Nonstop flight route between Houston, Texas, United States and Hamburg / Fuhlsbüttel, Germany:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH), Houston, Texas, United States and Hamburg Airport (HAM), Hamburg / Fuhlsbüttel, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,150 miles (or 8,288 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 George Bush Intercontinental Airport and Hamburg 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 George Bush Intercontinental Airport and Hamburg Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | IAH / KIAH |
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Location: | Houston, Texas, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 29°59'3"N by 95°20'29"W |
Area Served: | Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land |
Operator/Owner: | City of Houston |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 97 feet (30 meters) |
# of Runways: | 5 |
View all routes: | Routes from IAH |
More Information: | IAH Maps & Info |
Arrival 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 |
Facts about George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH):
- The airport houses an on-site hotel, a Marriott, between Terminals B and C and is accessible via the inter-terminal train.
- As of 2007, Terminals A and B remain from the original design of the airport.
- The furthest airport from George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 10,981 miles (17,672 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
- Terminal C was the third terminal to open at the airport following A and B in 1981.
- George Bush Intercontinental Airport handled 40,128,953 passengers last year.
- George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) has 5 runways.
- Terminal A was one of the original two terminals to open in 1969 and was designed by Goleman & Rolfe and George Pierce-Abel B.
- In addition to being known as "George Bush Intercontinental Airport", another name for IAH is "Houston-Intercontinental".
- The closest airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) is David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport (DWH), which is located only 14 miles (22 kilometers) WNW of IAH.
- Because of George Bush Intercontinental Airport's relatively low elevation of 97 feet, planes can take off or land at George Bush Intercontinental 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.
- George Bush Intercontinental Airport served 40,187,442 passengers in 2011 making the airport the 10th busiest for total passengers in North America.
Facts about Hamburg Airport (HAM):
- In the early 1990s, the airport began an extensive modernization process.
- Runways, taxiways and aprons are able to handle the Airbus A380.
- 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.
- During the British occupation, beginning in 1945, the airport was given its current name, Hamburg Airport.
- The closest airport to Hamburg Airport (HAM) is Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport (XFW), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) SW of HAM.
- 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.
- In addition to being known as "Hamburg Airport", another name for HAM is "Flughafen Hamburg".
- The airport's shareholders are the City of Hamburg and Hochtief AirPort.
- Hamburg Airport (HAM) has 2 runways.
- The airport is located ca.
- 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.
- Hamburg Airport handled 13,502,939 passengers last year.
- Hamburg Airport originally covered 440,000 m2.