Airbus Hamburg-Finkenwerder Airbus-Werk Hamburg-Finkenwerder | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Private | ||||||||||
| Serves | Airbus's Hamburg facility | ||||||||||
| Location | Hamburg,Germany | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 23 ft / 7 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 53°32′09″N09°50′13″E / 53.53583°N 9.83694°E /53.53583; 9.83694 | ||||||||||
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  XFW Location of the airport in Hamburg Show map of Hamburg XFW XFW (Germany) Show map of Germany | |||||||||||
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Airbus Hamburg-Finkenwerder, also known asHamburg Finkenwerder Airport (IATA:XFW,ICAO:EDHI), is an aircraftmanufacturing plant and associated privateairport in theFinkenwerder quarter of southwestHamburg,Germany. The airport is an integral part of theAirbus-owned plant, and is exclusively used by that company for corporate, freight, test, and delivery flights with the final assembly of theA320 family being conducted here.
In 1933, theBlohm & Voss shipbuilding company inHamburg decided to diversify into aircraft manufacture, believing that there would soon be a market for all-metal, long-rangeflying boats, especially with the German state airlineDeutsche Luft Hansa. It also felt that its experience with all-metal marine construction would prove an advantage. In order to do this, it created theHamburger Flugzeugbau (HFB) as asubsidiary company. Initially manufacturing was carried out at the Blohm & Voss shipbuilding works, with an inland airfield and final assembly building for landplanes atWenzendorf Aircraft Factory.[2][3][4][5]
In 1937, the HFB was reconstituted as a operating division of Blohm & Voss rather than as a separate company, and the Finkenwerder aircraft works and associated airfield were established in 1939 by this division. The works were substantially damaged duringWorld War II, and when manufacturing was revived there, using the previous HFB company identity, the facilities began a long series of progressive expansions and modernizations.[6] The foundations of theFink II submarine pen are still extant, just east of the north end of the runway.
During theBerlin Airlift, detachments from bothNo. 201 Squadron RAF andNo. 230 Squadron RAF flewShort Sunderland V's.[7][8]
In 1964, both theHFB 320 Hansa Jet and the third prototypeTransall C-160 made their first flights from the airport. Through a series of mergers and acquisitions, HFB and its Finkenwerder facility eventually became part ofAirbus.
Between April 2006 and July 2007, the runway was extended at the southern end, increasing its length from 2,684 m to 3,183 m, in order to accommodate the then planned freight version of theAirbus A380.[9]
Airbus offers factory tours.[10] There is also a visitor terrace, overlooking the runway, at53°31′51″N9°49′51″E / 53.530874°N 9.830732°E /53.530874; 9.830732.
The Airbus site atFinkenwerder is the main operations centre for Airbus Operations GmbH and employs around 15,000 people. The Hamburg factory manufactures and equips the forward and rear fuselage sections of theA330 andA350 XWB. Final assembly is carried out for all models of theA320 family, plus fitting-out of their cabin interiors and painting for final delivery. A large global spares centre is also maintained, holding some 120,000 parts, as well as A320 series maintenance-training facilities. The airport forms an integral part of these manufacturing operations.[citation needed]
There are no public scheduled services at Finkenwerder. The airport handles around 10 to 15 aircraft movements per day. Most are transfer, freight, and test flights for Airbus manufacturing. The twice-daily corporate shuttle service to the Airbus plant inToulouse has been operated by the Spanish operatorVolotea since 4 November 2019 on a five-year contract. Previously the service was operated byGermania[11] andPrivatAir.[12]
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