The ninth largest airport in Germany, it is situated on 570 hectares (1,400 acres) in Langenhagen,[3] 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) north of the centre of Hanover.

The airport has flights to European metropolitan and leisure destinations, and serves as a base for Eurowings, Corendon Airlines Europe and TUI fly Deutschland.

Hannover Airport opened in Langenhagen in 1952, replacing an airfield situated within the 1952 city limits of Hanover.

In the 1990s, trials of intercontinental services to the United States and Canada were stopped due to low passenger numbers.

[citation needed] TUIfly, which maintains a base at Hannover Airport, reduced services heavily in 2008 and 2009, and late in 2009 passed all of its non-traditional holiday routes to now defunct Air Berlin.

[4] In March 2017, Air Berlin ceased all of its services and operations at Hannover, over half a year before becoming completely defunct as a company in October.

[clarification needed] The following airlines offer regular scheduled and charter flights at Hannover Airport.