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Schönefeld Airport welcomes displaced Tempelhof traffic៳
Berlin’s historic Tempelhof Airport finally lost its long battle against closure on October 30 when all operations at the downtown facility ceased.

Berlin’s historic Tempelhof Airport finally lost its long battle against closure on October 30 when all operations at the downtown facility ceased. Quite apart from the nostalgic blow of seeing the venue for the epic Berlin Air Lift of 1948-49 reduced to a commercial property development, the German capital has lost its most convenient gateway for business aircraft.

Moving forward, the Berlin business aviation community is shifting its center of gravity to Schönefeld Airport, located about 13 miles southeast of the city center. This is now being comprehensively redeveloped into the new Berlin-Brandenburg International Airport (BBIA). When Tegel Airport–located on the northwest side of the city–closes in 2011, the new airport will be the city’s sole airport.