Hamburg International Airport is located almost nine kilometres to the north west of the city if Hamburg in a quarter known as Fuhlsbuttel.

Once there were thoughts of relocating Hamburg international airport to a proposed site at Kaltenkirchen, but this plan has now been given up on.

Over the years Hamburg airport has expanded rapidly and today the site is measured at 5.7 square kilometres. This extension has including building a new hotel outside the terminal, new terminal buildings, connection to the S Bahn (which is Germany's rapid transport system), and the modernization of the roads outside the airport.

The S Bahn is one of flughafen hamburg parken the quickest ways to get from Hamburg international airport to wherever else you are going. Hamburg Airport Car hire is also a low cost option and you will find the offices of major car hire companies such as Alamo rent a car, Hertz, Budget, National, Avis, Rhino Car Hire and Sixt located there.

Hamburg airport is known in German as Flughafen Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel and has the airport code HAM. Every year an estimated 13 million passengers use Hamburg international airport on about 173,500 flights.

The following airlines use Hamburg international airport, among others.

Aer Lingus goes to Dublin, Aeroflot goes to Moscow, Air Baltic goes to Riga, Air Berlin goes to Palma de Mallorca, Air France flies to Paris Charles de Gaulle, British Airways flies to London Heathrow and Freebird Airlines goes to Istanbul.

The airport is a good place to go if you are looking for low cost flights as Easyjet does a London Luton route, Flybe flies to Birmingham in England, Blue Wings goes to Antalya in Turkey and KLM Cityhopper goes to Amsterdam.

Hamburg airport has two terminals, terminal one and terminal two. If you are flying from terminal two you can go to Stockholm Arlanda with SAS Scandinavian, the domestic destinations of Cologne / Bonn with the major German carrier Lufthansa, and Sharm El Sheik in Egypt with Condor, to name but a few of the many international and domestic routes offered at the airport.

Those who are stuck in Hamburg airport on long layovers will be happy to know that the airport is very well equipped. There is a pharmacy, post office, currency exchange office, internet access, a wheelchair service, car hire offices, valet parking, tourist information office, a Red Cross vaccination centre, a police station, a lost luggage area, restaurants and tonnes of different shops.

Should you be planning to park in Hamburg airport there are more than 4,000 long term spaces (follow the signs which say holiday) and 6,500 short stay spaces (follow the signs which say terminal).

Hamburg is a major city in the north of Germany and 1.8 million people live there, making it the country's second largest conurbation. Hamburg has Europe's second largest port after Rotterdam in Holland. With the full name the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Hamburg has a rich and fascinating history and is one of the most interesting Germna cities to visit. It is also the epicentre of the German media industry.