Berlin Schönefeld Airport was the secondary international airport of Berlin, the capital of Germany. It was located 18 km southeast of Berlin near the town of Schönefeld in the state of Brandenburg and bordered Berlin's southern boundary. It was the smaller of the two airports in Berlin, after Berlin Tegel Airport, and served as a base for easyJet and Ryanair. In 2017, the airport handled 12.9 million passengers by serving mainly European metropolitan and leisure destinations. In the same year, the travel portal eDreams ranked Berlin Schönefeld as the worst airport in the world after evaluating 65,000 airport reviews. Schönefeld Airport also was the major civil airport of East Germany and the only airport of the former East Berlin.
On 25 October 2020 the Schönefeld name and IATA code ceased to exist, marking its closure as an independent airport, with large parts of its infrastructure being incorporated into the new Berlin Brandenburg Airport as its Terminal 5 with its sections renamed to K, L, M and Q.
Berlin Brandenburg Airport Willy Brandt is an international airport in Schönefeld, just south of the German capital Berlin in the state of Brandenburg. Named after the former West Berlin mayor and West German chancellor Willy Brandt, it is located 18 kilometres south-east of the city centre and serves as a base for easyJet, Eurowings and Ryanair. It mostly has flights to European metropolitan and leisure destinations as well as a number of intercontinental services.
The new airport replaced Tempelhof, Schönefeld, and Tegel airports, and became the single commercial airport serving Berlin and the surrounding State of Brandenburg, an area with a combined 6 million inhabitants. With projected annual passenger numbers of around 34 million, Berlin Brandenburg Airport has become the third busiest airport in Germany surpassing Düsseldorf Airport and making it one of the fifteen busiest in Europe.
At the time of opening, the airport has a theoretical capacity of 46 million passengers per year. Terminal 1 accounts for 28 million of this; Terminal 2, which did not open until 24 March 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, accounts for 6 million; and Terminal 5, the terminal buildings of the former Berlin-Schönefeld Airport, accounts for another 12 million. Expansion buildings are planned in 2035 to be able to handle 58 million passengers annually.
The airport was originally planned to open in October 2011, five years after starting construction in 2006. However, the project encountered a series of successive delays due to poor construction planning, execution, management, and corruption. Berlin Brandenburg Airport finally received its operational licence in May 2020, and opened for commercial traffic on 31 October 2020, 14 years after construction started and 29 years after official planning was begun. Schönefeld's refurbished passenger facilities were incorporated as Terminal 5 on 25 October 2020 while all other airlines completed the transition from Tegel to Berlin Brandenburg Airport by 8 November 2020.
Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER, EDDB) - Arrivals and Depart
Berlin Brandenburg Airport is due to open in October 2020, according to the airport operator. Originally, BER should open in 2012, which was repeatedly postponed because of complications during construction.
Very friendly and professional. 1200m RWY, nearby Berlin, nice lake. Look for traffic VFR. Good Restaurant. Search for EDAY. Greetings to my friend D-MIMY
The airport is currently closed to air-traffic, although the concrete paved runway has been designated for use by cargo flights in the event of an emergency. There is an aerospace museum on site.
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This airport (formerly in East Germany) is expanding to replace Berlin's other two principal airports. In 2011, when its new terminal is scheduled to open, it will be renamed "Berlin-Brandenburg International Airport". The historic Berlin-Tempelhof Airport (THF) is scheduled to close once the new terminal construction is underway, and Berlin-Tegel Airport (TXL) will close six months after the new terminal is complete and the airport is renamed.
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Typo in encoded runway surface
🔗 Sun, 25 Feb 2024
— @espinielli at Berlin Brandenburg Airport, Germany
The runway data dictionary specifies "ASP" for asphalt and "CON" for concrete while currently the CSV data set has
07L/25R ASPH
07R/25L CONC
re: Closing all operations
🔗 Tue, 21 Nov 2023
— @animebirder at Cottbus Army Airfield, Germany
As of 2023, the airfield is still visible, but largely covered by solar panels. That would be a very expensive emergency landing now.
Berlin Schönefeld Airport
🔗 Sat, 05 Nov 2022
— @Silvanus_Tauris at Berlin-Schönefeld Airport, Germany
Berlin Schönefeld Airport was the secondary international airport of Berlin, the capital of Germany. It was located 18 km southeast of Berlin near the town of Schönefeld in the state of Brandenburg and bordered Berlin's southern boundary. It was the smaller of the two airports in Berlin, after Berlin Tegel Airport, and served as a base for easyJet and Ryanair. In 2017, the airport handled 12.9 million passengers by serving mainly European metropolitan and leisure destinations. In the same year, the travel portal eDreams ranked Berlin Schönefeld as the worst airport in the world after evaluating 65,000 airport reviews. Schönefeld Airport also was the major civil airport of East Germany and the only airport of the former East Berlin.
On 25 October 2020 the Schönefeld name and IATA code ceased to exist, marking its closure as an independent airport, with large parts of its infrastructure being incorporated into the new Berlin Brandenburg Airport as its Terminal 5 with its sections renamed to K, L, M and Q.
Berlin Brandenburg Airport
🔗 Sat, 05 Nov 2022
— @Silvanus_Tauris at Berlin Brandenburg Airport, Germany
Berlin Brandenburg Airport Willy Brandt is an international airport in Schönefeld, just south of the German capital Berlin in the state of Brandenburg. Named after the former West Berlin mayor and West German chancellor Willy Brandt, it is located 18 kilometres south-east of the city centre and serves as a base for easyJet, Eurowings and Ryanair. It mostly has flights to European metropolitan and leisure destinations as well as a number of intercontinental services.
The new airport replaced Tempelhof, Schönefeld, and Tegel airports, and became the single commercial airport serving Berlin and the surrounding State of Brandenburg, an area with a combined 6 million inhabitants. With projected annual passenger numbers of around 34 million, Berlin Brandenburg Airport has become the third busiest airport in Germany surpassing Düsseldorf Airport and making it one of the fifteen busiest in Europe.
At the time of opening, the airport has a theoretical capacity of 46 million passengers per year. Terminal 1 accounts for 28 million of this; Terminal 2, which did not open until 24 March 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, accounts for 6 million; and Terminal 5, the terminal buildings of the former Berlin-Schönefeld Airport, accounts for another 12 million. Expansion buildings are planned in 2035 to be able to handle 58 million passengers annually.
The airport was originally planned to open in October 2011, five years after starting construction in 2006. However, the project encountered a series of successive delays due to poor construction planning, execution, management, and corruption. Berlin Brandenburg Airport finally received its operational licence in May 2020, and opened for commercial traffic on 31 October 2020, 14 years after construction started and 29 years after official planning was begun. Schönefeld's refurbished passenger facilities were incorporated as Terminal 5 on 25 October 2020 while all other airlines completed the transition from Tegel to Berlin Brandenburg Airport by 8 November 2020.
Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER, EDDB) - Arrivals and Depart
🔗 Sat, 31 Jul 2021
— @erica at Berlin Brandenburg Airport, Germany
Check out real time arrivals and departures time tables from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER, EDDB):
Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER, EDDB) - Arrivals
https://flightradar.live/fluege/eur/de/flughafen-berlin-brandenburg-ankunft-ber/
Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER, EDDB) - Departures
https://flightradar.live/fluege/eur/de/flughafen-berlin-brandenburg-abflug-ber/
Watch the airtraffic at Berlin Brandenburg in real-time:
https://flightradar.live/flugradar/eu/flugradar-berlin-brandenburg/
Opening 31 October 2020
🔗 Fri, 30 Oct 2020
— @david at Berlin Brandenburg Airport, Germany
This airport is opening to the public, after Schönefeld (visible just to the north) closed on 25 October 2020.
https://news.yahoo.com/brace-off-berlins-much-delayed-124713420.html
Closed on 25 October 2020
🔗 Fri, 30 Oct 2020
— @david at Berlin-Schönefeld Airport, Germany
Closed and replaced by the new Berlin Brandenburg Airport immediately to the south.
New opening date for BER Airport
🔗 Mon, 02 Dec 2019
— @Airportinfo at Berlin Brandenburg Airport, Germany
Berlin Brandenburg Airport is due to open in October 2020, according to the airport operator. Originally, BER should open in 2012, which was repeatedly postponed because of complications during construction.
As soon as the airport opens, the latest arrival and departure times can be viewed on https://airportinfo.live/departures/ber/airport-berlin-brandenburg
Open?
🔗 Wed, 12 Oct 2016
— Anonymous Flyer at Brand-Briesen Airfield, Germany
Runway is repainted, looks OK. Anyone knows if it's open??
Small GA airport nearby Berlin
🔗 Mon, 02 May 2016
— @WKU at Fehrbellin Airfield, Germany
Fuel station AVGAS,
UL flight school "Flugsport Berlin"
Paragliding
Little snack bar
UL Charter possibility
Great place and people so very friendly
🔗 Thu, 05 Jun 2014
— Anonymous Flyer at Locktow Airfield, Germany
I arrived by road and asked if I could take photo's and the people were so helpful
Just like to say Thank You
Regards chris
Fine Airport
🔗 Sat, 05 Jan 2013
— Anonymous Flyer at Strausberg Airfield, Germany
Very friendly and professional. 1200m RWY, nearby Berlin, nice lake. Look for traffic VFR. Good Restaurant. Search for EDAY. Greetings to my friend D-MIMY
Fuerstenwalde Airport closed
🔗 Sat, 05 Jan 2013
— Anonymous Flyer at Fürstenwalde Airport, Germany
Not existing, closed. Go to EDAY, nice, friendly, professional, opend every day from 8:00 till ss
Cirrus Europe
🔗 Tue, 01 Jan 2013
— @Capitano.Nico at Schönhagen Airfield, Germany
Cirrus have their impressive lineup there, feel free to test fly:
http://www.cdaircraft.de/
re: Closing all operations
🔗 Sat, 12 Mar 2011
— @ptomblin at Cottbus Army Airfield, Germany
Wikipedia says:
The airport is currently closed to air-traffic, although the concrete paved runway has been designated for use by cargo flights in the event of an emergency. There is an aerospace museum on site.
Closing all operations
🔗 Fri, 11 Mar 2011
— Anonymous Flyer at Cottbus Army Airfield, Germany
As far as I know this airport is completely closed.
Mig 21.
🔗 Thu, 23 Sep 2010
— Anonymous Flyer at Spremberg-Welzow Airfield, Germany
To whoever I'm trying to locate the owner, club for the Mig 21 that is preserved in an old military shelter at Wezlow. Any help greatly appreciated. I can be contacted at timjones007@hotmail.com
only for skydiving: contact gojump.de
🔗 Thu, 07 Aug 2008
— @gseger007 at Gransee Airfield, Germany
only for skydiving: contact gojump.de
Expansion
🔗 Sat, 28 Jul 2007
— @david at Berlin-Schönefeld Airport, Germany
This airport (formerly in East Germany) is expanding to replace Berlin's other two principal airports. In 2011, when its new terminal is scheduled to open, it will be renamed "Berlin-Brandenburg International Airport". The historic Berlin-Tempelhof Airport (THF) is scheduled to close once the new terminal construction is underway, and Berlin-Tegel Airport (TXL) will close six months after the new terminal is complete and the airport is renamed.
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