Apron (GND)
Apron Area of Responsibility
Hamburg can be staffed with two apron controllers. East Apron is the main station, which supersedes the area of West Apron.
| Station |
Station ID |
Login |
Frequency |
AoR |
| East Apron |
DHE |
EDDH_E_GND |
121.705 |
Apron 1 (incl. holding points) |
| West Apron |
DHW |
EDDH_W_GND |
121.980 |
Apron 2, 4, 5, 6, (GA) |
The area of responsibility is shown in the picture below. Additionally in Euroscope: Ground View > Functions > Maps > AoR
green = General Aviation Parking, movements delegated to Tower
Hamburg East Apron (Ground)EDDH_E_GND)
Parking
HamburgThe DFS Pack includes the GroundRadar-Plugin which assigns parking positions by the airline and aircraft. In case of blocked gates, traffic flow/management concerns or pilot request, another position can be used.
Gate 1-8: These gates are intended for heavy aircrafts and block their respective A/B positions. Narrow body airliners with a max-wingspan of 36m shall use one of the A/B positions. They are mainly used by Star Alliance partners. Only gate 6 is suitable for an A380.
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Stand 42-43: Virtual Airlines and Cargo.
44+ stands: mixed use (e.g. business jets, long time parking, cargo extended parking space etc.)
De-Icing: De-icing in Hamburg is provided directly at the parking position.
Pushback
In Hamburg it is very important to use the apron and its taxiways efficiently. It is useful to instruct pushing traffic creative routings to avoid congestion. For medium to high traffic situations:
- make use of the orange and blue line on Z1
- consider straight out pushbacks from gates 3+4 into Z4
- 50s stands: to avoid taxi via Z1, consider pushback directions opposite to the usual traffic flow
- Stand 10-12, 40+ at 33 departure: pushback face south and taxi to holding point B1
- caution: do not push stand 9 face south, as it will block the intersection
Taxiways
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Outbound traffic: Z1 should be used towards the active departure runway. South to runway 33/05 and north to runway 23/15. Low traffic or creative routings may deviate from that. If possible, separate west/east outbound traffic at different holding points.
In medium to high traffic situations use holding points A1/B1 for heavy aircrafts (up to aircraft code E), to avoid blocking the A3/B4 intersections.
Holding points A5 and B3 are only used for runway crossings.
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Hamburg West Apron (Ground)EDDH_W_GND)
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Parking and Pushback
The DFS Pack includes the GroundRadar-Plugin which assigns parking positions by the airline and aircraft. In case of blocked gates, traffic flow/management concerns or pilot request, another position can be used.
80s stands - Low Cost Terminal: DerThe "low-cost" terminal is located at the west apron, taxiway Y1. Airlines like Easy and Ryanair are positioned here. In busy traffic situations, these stands can also be used for all airlines (up to aircraft code D) to relieve the East Apron.
90s stands - Cargo: Stands 91-93 (taxiway Y3) are intended for heavy aircrafts and block their respective A/B positions. Narrow body airliners with a max-wingspan of 36m shall use one of the A/B positions.
Pushbacks at the northern stands (81, 82, 91) need to stay clear of D1.
Either a pushback face north, straight back or a short pushback face south needs to be issued, since D1 is in the responsibility of Tower. Depending on the departure runway, aircrafts facing north might need extensive coordination, e.g. an intersection take-off or a longer taxi-route with a released taxiway D1.
General Aviation (GA + Apron 4): General Aviation Parking is between D1 and G (green area). Apron 4 is the General Aviation Terminal (GAT) and is often used by smaller business jets or commercial props.
Movement at GA delegated to Tower (green area): Taxiing out of and into the general aviation parking area is delegated to tower to ensure a steady traffic flow. Parking positions are not assigned to arriving traffic. Outbound traffic should be handed over to tower when they report ready for pushback or taxi, whichever comes first.
Apron 5 + 6: Lufthansa Technik - these aprons are only used on pilot request. Apron 6 taxi out needs to be coordinated with tower.
De-Icing: De-icing in Hamburg is provided directly at the parking position.
Police and rescue helicopters: The police helicopters are based at Hamburg Airport east of apron 5 (H Pol1 / H Pol 2), Callsign "Libelle". These helipads are not reachable via air-taxi and can only be used for direct arrival/departures. Pilots will communicate directly with the tower.
There are no rescue helicopters located at the airport but within the area of the tower control zone.
Taxiways
Outbound traffic: Use G for outbound traffic unless an intersection take-off (e.g. D8/D9) was coordinated. In that case airplanes hold short of D1 while being handed over to Tower.
Arriving traffic: Expect aircrafts on all possible entry points of your area of responsibility and check the provided stand assignment. If you disagree with the chosen stand, coordinate in time with the other stations. Tower will transfer airplanes on D1 with an instruction to hold short of Y3 or Y1. Clear the traffic on D1 as quick as possible.
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Apron East
| Taxiway | |
| Alpha 1 | |
| Alpha 4 | |
| Bravo 1 | |
| Bravo 5 | |
| Zulu 1 | Orange und Blue Line: |
| Zulu 4 | |
| Zulu 5 | |
| Zulu 7 | |
| Zulu 8 |
Apron West
| Taxiway | Restriction |
| Foxtrott | Aircraft code D or below |
| Golf | for pushback: Aircraft code D or below |
| Tango | max wingspan 80m; >80m tow to Apron 6 |
| Uniform | max wingspan 60m; >36m tow to Apron 5 |
| Victor |
max wingspan 28,65m max length 30,3m landing gear width 4,9m |
| Whiskey | max wingspan 24m, closed |
| Yankee 1 | Aircraft code D or below |
| Yankee 4 | max wingspan 30m |
| Yankee 5+6 | max wingspan 12m |
| Yankee 7 |
max wingspan 29m |
Tower
| Holding Point | Restrictions |
| Delta 4 | Aircraft code C or below |
| Delta 6 | Aircraft code D or below |
| Delta 7 |
Aircraft code C or below |
| Delta 8 | Aircraft code D or below |
| Echo 4 | Aircraft code E or below |
Efficient Traffic Management
Because of the small apron size in Hamburg, the controller has to guarantee an efficient traffic flow. For this, there are some points to keep an eye on while staffing one of the apron positions:
- In case of traffic crossing runway 15/33 at G/B3: coordinate with Tower and get a release for the runway crossing, so that pilots don't have to switch to tower frequency
- delay pushbacks if needed to prevent overloaded holding points or taxiways
- plan pushbacks and their routing the most efficient way
- make use of the orange and blue line on Z1
- consider straight out pushbacks from gates 3+4 into Z4
- 50s stands: to avoid taxi via Z1, consider pushback directions opposite to the usual traffic flow
- if possible, separate west/east outbound traffic at different holding points
- Apron 2: coordinate intersection take-offs at D8 (dep. runway 23) or D9 (dep. runway 33)