Airports in Berlin
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Airport
An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...
s in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
, the capital of Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
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- Berlin-Tegel Airport , the current main airport of Berlin, built during the Berlin Airlift in 1948 and scheduled to close in 2012
- Berlin-Schönefeld Airport , founded in 1934, the airport for East Berlin during the Cold War
- Berlin-Brandenburg International AirportBerlin-Brandenburg International AirportBerlin Brandenburg Airport is a new international airport under construction south of central Berlin, the capital city of Germany. It is scheduled to open on 3 June 2012. The airport is located in Schönefeld on the border between the states of Berlin and Brandenburg and will be named after the...
, the new airport planned at the site of Schönefeld and designated to replace Tempelhof, Schönefeld, and Tegel - Berlin Tempelhof Airport , the iconic airport that opened in 1923 and closed in 2008
- RAF GatowRAF GatowKnown for most of its operational life as Royal Air Force Station Gatow, or more commonly RAF Gatow, this former British Royal Air Force military airbase is in the district of Gatow in south-western Berlin, west of the Havel river, in the borough of Spandau...
, the former Royal Air Force military airbase in the district of GatowGatowGatow, a district of south-western Berlin is located west of the Havelsee lake and has forested areas within its boundaries. It is within the borough of Spandau. On 31 December 2002, it had 5,532 inhabitants.-History:...
in south-western Berlin - Johannisthal Air FieldJohannisthal Air FieldThe Johannisthal Air Field, located 15 km southeast of Berlin, between Johannisthal and Adlershof, was Germany's first airfield. It opened on 26 September 1909, a few weeks after the world's first airfield at Rheims, France .-Overview:...
, Germany's first airfield, located 15 km southeast of Berlin, between JohannisthalJohannisthal (Berlin)Johannisthal is a German locality within the Berlin borough of Treptow-Köpenick. Until 2001 it was part of the former borough of Treptow.-History:The first mention of the locality was on November 16, 1753...
and AdlershofAdlershof-External links:*... - StaakenStaakenStaaken is a locality at the western rim of Berlin within the borough of Spandau. In the west it shares border with the Brandenburg municipalities of Falkensee and Dallgow-Döberitz in the Havelland district. Buildings range from small detached houses in the west to larger 1960s and 1970s housing...
Airport, located at the most western edge half inside and outside the borough of Berlin-SpandauSpandauSpandau is the fifth of the twelve boroughs of Berlin. It is the fourth largest and westernmost borough, situated at the confluence of the Havel and Spree rivers and along the western bank of the Havel, but the least populated.-Overview:...
, used for zeppelins and an early Deutsche Luft HansaDeutsche Luft HansaDeutsche Luft Hansa A.G. was a German airline, serving as flag carrier of the country during the later years of the Weimar Republic and throughout the Third Reich.-1920s:Deutsche Luft Hansa was founded on 6 January 1926 in Berlin...
base, closed after the withdrawal of the Soviet air force and turned into a clinic.