Nonstop flight route between Hamburg / Fuhlsbüttel, Germany and Asmara, Eritrea:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Hamburg Airport (HAM), Hamburg / Fuhlsbüttel, Germany and Asmara International Airport (ASM), Asmara, Eritrea would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,076 miles (or 4,950 kilometers).
A Great Circle is the shortest distance between 2 points on a sphere. Because most world maps are flat (but the Earth is round), the route of the shortest distance between 2 points on the Earth will often appear curved when viewed on a flat map, especially for long distances. If you were to simply draw a straight line on a flat map and measure a very long distance, it would likely be much further than if you were to lay a string between those two points on a globe. Because of the large distance between Hamburg Airport and Asmara International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely appears curved because of this reason.
Try it at home! Get a globe and tightly lay a string between Hamburg Airport and Asmara International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | HAM / EDDH |
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Location: | Hamburg / Fuhlsbüttel, Germany |
GPS Coordinates: | 53°37'49"N by 9°59'27"E |
Area Served: | Hamburg, Germany |
Operator/Owner: | FHG Flughafen Hamburg GmbH |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 53 feet (16 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from HAM |
More Information: | HAM Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ASM / HHAS |
Airport Name: | Asmara International Airport |
Location: | Asmara, Eritrea |
GPS Coordinates: | 15°17'30"N by 38°54'38"E |
Area Served: | Asmara |
Airport Type: | Military/Public |
Elevation: | 7661 feet (2,335 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from ASM |
More Information: | ASM Maps & Info |
Facts about Hamburg Airport (HAM):
- In the early 1990s, the airport began an extensive modernization process.
- The airport was opened in January 1911 from private funding by the Hamburger Luftschiffhallen GmbH, making it the oldest airport in the world which is still in operation.
- The furthest airport from Hamburg Airport (HAM) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,698 miles (18,826 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Because of Hamburg Airport's relatively low elevation of 53 feet, planes can take off or land at Hamburg Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
- In addition to being known as "Hamburg Airport", another name for HAM is "Flughafen Hamburg".
- Hamburg has two terminals, Terminal 1 and Terminal 2, connected by the Airport Plaza and the baggage claim area that extends through the lower levels of all three buildings.
- The closest airport to Hamburg Airport (HAM) is Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport (XFW), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) SW of HAM.
- Hamburg Airport (HAM) has 2 runways.
- The airport is also linked by some local bus routes to nearby areas as well as regular coach services to the cities of Kiel, Neumünster and Lübeck.
- Hamburg Airport handled 13,502,939 passengers last year.
Facts about Asmara International Airport (ASM):
- In 2004, the airport served 136,526 passengers.
- The closest airport to Asmara International Airport (ASM) is Massawa International Airport (MSW), which is located 41 miles (66 kilometers) NE of ASM.
- The furthest airport from Asmara International Airport (ASM) is Fangatau Airport (FGU), which is nearly antipodal to Asmara International Airport (meaning Asmara International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Fangatau Airport), and is located 12,398 miles (19,952 kilometers) away in Fangatau, French Polynesia.
- Asmara International Airport (ASM) has 2 runways.
- The airport is the most important of Eritrea, even if it has some restrictions because it is located inside the external neighboroughs of Asmara.
- Because of Asmara International Airport's high elevation of 7,661 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at ASM. Combined with a high temperature, this could make ASM a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The Asmara airport was created in 1922, the first such facility to be opened in Italian Eritrea.
- On 7 July 1935, an agreement was signed with Imperial Airways to connect Asmara to Khartoum.