280 km | 171,685 |
| HAM → LIS | 2,200 km | 168,346 |
| HAM → HER | 2,353 km | 163,758 |
| HAM → LPA | 3,528 km | 157,261 |
| HAM → BRU | 483 km | 148,566 |
| HAM → BSL | 693 km | 147,364 |
| HAM → TFS | 3,575 km | 137,304 |
| HAM → FCO | 1,326 km | 134,605 |
| HAM → FAO | 2,308 km | 133,863 |
| HAM → HEL | 1,172 km | 133,488 |
| HAM → ARN | 827 km | 130,124 |
| HAM → DUS | 340 km | 124,651 |
| HAM → WAW | 756 km | 115,385 |
| HAM → TIA | 1,540 km | 112,784 |
| HAM → ADB | 2,151 km | 108,033 |
| HAM → OSL | 734 km | 106,319 |
| HAM → ATH | 2,046 km | 94,674 |
| HAM → LGW | 745 km | 92,828 |
| HAM → MAN | 814 km | 91,712 |
Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports. Routes outside these are not counted.
Airports within 150 km
| Code | Airport | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| LBC | Lübeck Blankensee Airport | 52 km |
| FCN | Sea-Airport Cuxhaven/Nordholz / Nordholz Naval Airbase | 89 km |
| HEI | Heide-Büsum Airport | 92 km |
| BRE | Bremen Airport | 103 km |
| HAJ | Hannover Airport | 132 km |
| AGE | Wangerooge Airport | 137 km |
| SGD | Sønderborg Airport | 149 km |
| HGL | Helgoland-Düne Airport | 149 km |
Distance from HAM to the major hubs
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 3,666 m | 46 m | Asphalt |
| 05/23 | 3,250 m | 46 m | Asphalt |
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Location
Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany · 53.6304, 9.9882
Questions
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