🇩🇪 Hamburg-Finkenwerder Airport

Hamburg-Finkenwerder Airport (XFW/EDHI) is a private airport located in the Finkenwerder quarter of southwest Hamburg, Germany,. It is an integral part of the Airbus-owned aircraft manufacturing plant and is exclusively used by Airbus for corporate, freight, test, and delivery flights,.

Notable Features and History:

• Established in 1939 by Hamburger Flugzeugbau (HFB), a subsidiary of Blohm & Voss shipbuilding company, which expanded into aircraft manufacturing in 1933.
• The facilities were heavily damaged during World War II but underwent expansion and modernization after aircraft manufacturing resumed.
• It is the site for the final assembly of the A320neo family of aircraft, and also handles test and delivery flights for various Airbus models, including the A318, A319, A321, and some A320s,.
• The airport has a single runway (05/23) measuring 3,183 meters (10,443 feet) with a concrete/asphalt surface.
• The Airbus plant at Finkenwerder employs approximately 15,000 people and includes four final assembly lines for the A320neo family, a highly automated fuselage structure assembly line, and a dedicated aft-fuselage production line for the A321XLR.

Current Status:

• The airport handles about 10 to 15 aircraft movements per day, primarily for transfer, freight, and test flights related to Airbus operations,.
• There are no scheduled public services.
• A corporate shuttle service to the Airbus plant in Toulouse is operated twice daily by Volotea,.

*Sources researched: en.wikipedia.org, flightera.net, aviation.flights, de.wikipedia.org, airports.flopp.net*