A list of all flights of the airship Hindenburg, with dates, departures, and arrivals.

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1936 Flight Schedule



March 4: Friedrichshafen-Friedrichshafen (3hr6min) [Test flight] March 5: Friedrichshafen-Friedrichshafen (8hr) [Test flight] March 6: Friedrichshafen-Friedrichshafen (3hr14min) [Test flight] March 17-March 18: Friedrichshafen-Friedrichshafen (22hr45min) [Test flight] March 18-March 18: Friedrichshafen-Friedrichshafen (7hr49min) March 23-March 23: Friedrichshafen-Löwental (6hr23min) [Test flight, Mail flight] March 26-March 26: Löwental-Löwental (3ht16min) March 26-March 29: Löwental-Löwental (74hr4min) [Propaganda flight, dropping pro-Hitler election leaflets] March 31-April 4: Löwental-Rio de Janeiro (100hr40min) [First South America flight] April 6-April 10: Rio de Janeiro-Löwental (103hr52min) May 4-May 4: Löwental-Friedrichshafen (7hr32min) May 6-May 9: Friedrichshafen-Lakehurst (61hr40min) [First flight to North America] May 12-May 14: Lakehurst-Frankfurt (49hr13min) May 17-May 20: Frankfurt-Lakehurst (78hr57min) May 21- May 23: Lakehurst-Frankfurt (48hr8min) May 25-May 29: Frankfurt-Rio de Janeiro (85hr13min) May 30-June 3: Rio de Janeiro-Frankfurt 93hr17min) June 5-June 5: Frankfurt-Löwental (8hr19min) June 16-June 16: Löwental-Löwental (9hr4min) [(Krupp/Essen flight] June 18-June 18: Löwental-Frankfurt (3hr17min) June 18-June 18: Frankfurt-Frankfurt (11hr)(Rhineland flight) June 19-June 22: Frankfurt-Lakehurst (61hr30min) June 24-June 26: Lakehurst-Frankfurt ( 61hr5min) [Max Schmeling return] June 30-July 2: Frankfurt-Lakehurst (52hr49min) July 4-July 6: Lakehurst-Frankfurt (45hr39min) July 8-July 8: Frankfurt-Frankfurt (1hr26min) July 8-July 8: Frankfurt-Frankfurt (1hr) July 10-July 13: Frankfurt-Lakehurst (63hr27min) July 15-July 17: Lakehurst-Frankfurt (60hr58min) July 20-July 24: Frankfurt-Rio de Janeiro (85hr38min) July 25-July 29: Rio de Janeiro-Frankfurt (96hr35min) August 1-August 1: Frankfurt-Frankfurt (14hr) [Olympic Games flight] August 5-August 8: Frankfurt-Lakehurst (75hr56min) [Passenger description] August 10-August 11: Lakehurst-Frankfurt (43hr2min) August 17-August 19: Frankfurt-Lakehurst (90hr10 min) August 20-August 22: Lakehurst-Frankfurt (43hr49min) August 27-August 30: Frankfurt-Rio de Janeiro (88hr34min) September 4-September 8: Rio de Janeiro-Friedrichshafen (109hr55min) September 14-September 14: Friedrichshafen-Friedrichshafen (10hr53min) [Flight over 1936 Nazi Party Nuremberg Rally] September 16-September 16: Friedrichshafen-Frankfurt (3hr6min) September 17-September 20: Frankfurt-Lakehurst (62hr54min) September 22-September 24: Lakehurst-Frankfurt (55hr36min) September 26-September 29: Frankfurt-Lakehurst (63hr14min) October 1-October 3: Lakehurst-Frankfurt (58hr2min) October 5-October 7: Frankfurt-Lakehurst (55hr35min) October 9-October 9: Lakehurst-Lakehurst (10hr25min) [“Millionaires Flight“] October 10-October 12: Lakehurst-Frankfurt (52hr17min) October 21-October 25: Frankfurt-Rio de Janeiro (111hr41min) October29-October 30: Rio de Janeiro-Recife (21hr48min) October 30-November 2: Recife-Frankfurt (85hr20min) November 5-November 9: Frankfurt-Rio de Janeiro (97hr50min) November 12-November 16: Rio de Janeiro-Frankfurt (105hr57min) November 25-November 29: Frankfurt-Rio de Janeiro (94hr59min) November 30-December 1: Rio de Janeiro-Rio de Janeiro (26hr37min) December 3-December 4: Rio de Janeiro-Recife (22hr57min) December 4-December 7: Recife-Frankfurt (83hr34min)

1937 Flight Schedule



57. March 11-March 11: Frankfurt-Frankfurt (6hr17min)

58. March 11- March 11: Frankfurt-Frankfurt (1hr14min)

59. March 16-March 20: Frankfurt-Rio de Janeiro (88hr48min)

60. March 23-March 26: Rio de Janeiro-Frankfurt (97hr8min)

61. April 27-April 27: Frankfurt-Frankfurt (6hr59min) [Udet flight/Rhineland] 62. April 27-April 27: Frankfurt-Frankfurt (2hr23min) [Udet hook-on trial flight] 63. May 3-May 6: Frankfurt-Lakehurst (77hr8min) [Hindenburg crash at Lakehurst]