Airports

Berlin’s airports Schönefeld and Tegel are both very well connected to the city centre of Berlin and the surrounding area. Get more information about arriving and departing by bus, train or …

Departures / Arrivals

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Tegel Airport TXL is located in Berlin’s northern district Reinickendorf-Tegel and is closer to the city than the airport in Schönefeld. Tegel Airport will close as soon as the new Berlin Brandenburg Airport Willy Brandt BER has opened.

The Berlin Schönefeld Airport SXF is located on the southern outskirts of Berlin. Many holiday airlines and low-cost-airlines fly to Schönefeld. The new Berlin Brandenburg Airport Willy Brandt BER is being built nearby.

In the future Berlin will have only one major airport: the airport Berlin Brandenburg Willy Brandt BER. An entirely new airport is being constructed south of the current facility. The new airport will have a capacity of approximatly 27 million passengers per year.

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Berlin is served by two commercial airports. Tegel Airport (TXL) is the largest and located within Berlin, while smaller Schönefeld Airport (SXF) is situated just outside of Berlin, to the south-east. Combined, they handled 22,3 million passengers in 2010. In 2011, 88 airlines served 164 destinations in 54 countries from Berlin airports, with 28 non-European connections.[20] Tegel Airport is scheduled to close in 2013 and Schönefeld Airport will be expanded and renamed Berlin Brandenburg Airport, handling all commercial flights to and from Berlin.
A third, Tempelhof Airport, formerly handled short distance and commuter flights. It was closed at the end of October 2008.