The nearest airport is KEL - Kiel Holtenau, located 31.5 km west of Helmstorf.
Other airports nearby include LBC - Luebeck Lubeck Blankensee (53.8 km south), HAM - Hamburg (83.0 km south west), SGD - Soenderborg Sonderborg (92.0 km north west), XFW - Hamburg Finkenwerder (97.1 km south west),