Hamburg HAM
Looking for cheap flights from Hamburg? Hamburg Airport, HAM for short, is the city's own airport in Germany, and everything from weekend city breaks to sun routes leaves from here. Gdansk, London, Manchester, Varna, Florence, Bucharest, Palma de Mallorca and Alicante are among the destinations that turn up most often on its departure boards. The terminal sits close to the city rather than far out, so you are not adding a long coach ride to the end of your trip.
Hamburg at a glance
- Passengers per year
- 14.8 M (2024)
- Elevation
- 53 m
- Opened
- 1912
- Official website
- hamburg-airport.de
- Population of Hamburg
- 1.9 M (2025)
Country facts: Wikidata
Getting to the city
Getting into Hamburg from the airport is straightforward. Suburban trains and city buses link the terminals with the centre, and taxis wait outside arrivals. The train is the usual choice when the roads are busy, and it keeps you out of traffic on weekday mornings. If you land late, check the last connection before you book a flight that arrives after midnight, and allow extra time when the city is hosting a big event.