JustSim has recently released their rendition of Hamburg Airport (EDDH) for X-Plane 12, serving the Hamburg metropolitan area with a yearly average of 14.8 million passengers, making it the fifth-busiest airport in Germany.

It opened in January 1911, making it the oldest International airport in operation in the world and the second oldest in Germany after Tempelhof, which is now closed.

It was given its current name – Hamburg Airport – during the British occupation of Hamburg starting in 1945. Its importance was proven in 1948 when it was an essential part of the Berlin Airlift, where allies carried supplies to West Berlin after the Soviets had blockaded every land access, effectively cutting their supply lines.

It was Lufthansa's hub in the mid-50s, although Frankfurt eventually replaced it due to growth constraints that couldn't be overcome. While this did not affect the airport's potential as a non-hub, it could not meet Lufthansa's expectations as a large hub. 

It wasn't long until the government started discussing the construction of a new airport, away from the city and thus, not suffering from any potential growth constraints. While the idea seemed nice on paper, they quickly dismissed it due to how bad it was back in the 1960s to have your airport away from the city (transport infrastructure was far from efficient at the time). Thus, they settled with what they had, which could not grow much, but was at least within the city's heart and easily accessible. Furthermore, Lufthansa had already moved to Frankfurt, so the traffic demands were not justifiably high anymore.

The 1990s saw extensive modernization work at the airport, including a pier extension, a new terminal, and an airport plaza between the two terminals.

It's a focus city for Condor, Eurowings, Ryanair, and Wizz Air. Aegean Airlines, Aer Lingus, airBaltic, Air Cairo, Air France, Air Serbia, Austrian Airlines, British Airways, Brussels Airlines, Condor, Croatia Airlines, Emirates, Finnair, Iberia, KLM, Norwegian Air Shuttle, Ryanair, Scandinavian Airlines, Swiss, TAP, Tunisair, Turkish, Volotea, and Vueling also serve it.

The scenery features an accurate rendition of the airport, with custom ground textures, detailed objects, custom surroundings, high-resolution textures, custom night lighting, custom weather effects, performance-friendly optimization, and more. 

It's available on SimMarket for roughly $18.69, requiring at least 914.79 MB of free hard disk space to install.

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