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Hahn Airport
Airport Directory » Germany » Frankfurt » Hahn Airport- For the NATO Military use of this installation, see Hahn Air Base
Frankfurt-Hahn Airport (German: Flughafen Frankfurt-Hahn) (IATA: HHN, ICAO: EDFH) is a commercial airport turn up 10 kilometre (6.2 mi) from the city of Kirchberg and 20 kilometre (12 mi) from the city of Simmern in the Rhein-Hunsrück land of Rhineland-Palatinate to the due west of central Germany. Despite its name, the airport is located over 120 kilometre (75 mi) to the due west of the town of Frankfurt (by route).
History
Main article: Hahn Air BaseDuring the Cold War Frankfurt-Hahn Airport was a frontline NATO installation known as Hahn Air Base. Hahn Air Base was the place of the United States Air Force 50th Fighter Wing (in various appellatives) for most of those yr as division of the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE). It was 1 of several USAFE ground in Germany (Zweibrücken, Ramstein, Sembach, Bitburg, Spangdahlem, and Rhein-Main) all within 100 kilometre (62.5 land mile) of each other. Beyond their place in the bosom of US troop concentrations, these air ground were good situated to make all places within Europe and the Mediterranean district.
On 30 September 1993, most of Hahn Air Base was turned over to polite German dominances, the USAF retaining a little part as a communicating location. It is also often used for armed forces charters, these voyages being functioned by, among others, Continental Airlines and United Airlines.
The German authority make up one's mind to change state the former field into a polite airport. One of the independent investors in the development of the new Frankfurt-Hahn Airport was Fraport AG, which mainly runs Frankfurt International Airport, the intention being to cut down the sum of money of traffic using that airport.
Hahn bear down its air hose operators small due to its distant place. This has made the airport popular with low-cost bearers, particularly Ryanair which uses the airport as a major ground.
Although its scheduled traffic is nearly entirely international voyages, Hahn Airport does not transport the word "International" as division of its name.
Surface Transport
Bus
Hahn is assisted by a figure of (largely) private coach operators that run regular services to Frankfurt am Main (1h 45min, via Frankfurt International Airport), Cologne (2h 15min), Luxembourg (1h 45min) and a figure of other towns in western Germany and the district.
Rail
The airport has no train station (it has a freight-railway connexion only). The about local train station are Bullay (15km to the NW, on the Koblenz-Trier-Saarbrücken line), and Idar-Oberstein (26km southward), Kirn (22km SE) and Bad Sobernheim (30km SE), all on the Mainz-Bad Kreuznach-Saarbrücken line. Frequent jitneys also ply to the independent railroad station of nearby towns, the closest being Mainz (1h 10min, 60 kilometre/38 mi to the east) and Koblenz (1h 5min, 50km NE).
Car
Hahn is reasonably good reachable by route, the about Autobahn (Highway) connexions are about 40km (25mi) to the due west (A one) or east (A 61). Parking and auto renting are available at the airport.
Technical info
Frankfurt-Hahn has a long landing track of 3,800 metres (12,467 human foot) in the way of 03/21. This united with a big apron lets it to deal bigger aircraft such as the Antonov An-124 or Boeing 747. It has an Instrument Landing System available to both sides, with landing track 21 being family three okayed; low visibleness statuses being a frequent job at the airport, particularly during fall and wintertime.
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