It's autumn break in the north.
Many have moved to the south, or they still want to go.
It is correspondingly full at Hamburg Airport - at least very early in the morning.
Those who fly later in the day usually don't have to wait that long and have more space.
Hamburg - At Hamburg Airport there were again long queues and longer waiting times for the handling of passengers on Saturday morning.
"As always, the very early hours of the morning were the busiest - when all the planes go out into the sun," said a spokeswoman.
Usually, however, the rush is limited to one to two hours.
These are individual peaks that almost reach the level of 2019.
For the rest of the day, the passengers again spread out significantly more in the departure halls and at the security checkpoints.
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The autumn holidays are one of the busiest times of the year.
This weekend, around 130 take-offs and 130 landings are expected on both days.
This means that around 30,000 passengers pass through the airport every day.
"This will now be the last stronger autumn weekend, and then unfortunately the level should go down again," said the spokeswoman.
The autumn vacation ends this weekend in Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein, and they begin in Lower Saxony and Bremen.
Travelers should be at the airport at least two hours before departure or check in via the Internet.
So far, this has usually worked well at Hamburg Airport, said the spokeswoman.
“You have to say: the passengers are very, very well prepared, and they usually have a lot of understanding and patience.” Dpa
