Travel time between the airport and Hamburg main station is approximately 25 minutes.

The six-car trains composed of two three-car EMUs coming from the main station are split at Ohlsdorf station with the first three cars proceeding to the airport and the last three cars going on to Poppenbüttel.

[7] For a lot of time, there has been a desire for a public transport connection to the airport.

The buses of the Hamburger Hochbahn were no longer sufficient for the volume of traffic.

The 2.637 km long route and thus also the airport train station were opened on 11 December 2008.