Frankfurt-Hahn Airport - Hahn, Germany
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GandalfMZ
N 49° 56.731 E 007° 16.164
32U E 375836 N 5534008
Former Military Airport, now a featured Airport by Ryanair.
Waymark Code: WMAB7X
Location: Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Date Posted: 12/18/2010
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Frankfurt-Hahn Airport is a commercial airport located 10 km (6.2 mi) from the town of Kirchberg and 20 km (12 mi) from the town of Simmern in the Rhein-Hunsrück district of Rhineland-Palatinate to the west of central Germany. Despite its name, the airport is situated over 120 km (75 mi) to the west of the city of Frankfurt (by road).
During the Cold War Frankfurt-Hahn Airport was a frontline NATO facility known as Hahn Air Base. Hahn Air Base was the home of the United States Air Force 50th Fighter Wing for most of those years as part of the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE). It was one of several USAFE bases in Germany (Zweibrücken, Ramstein, Sembach, Bitburg, Spangdahlem, and Rhein-Main) all within 100 kilometres (62 mi) of each other. Beyond their location in the heart of US troop concentrations, these air bases were well situated to reach all locations within Europe and the Mediterranean region.
On 30 September 1993, most of Hahn Air Base was turned over to civil German authorities, the USAF retaining a small portion as a communications site. It is also frequently used for military charters, these flights being operated by, amongst others, Continental Airlines, Northwest Airlines and United Airlines.
The German government decided to turn the former airfield into a civil airport. One of the main investors in the development of the new Frankfurt-Hahn Airport was Fraport AG, which primarily runs Frankfurt International Airport, the aim being to reduce the amount of traffic using that airport. Fraport AG sold its 65% Frankfurt-Hahn shares for €1 including debt of €120 million to the federal state Rhineland-Palatinate.
Hahn charges its airline operators less due to its remote location. This has made the airport popular with low-cost carriers, especially Ryanair which uses the airport as a major base.
Although its scheduled traffic is almost exclusively international flights, Hahn Airport does not carry the word "International" as part of its name.
Type: International
ICAO Airport Code: EDFH
IATA Airport Code: HHN
FAA Identifier: ffh
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