Hannover Airport Explained

Hannover Airport
Nativename:German: Flughafen Hannover-Langenhagen
Image2-Width:250
Iata:HAJ
Icao:EDDV
Type:Public
Owner-Oper:Flughafen Hannover-Langenhagen GmbH
City-Served:Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg Metropolitan Region
Location:Langenhagen
Focus City:
Elevation-F:183
Elevation-M:56
Website:hannover-airport.de
R1-Number:09L/27R
R1-Length-F:12,467
R1-Length-M:3,800
R1-Surface:Concrete
R2-Number:09R/27L
R2-Length-F:7,677
R2-Length-M:2,340
R2-Surface:Concrete
R3-Number:09C/27C
R3-Length-F:2,559
R3-Length-M:780
R3-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2022
Stat1-Header:Passengers
Stat1-Data:3,961,983 +92,6%
Stat2-Header:Aircraft movements
Stat2-Data:61,871 +26,6%
Stat3-Header:Cargo (metric tons)
Stat3-Data:36,644 -1,6%
Footnotes:Sources: Statistics at ADV.,[1]
AIP at German air traffic control.[2]

Hannover Airport is the international airport of Hanover, capital of the German state of Lower Saxony. The ninth largest airport in Germany, it is situated on in Langenhagen,[3] 11km (07miles) 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 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,, 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%. 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.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

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

Cargo

Statistics

Annual traffic

Annual Passenger Traffic[17] ! Year! Passengers! % Change
20005,530,284
20015,157,558 -6.7%
20024,751,921 -7.8%
20035,044,870 6.1%
20045,249,169 4.0%
20055,637,385 7.4%
20065,699,299 1.1%
20075,644,582 -1%
20085,637,517 -0.1%
20094,969,799 -11.8%
20105,059,800 2%
20115,340,264 5.5%
20125,287,831 -1%
20135,234,909 -1%
20145,291,981 1%
2015 5,452,669 3%
20165,408,814 -1%
20175,870,104 8.5%
20186,324,634 7.7%
20196,301,366 -0.4%
20201,452,333 -76.9%
2021[18] 2,057,452 +41,7%
20223,961,983 +92,5
20234,599,823 +16,1

Ground transportation

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.[19]

Bus

The 470 bus runs directly from the German: Langenhagen-Zentrum|italics=unset 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

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ADV Monthly Traffic Report 12/2022 . adv.aero . Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Verkehrsflughäfen e.V. . 2023-02-13 . 2023-02-17 . de . PDF; 919 KB.
  2. Web site: AIP VFR online. dfs.de. 2023-02-21. DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH. en.
  3. Web site: Hannover Airport Facts . invest-in-niedersachsen.com . October 13, 2023 . 15 October 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231015162401/https://www.invest-in-niedersachsen.com/en/focus-sectors/mobility/hannover-airport . dead .
  4. Web site: anna.aero . Germanwings' new Hanover base launches with 16 routes; half of 75 weekly flights target the Air Berlin monopoly routes . 5 May 2010 . anna.aero Airline News & Analysis . 18 May 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100512002921/http://www.anna.aero/2010/05/05/germanwings-new-hannover-base-launches-with-16-routes/ . 12 May 2010 . live .
  5. Web site: Aer Lingus neu von Hannover nach Dublin. 22 November 2013. Austrian Wings.
  6. Web site: airBaltic NS24 Network Changes – 03SEP23. AeroRoutes.
  7. Web site: Hannover: Finnair streicht Direktflug nach Helsinki nach nur elf Monaten wieder. Neue. Presse. 12 February 2020. www.neuepresse.de.
  8. Web site: Brussels Airlines NS23 European Network Adjustment – 18DEC22. AeroRoutes.
  9. Web site: Iberia mit zwei neuen Zielen in Deutschland. 4 August 2014. Austrian Wings.
  10. News: LOT Polish Airlines bietet ab Juni 2018 Flüge nach Warschau an . 2018-02-16 . LOT Polish Airlines offer flights to Warsaw from June 2018 . Focus Online . de . 2023-12-25 .
  11. Web site: TAP Portugal S16 European Service Suspensions | Airline Route . https://web.archive.org/web/20160128131111/http://airlineroute.net/2016/01/19/tp-europe-s16/ . 28 January 2016 .
  12. Web site: Karl Jatho . Hannover Airport . 2023-12-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304040014/http://www.hannover-airport.de/index.php?id=1498&L=1 . 4 March 2016 . dead.
  13. Web site: Hannover Airport: Fluginformationen: Hannover Airport: Fluginformationen: Site. 4 June 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140708094559/http://www.hannover-airport.de/index.php?id=1882&L=1. 8 July 2014. dmy-all.
  14. News: Schneller einchecken und mehr Komfort . Quicker Checkin and more Comfort . 2014-07-05 . de . Bild . 2023-12-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924091558/http://www.bild.de/regional/hannover/flughafen-hannover-langenhagen/terminal_umgebaut_schneller_einchecken_und_mehr_komfort-36688446.bild.html . 24 September 2015 . live.
  15. Web site: Umbau Terminal A – Oktober 2013 bis Juli 2014 . Refurbishment of terminal A – October 2013 to July 2014 . Hannover Airport . de . 2023-12-24 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203132113/http://www.hannover-airport.de/index.php?id=3361 . 3 December 2013 .
  16. Web site: Hannover Airport: Fluginformationen: Hannover Airport: Fluginformationen: Flight Plan. 1 November 2021.
  17. Web site: Unsere Flughäfen . Regionale Stärke, Globaler Anschluss . www.adv.aero . de-DE . 9 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180726133629/http://www.adv.aero/ . 26 July 2018 . live .
  18. Web site: ADV-Monatsstatistik - ADV Monthly Traffic Report 12/2021 . Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Verkehrsflughäfen e.V. . www.adv.aero/ . 2022-01-31 . 2023-01-16 . PDF; 823 kb.
  19. Web site: Tariff info . 2018 . www.s-bahn-hannover.de . 12 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180612163159/http://www.s-bahn-hannover.de/s_hannover/view/mdb/s_hannover/fahrplan/2018/mdb_271123_plakat_s-bahn_tarifinfo_neu_2017.pdf . 12 June 2018 . live .