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Airport Hotels Hamburg
Airport Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel (HAM)
Airport Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel (IATA: HAM) (ICAO: EDDH) Hamburg has the fifth
largest international airport in Germany, so arrival by plane is an obvious choice
for those visiting from far away. There are plenty connections within Europe,
although only a few intercontinental direct services are offered.
The airport has been thoroughly modernized with new terminals, airport hotel,
streamlined infrastructure, and facilities that are by and large adequate, so
you won't get lost. Depending on the gate your flight arrives at or leaves from,
walking longer distances might be neccessary as on any other airport too.
Hamburg Airport is connected to the city by the S-Bahn S1 commuter train line,
which connects to the main station (Hauptbahnhof) and the city center in about
30 minutes. There are trains every 10-20 minutes, and a single fare is €2,70.
Beware on the way back from the city centre to the airport: The train splits
in two at Ohlsdorf, with only the first three cars going to the airport, and
the rest going to the suburb of Poppenbüttel. There are no trains between
midnight and 4 AM, but a bus runs along the same route. As there aren't any
flights between 11PM and 6AM this may not affect your journey at all. Train
timetable S1:
The airport, which is hugely popular with plane-spotters, is surrounded by
Schrebergärten (meticulously maintained allotments), park lands, and open
green spaces, crisscrossed by bicycle and walking trails. The popularity of
this area is not only due to the many viewpoints, but also because Lufthansa
Technik (Lufthansa's maintenance service) operates some large hangars on the
airport, which means that the site is visited by a variety of rare and interesting
aircraft (including VVIP).
[edit] Airport "Hamburg-Lübeck" aka "Lübeck-Blankensee"
(IATA: LBC) (ICAO: EDHL)
As with many other destinations, the discount airline Ryan Air does not
operate from Hamburg, as their naming scheme might indicate. Instead, it operates
from Lübeck-Blankensee airport (not to confuse with Hamburg's suburb Blankenese),
which is 65 km from Hamburg via motorway A1. The second airline that offers
flights to Lübeck is Wizz Air . Flights go to London Stansted (England),
Shannon and Dublin (Ireland), Glasgow Prestwick (Scotland), Stockholm Skavsta
(Sweden), Milan Bergamo (Italy), Pisa (Italy), and Gdansk (Poland).
Buses connecting to the flights go from Hamburg's central bus station ("ZOB",
adjacent to the main train station). They cost €12 for single way and take
about one hour and 10 minutes. The buses depart about two hours and 50 minutes
before every Ryanair departure, meet every arrival, and wait for delayed flights.
Timetable is available on the bus company VHH's website .
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