Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport

Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport

Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport (IATA: XFW, ICAO: EDHI) is a private airport in the Finkenwerder quarter of southwest Hamburg, Germany. It is an integral part of the Hamburg Finkenwerder plant of Airbus and is exclusively used by them for corporate, freight, test and delivery flights, including the large Airbus A380.

The Airbus site at Finkenwerder is the main operations centre for Airbus Operations GmbH and employs around 15,000 people.

The Hamburg factory manufactures and equips the forward and rear fuselage sections of the A330 and A350 XWB, as well as carrying out structural assembly and equipment fitting-out of the forward and complete rear fuselage sections for the A380. These sections are then shipped to France on a specially built ferry, for final assembly in Toulouse.

The airport resides at an elevation of 23 feet (7 m) above mean sea level. It has an asphalt runway designated 05/23 which measures 3,183 metres (10,443 ft) in length.

The airport handles around 10 to 15 aircraft movements per day. Most are transfer, freight, and test flights for Airbus manufacturing. There is also a twice-daily corporate shuttle service with the Airbus plant in Toulouse. It plays a crucial role in Airbus' production and delivery processes, including the testing and customization of new aircraft models before they are delivered to airlines worldwide.

The airport does not have scheduled commercial airline services or passenger flights.

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