Hamburg Airport HAMEDDH

Hamburg Airport (HAM) is northern Germany’s main airport and Germany’s fifth-largest, but it is not a banked global hub in the Frankfurt or Munich sense. For frequent flyers it works best as a compact point-to-point airport with strong domestic, European business, leisure and Mediterranean coverage, plus selected longer-haul or Middle East connectivity. Eurowings has a base here, Condor is a notable leisure carrier, and Lufthansa Group/Star Alliance traffic is important, but no single alliance dominates the whole airport experience. The layout is straightforward: Terminals 1 and 2 are connected by the Airport Plaza, central security sits between them, and the S-Bahn station is directly below the arrivals level. The easiest city link is the S1 to Hamburg Hauptbahnhof, about 25 minutes and normally every 10 minutes in the daytime. For layovers, HAM is convenient for a city dash if you have enough buffer, but it is not an airport with a major airside transit-hotel ecosystem.

Timezone: Europe/Berlin

Nonstop from here

Carrier network (who flies) — not availability or price; tap an airport for its awards.

Airport lounges

Lounge access is reference info; commission never ranks.

Official info

Official site

https://www.hamburg-airport.de/en

General

+49 40 50750

As of 2026-06-21 — confirm with the airport.

Airport facts

ICAO

EDDH

Elevation

53 ft

Scheduled service

Yes

Runways

2

Longest runway

12028 ft

Terminals

To the city

• S-Bahn S1 (suburban train) → Hamburg Hauptbahnhof (central station) · 25 min · Runs roughly every 10 min; direct from both terminals' arrivals level. Change at Ohlsdorf (one stop) for the U1 underground. Single HVV fare applies (info only, ~€3-4).

Bus / coach

Public bus lines from Terminal 1, arrivals Level 0 — routes 274, 292, express X95, and night bus 606 to various Hamburg destinations.

Taxi

Taxi ranks in front of both terminals on the arrivals level; cash and card accepted. Reservation operators include Hansa-Taxi +49 40 211 1799, Taxiruf-Hamburg +49 40 441 011, Taxi Hamburg +49 40 666 666.

Train / metro

S-Bahn line S1 from the airport's own station (beneath the Airport Plaza between T1 and T2) to Hamburg Hauptbahnhof in ~25 min, every ~10 min.

Rideshare

FreeNow and MOIA ridesharing available via app (no fixed pickup desk; app-based).

Airport services

Cities served

Hotels near the airport