Bremen Radar (HAM), Hamburg, Germany 187,741 annual operations in 2016 (Reported by Eurocontrol)
The Hamburg sector covers only a portion of Bremen Radar's control area, located 100km away from Hamburg in the city of Bremen. Although Bremen Radar controls most of the airspace in Northern Germany, the HAM sector only covers the Hamburg and Lübeck metropolitan areas.
The HAM sector controls a large area around Hamburg and Lübeck from the ground up to FL100, as well as a small shelf to the West which extends from FL65 to FL100; Below FL65 this area belongs to the BRE sector. Class C and D airspace (equivalent to American class B airspace) exists on top of Hamburg and the surrounding areas up to FL100. Of unique note here is the location of Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport (EDHI), which is less than 10km Southwest of Hamburg Airport (EDDH), right along the approach course to runway 05. Pilots sometimes confuse the two airports which has led to several incidents in the past.
The procedures are fairly standard for a German airport. All SID's and STAR's are RNAV and include both altitude and speed restrcitions. Despite this, climb and descent clearances will be issued by ATC. Aircraft will not follow the altitude restrictions in the charts. Although not required, vectors are normally used to guide aircraft to their final approach course. There are also several approach procedures which are only used in special circumstances (i.e. Loss of communications or emergencies). These procedures are not available in the sim, since such special situations are not simulated.
D - Director (default)
E - East Radar (unavailable)
W - West Radar (unavailable)
Hamburg Airport
160,904 annual operations
Hamburg Airport, known in German as Flughafen Hamburg, is the main airport of Hamburg. Opened in January 1911, it is the oldest airport in the world which is still in operation. The airport has two crossing runways, which are normally used simultaneously. The usage of runway 33-15 is very restricted due the noise of aircraft flying over the city.
Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport
4,563 annual operations
8nm Southwest of EDDH
Hamburg Finkenwerder, commonly referred to as "Finki", is part of the Airbus facility in Hamburg, which plays a huge role in the manufacturing process of the A320, A330, A350 and A380 families. Although the airport doesn't handle any commercial traffic, it has several transfer, freight, and test flights for Airbus as well as a corporate shuttle service to the Airbus plant in Toulouse twice a day. Tours of the plant and the aircraft production lines are available every day.
Lübeck Airport
22,274 annual operations
28.1nm Northeast of EDDH
Lübeck Airport is a small airport serving the city of Lübeck in Schleswig-Holstein. It has very little traffic and has struggled financially in the past few years. Most of the airlines which operated at the airport have ceased their operations at Lübeck, including Ryanair and Wizz Air.