Hanover Airport

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Hannover Airport
Flughafen Hannover-Langenhagen
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorFlughafen Hannover-Langenhagen GmbH
ServesHannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg Metropolitan Region
LocationLangenhagen
Focus city for
Elevation AMSL183 ft / 56 m
Coordinates52°27′37″N 9°41′01″E / 52.460214°N 9.683522°E / 52.460214; 9.683522
Websitehannover-airport.de
Interactive map of Hannover Airport
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 (2024)
Passengers5,223,745 Increase+13,56%
Aircraft movements0,061,871 Increase+26,6%
Cargo (metric tons)0,036,644 Decrease0-1,6%
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

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.[4] In 1973 two modern passenger terminals opened as terminals A and B that, as of 2023, 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 jet bridge. 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 jet bridge 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.[5] 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.[6]

Hannover Airport has struggled to generate increased demand since the late 2000s, 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,[7] airBaltic,[8] Finnair,[9] Brussels Airlines,[10] Iberia,[11] LOT Polish Airlines,[12] and TAP Air Portugal.[13] Passenger traffic declined from 5.64 million in 2008 to 4.97 million in 2009, recovered to 6.30 million in 2019, fell to 1.45 million in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, and reached 5.34 million in 2025.[14] 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.[15]

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.[16] Additional bus gates are available in each concourse. Terminal A underwent a major refurbishment from April 2013, reopening on 9 July 2014.[17][18]

A separate Terminal D is located east of the main terminals. It was formerly used by the Royal Air Force to transport British troops to and from northern Germany, but has been used again for regular passenger traffic during peak periods since July 2023.[19][20]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

The following airlines offer regular scheduled and charter flights at Hannover Airport.[21]

AirlinesDestinations
Aegean Airlines Seasonal: Athens,[22] Thessaloniki[22]
Air Cairo Hurghada[23]
Seasonal: Marsa Alam[24]
Air France Paris–Charles de Gaulle[25]
Air Serbia Belgrade[26]
AJet Bodrum (begins 1 July 2026),[27] Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen[28]
Austrian Airlines Vienna[29]
British Airways London–Heathrow[30]
Corendon Airlines Antalya,[31] Fuerteventura,[32] Gran Canaria,[32] Hurghada,[33] Tenerife–South[33]
Seasonal: Adana/Mersin,[34] Corfu,[33] Diyarbakır,[33] Heraklion,[35] İzmir,[33] Marsa Alam,[36] Kos,[33] Palma de Mallorca,[33] Rhodes,[35] Samsun,[33] Sharm El Sheikh[37]
CondorSeasonal charter: Arvidsjaur[38]
Eurowings Palma de Mallorca,[39] Pristina[39]
Seasonal: Alicante,[40] Bastia,[41] Beirut,[42] Dubai–Al Maktoum,[43] Erbil,[44] Faro,[39] Funchal,[45] Gran Canaria,[39] Glasgow (begins 29 June 2026),[46] Hurghada,[39] Lamezia Terme,[47] Lisbon,[48] Málaga,[39] Marrakesh,[49] Milan–Malpensa,[50] Nice,[51] Olbia,[39] Pula,[52] Rome–Fiumicino,[53] Stockholm–Arlanda,[54] Tenerife–South[39] Thessaloniki[47]
Seasonal charter: Arvidsjaur[55]
FlyErbil Erbil[56]
Freebird Airlines Antalya[57]
GP Aviation Pristina[58]
KLM Amsterdam[59]
Lufthansa Frankfurt,[60] Munich[61]
Lufthansa City Airlines Munich[61]
Mavi Gök Airlines Antalya[62]
Nesma Airlines Hurghada[63]
Nouvelair Seasonal: Djerba,[64] Monastir[64]
Pegasus Airlines Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen[65]
Seasonal: Antalya[66]
Scandinavian Airlines Copenhagen[67]
Sky Alps Seasonal: Bolzano,[68]
Sundair Beirut[69]
SunExpress Adana/Mersin,[34] Antalya,[70] Diyarbakır, Izmir[71]
Seasonal: Bodrum,[72] Kayseri[73]
Swiss International Air Lines Zürich[74]
TUI fly Deutschland Boa Vista,[75] Fuerteventura,[76] Funchal,[76] Gran Canaria,[76] Hurghada,[77] Lanzarote,[78] Palma de Mallorca,[76] Sal,[75] Tenerife–South[76]
Seasonal: Burgas,[79] Corfu,[78] Dalaman,[80] Djerba,[78] Faro,[76] Heraklion,[81] Ibiza,[78] Jerez de la Frontera,[76] Kos,[78] Larnaca,[82] Menorca,[78] Patras,[78] Rhodes,[78] Trieste,[78] Varna[83]
Turkish Airlines Istanbul[84]
Vueling Barcelona[85]

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
Amazon Air[86] Barcelona, Madrid, Milan-Malpensa, Paris–Charles de Gaulle
FedEx Express[87] Billund, Liege, Oslo, Paris–Charles de Gaulle

Statistics

Hannover Airport in 1970
Departure area
Check-in area
Cargo terminal
Hannover Airport tower
Annual Passenger Traffic[88]
Year Passengers % Change
20005,530,284Steady
20015,157,558Decrease -6.7%
20024,751,921Decrease -7.8%
20035,044,870Increase 6.1%
20045,249,169Increase 4.0%
20055,637,385Increase 7.4%
20065,699,299Increase 1.1%
20075,644,582Decrease -1%
20085,637,517Decrease -0.1%
20094,969,799Decrease -11.8%
20105,059,800Increase 2%
20115,340,264Increase 5.5%
20125,287,831Decrease -1%
20135,234,909Decrease -1%
20145,291,981Increase 1%
20155,452,669Increase 3%
20165,408,814Decrease -1%
20175,870,104Increase 8.5%
20186,324,634Increase 7.7%
20196,301,366Decrease -0.4%
20201,452,333Decrease -76.9%
2021[89]2,057,452Increase +41.7%
20223,961,983Increase +92.5
20234,599,823Increase +16.1
20245,223,745Increase +13.56

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.[90]

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.[91]
  • 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.[92]

See also

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