Arrival
Area of Responsibility: The Hamburg Arrival airspace reaches up to FL105 and covers Hamburg Fuhlsbüttel (EDDH), Hamburg Finkenwerder (EDHI) and Lübeck Blankensee (EDHL). To the west of the Elbe river, the AoR is divided. The lower part up to FL65 belongs to the Friesland Sector (EDDW_APP), between FL65 and FL105, HAMW is responsible.
The airports Lübeck Blankensee (EDHL) and Hamburg Finkenwerder (EDHI) are covered by HAME in the absence of a tower.
Hamburg Finkenwerder (EDHI) can be delegated to EDDH_TWR.
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Airspace: The inner ring of airspace C starts at 2500 feet MSL and ends at FL100. Additional rings are similarly dimensioned and start at 3500/4500/5500ft MSL or FL75 respectively. In order to keep arriving IFR traffic inside protected airspace, a TMZ located north of NOLGO between FL60/FL75 and FL100 has been set up.
Airspace C (HX) sectors east and west of Hamburg are generally considered active and may be deactivated on pilot's request.
Airspace D (HX) west of Finkenwerder maymay only be activated, if RWY 05 is in use at Hamburg-Finkenwerder.
Charlie + TMZ Airspace of Hamburg and Lübeck - © openflightmaps.org
Minimum Vector Altitude: The minimum vector altitude can be displayed in the DFS Pack with Alt + M.
Arrivals
According to SOP, all arriving aircraft are cleared for a STAR by Center.
Approach types:
| Runway |
SRE |
RNP |
ILS CAT I / LOC |
ILS CAT II |
ILS CAT III |
| 23 |
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| 05 |
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| 15 |
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| 33 |
All, precision and non-precision approaches start a 3000ft.
Normal Procedures: During normal and low-traffic operation, radar vectors are used for arriving traffic before reaching the IAF.
Early directs to DH/HI/HL waypoints in coordination with adjacent sectors are to be used.
High traffic operation: With increasing traffic density, it is typically common to refrain from using direct routes and instead utilize published procedures (STARs). It is important to ensure that arriving traffic descends in a timely manner to separate it from departures.
Very high traffic operation: If an extremely high traffic density leads to the inability to maintain the target spacing, the center sectors are to be informed immediately. See Holding section
Hamburg Finkenwerder Arrivals: For Finkenwerder, there are no STARs available; instead, RNAV procedures can be cleared from RIBSO/BOGMU/RARUP/NOLGO. These procedures terminate at IF HI256 or HI035, respectively. Arrivals and departures to/from Finkenwerder pose an increased conflict potential with EDDH procedures. In certain runway configurations, a departure stop for EDDH may be imposed for safety reasons. Coordination with Hamburg Tower should be done in all cases, as a go-around could become problematic.
All flights to/from Hamburg and Finkenwerder should, if possible, be kept within controlled airspace (TMZ/D/C). In Lübeck, the procedure is not applicable due to the airspace structure.
Director
Hamburg Director is responsible for all arriving aircraft at EDDH and EDHI. There is no area of responsibility for Hamburg Director. The transfer from Hamburg Arrival to Hamburg Director shall be done when the aircraft is cleared for the downwind as coordinated.
Target seperation
In principle, these values are to be understood as minima and should be extended upon request from a tower for VFR traffic. The separations are chosen in a way that the gaps for departures are sufficiently large. Smaller spacing values can be coordinated at any time.
The wake turbulence separation must be assured!
| Departure Runway |
Arrival Runway |
Target Seperation (nm) |
| 33 |
23 |
3 |
| 33 |
05 |
5 |
| 23 |
15 |
5 |
| 05 |
15 |
5 |
| 05 |
05 |
6 |
| 15 |
15 |
6 |
| 23 |
23 |
6 |
| 33 |
33 |
6 |
Holdings
See Holdings Hamburg Inbounds
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