Berlin Tegel Airport (IATA: TXL, ICAO: EDDT), officially Flughafen Tegel “Otto Lilienthal”, was the main international airport of Berlin, Germany, located in the Reinickendorf borough, approximately 8 km northwest of the city center. It served West Berlin during the Cold War and was the larger of Berlin’s two airports, ahead of Schönefeld. The airport was named after aviation pioneer Otto Lilienthal and acted as a hub for Air Berlin, while also serving as a base for Germanwings. It offered flights to numerous European destinations as well as some intercontinental routes.
Tegel Airport featured a single main runway, 3,022 m (9,918 ft) long, suitable for small propeller aircraft, small and medium jets, long-range jets, regional airliners, and large airliners. Its distinctive hexagonal terminal design allowed very short walking distances from the aircraft to the terminal exit, typically as little as 30 m (98 ft).
With the opening of Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) in October 2020, Tegel Airport was permanently closed. All passenger operations and airline bases were transferred to BER, consolidating Berlin’s air traffic into a single international airport hub. The former Tegel facilities have since been decommissioned, and redevelopment plans for the site are underway.
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