Hannover Airport

Continent: Europe

Country: Germany

Please note that the use of airband scanners in Germany is illegal.

Hannover Langenhagen Airport
Location	Hannover
IATA code	HAJ
ICAO code	EDDV
Airport type	Civil
Website	http://www.hannover-airport.de
Overview map	www.aeropictures.net
Communications
Tower	120.175
Ground	121.950
Clearance	n/a
Approach	131.325
Departure	131.325
ATIS	132.125
Departure	n/a

Official Spotting Locations

Visitor Terrace

You reach the terrace if you exit the motorway at the sign "Flughafen" (airport). Drive along the road and follow the signs to the Terminals. The visitor terrace is located in the departure level between Terminal A and Terminal B. The entrance fee is 0,50€.

Please note, that the visitors terrace currently (14-AUG-2008) is closed due to construction of a new exhibition. Both elements are said to open in autumn 2008. It remains to be seen, if there will be changes in the access charges.

From the Visitor Terrace you have a nice view over the apron of Terminal A and a bit of Terminal B. Beside you can take pictures of aircraft taxiing to the runways. Also pictures of aircrafts which are landing or departing on 09R/27L are possible. The disadvantages are that you have to photograph through glass (dirty!) and the light is bad nearly the whole day.

Other Spotting Locations

Position No 2 "Parkhaus Nord"

You reach this position if you exit the motorway at the sign "Flughafen" (airport). Drive along the road and follow the signs to "Parkhaus Nord" (Car Park North), but be aware that it usually is closed off-season. This location can also be reached on foot from the terminals or by parking shuttle (if the car park is open).

The multi-storey Car Park near rwy 27R is good for pictures when runways 27 are in use and aircraft take the right runway for landings or take-off! It's possible to photograph aircraft after take-off on 09L but most of the stuff will be too high. The light is good from sunrise until 5p.m. I would recommend lenses from 150mm up to 400mm for shots on the runway and 70mm up to 180mm for shots on the taxiway

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Position No 8 "Schulenburg"

Drive in the direction of the airport and do a left turn at the "Münchener Straße" (if you are coming from the airport, do a right turn). Drive along this road until you reach a small village named "Schulenburg". In this village you take the first road ("Dorfstraße") to the right. Drive this road until the end and you will see the runway in front of you.

From the point "Schulenburg" you can take pictures of aircrafts which depart or land on 09R. You need a ledder (3 steps) at this position! The light is good from sunrise until 5p.m. I would recommed lenses from 70mm up to 400mm.

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Position No 10 "Schulenburg-Nord"

This point is located in Schulenburg-Nord. To get there, follow the instructions given for point 8, but instead of turning right at the first road in Schulenburg, take the second one (Hannoversche Straße). You have to follow this road until Schulenburg Nord, where You have to turn left. Now You are heading directly towards a small parking lot next to the taxiway. From this point You have a great view over the northern runway (09L/27R) an its taxiways. For shots on the runway it's good to have at least a 300mm lens (for aircraft down to CRJ-size). The taxiway is very close here, so You really need a wide angle lens (e.g. 30mm for a Yak42). If RWY 09L is in use, every plane will pass this spot during landing and take off, but smaller planes landing on 27R often leave the runway before they reach this spot. To get clear of the fence, a 3-step-ladder is necessary here. The sun is in Your back from early morning until around 5 pm.

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Locations to Avoid

If you use the positions mentioned above you shouldn't get any problems.
Sometimes the airport security might bother you because your car might be parked at a wrong place and so on, but if you speak to them and explain them your concern they'll accept you!

Taking pictures of military aircraft is okay; taking pictures of military personell should be avoided. It is a unwritten law at HAJ to not pointing cameras with big lenses at military personell. This is to make sure, that the BFG (Brtish Forces in Germany) feel safe and respected and are willing to continue their handling at HAJ in the open.

Please note, that it's forbidden to use an airband scanner in Germany!

Regular Traffic

Air Berlin: Fokker 100, 738, A319, A320, 757

Air France Regional: ERJ-145

Austrian Arrows: CRJ-200, Dash 8-400

British Airways CitiExpress: ERJ-145

Cimber: CRJ200, ATR

Condor: A320, 753

Czech Airlines: ATR-42, ATR-72

Eurocypria: 738

KLM Cityhopper: Fokker50, Fokker70, Fokker100

Lufthansa: 733, 735, A319, A320, A321

Lufthansa Regional: ATR-42, ATR-72, CRJ-200, CRJ-700, CRJ-900, BAe-146/RJ85, BAe-146/RJ100

Swiss: BAe-146/RJ85, BAe-146/RJ100

TUIfly.com: 733, 73G, 738

Turkish Airlines: 734, 738, A320, A321

Welcome Air: Do-328

Scheduled Highlights

Aeroflot: Tu-154M, A319, A320

Air Alps: Do-328

Air Astana: 752,763

Belavia: Tu-154M (only summer)

British Midland: ERJ-145, A319, A320, A321(rare)

FlyBe: ERJ-145, DHC-8-400, Emb-190(rare)

FlyLAL: Saab2000 (only summer)

Khors Aircompany: MD-83 (only summer)

Kras Air: 733, Tu-154, 757

Orenburg Airlines (Orenair): Tu-154M, 737 (only summer)

Rossiya (Pulkovo): Tu-154M, 735, Tu-214, A319

Saratov: Yak-42 (only summer)

Sayakhat: Tu-154M (on some Air Astana flights in summer)

Sibir: A310, Tu-154M, 735, A319

Ural Airlines: Tu-154M (only summer)

Irregular traffic

Traffic in this category mainly operates tourist-charters during busy summer season.
Much more irregular traffic arrives at HAJ during the two bigger fairs held in Hannover: Cebit and Hannover Fair (Industry).

In addition to the Royal Air Force's own metal, frequently chartered aircraft uses HAJ for troop exchanges. Expect to see DC-10 and B747 (older models) then.

Air Europa: 738

Blue Wings: A320

Croatia Airlines: A319, A320

Freebird: A320, A321

Futura: 738

Hamburg International: 737

Inter Airlines: Fokker100, A321

LTU: A320

Nouvelair: A320

Onur Air: A320, A321, A300-600

Pegasus: 734, 738

Royal Air Force: VC10, TriStar, C-130 Herkules

SAS: MD-87, MD-82 (trade fair traffic only)

Sky Airlines: 734, 738

Sun Express: 738, 752

Tunisair: A319, A320, A300-600

Facilities and Transportation

Access by car is via Motorway A352 and some local roads.
Rail access (station is in the basement of terminal C) from Langenhagen and Hannover Central station by commuter trains (S-Bahn) http://www.bahn.de
GVH runs bus #470 from Langenhagen to the airport at 30 minute intervals http://www.gvh.de/index.html?&L=1

Links

www.haj-spotter.de by Andreas Heilmann

www.antonov124.de by Olaf & Hilke Juergensmeier

www.Aeropictures.net by Marcel Vöse, Marvin Meinel, Till Neumann und Christian Weber

HAJpics by Dirk Vree