Kiel-Holtenau Airport

Kiel Airport Flughafen Kiel
IATA: KEL ICAO: EDHK
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	State of Schleswig-Holstein (55%) City of Kiel (45%)
Serves	Kiel, Germany
Elevation AMSL	101 ft / 31 m
Coordinates	54°22′46″N 010°08′43″E / 54.37944°N 10.14528°E / 54.37944; 10.14528Coordinates: 54°22′46″N 010°08′43″E / 54.37944°N 10.14528°E / 54.37944; 10.14528
Website	airport-kiel.de
Map
EDHK Location of Kiel Airport
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 08/26 1,260 4,134 Asphalt
Source: Usage Regulations. German AIP at EUROCONTROL

Kiel Airport (German: Flughafen Kiel, IATA: KEL, ICAO: EDHK) is a small regional airport in Kiel, Germany. It is located in the borough of Holtenau, 8.3 km (5.2 mi) north of the city centre. It is registered as a public airfield (German: Verkehrslandeplatz). As of 2006, it served 30,528 passengers p. a.

The aerodrome was built in 1914 on a plain area that had been created from material dug out during the construction of the Kiel Canal. In 1927, the Kiel Airport Company (German: Kieler Flughafengesellschaft) was founded, which operated the State Airport of Kiel (German: Landflughafen Kiel). During this time, there were 27 national and international destinations. In 1937, the airport was designated a military airbase. However, it continued to be used for civilian flights, such as scheduled flights to Braunschweig and Berlin (Tempelhof).

Its taxiways were extended in 1963, a first terminal was built in 1965. This terminal was used for scheduled flights to West Berlin operated by Pan Am.

In 1987, the terminal that is still used today was built. At the same time Lufthansa began offering scheduled flights to Frankfurt, and later to Cologne/Bonn, Munich, Copenhagen, Kaliningrad and Riga.