The airport Tempelhof is in the southern city area of Berlin in the district Tempelhof beautiful mountain directly at the rapid-transit railway ring. It is beside Tegel and airport one of three airports in Berlin and environment, which international air traffic for the order.

Airlines and goals

For the winter flight plan 2005/2006 is offered the following connections regularly starting from Tempelhof:

German domestic Dortmund von Dauair with Saab 340 and the airline walter (LGW) with Dornier 228 is served, Friedrichshafen is approached by Intersky with Dash 8-300. To Cologne Bonn one arrives to Mannheim with DBA, which Fokker 100 and Boeing 737 uses, by Cirrus airlines with Dornier 328 (propeller version) is served. Cathedral serves European air express (EAE) with Fairchild Metroliner and Saarbruecken by Cirrus airlines with Dash 8, Dornier 328 jet, Embraer 145 or Embraer of 170 as well as by the day also with Boeing 737 is approached, Westerland (Sylt) by the air transport company walter with Dornier 228 served.

International distances are the connection to Brussels with BAe 146 and/or Avro regional jet of SN Brussels airlines, the route to Copenhagen with Boeing 737 from Sterling airlines, the distance to Warsaw, which is served by Dauair with Saab 340, and which connection to Bozen in South Tyrol/Italy with air A! HP.

Also round flights over Berlin with an original restored raisin bomber are offered to type Douglas DC-3 starting from Tempelhof

History

The surface, on which the airport Tempelhof was built, the Tempelhofer field, was formerly a drilling place. 1922 were gradened and fastened the place. Two flight resounding were built, after on 8 October 1923 the traffic Ministry of the ready for use plant gave a provisional concession. Thus the airport was the first airport of the world. The initiator of this also at that time already location lain relatively central was, approximately violent of resistances, the town councillor for traffic Leonhardt eagle. The first air route went from Berlin to king mountain. 100 takeoffs and landings in the first year were regarded as strong traffic, and an extension of the airport was planned.

The citizens of Berlin airport society ltd. (BFG), existing this very day, became to 19. May 1924 based. Also Zeppeline started and landed in Tempelhof (newer airships take the airport today again than starting point of their travels). Traffic took constantly to and into the 1930er years still stood the airport Tempelhof with its traffic volume before Paris, Amsterdam and London at the point of the European air traffic. The borders of the technical possibilities were soon reached, and 1934 were planned by the architect Ernst Sagebiel an extension. The airport should be able up to 6 million passengers per year to dispatch - 1934 was it straight once 200.000. In the future airport building developed was at that time with a gross floor area of 284.000 m the surface-largest building of the world. The overall length of the building amounts to 1230 meters. The airfield was put on as oval Rasenplatz with approximately 2 km diameters, so that at this time still relatively light airplanes, among other things '' '', could start and land JU 52 in each case accurately against the dominant wind.

In April 1945 the airport Tempelhof was occupied by Soviet troops, which handed it over to 4 July to the Americans. The military of the USA seized the airport, civil traffic was adjusted. The new building had not been taken up to the assumption by the US army yet in enterprise.

1948 got the airport a new meaning: Together with the two airfields in Tegel and Gatow he served the transport of food supply and goods for Berlin during the blockade of West Berlin by airplane. A large part of the charge consisted of fuels. The vitally necessary supply by the citizens of Berlin air lift between different West German cities and Berlin lasted from June 1948 until May 1949. In Tempelhof started and landed occasionally every 90 seconds an airplane. The American pilot Gail Halvorsen invented throwing sweets off during the approach on Tempelhof with parachutes from handkerchiefs from the cockpit windows, which was copied by further pilots and whom raisin bomber brought in the legendary name for airplanes.

Starting from 1950 a part of the airport Tempelhof was released from the American high commissioner to the civilian use. The available capacity was rapidly reached, and negotiations with the Americans caused finally the release of the militarily used construction units for civilian aviation (1985). In order pre-aged entrance hall ("“honour-resounds"”) to reduce, became suspended and one modern this mainresounds the monumental impression that by a low intermediate cover - inconspicuous entrance zone produces. The "“honours"” still existing over it - does not resound is so far usable and only with occasional guidance observable. In addition - fastened first for the new, heavier American machines of the air lift - the Runway out of air landing sheet metals, which was damaged during high flight frequency due to the strong load, was replaced by an asphalted Runway. An important role played the spherical radar display screen, which was in the cold war the easternmost air traffic control apparatus of the USA. Until today that is 10 x 10 m large area the only area used by the German Federal Armed Forces.

In the year 1954 the airport Tempelhof had already more than 650,000 aircraft passengers, who were carried to a large extent by the allied airlines BEA, air France and Pan to. The number rose to far over 6 million aircraft passengers, until Tempelhof was replaced 1975 by the again established airport Tegel (on the area of the French of military airport, after plans that Hamburg architect Gerkan, Marg and partner). 1993 handed US to air over Force the airport the citizens of Berlin airport company, after in the air traffic 1990 after the reunification already again more than 400,000 aircraft passengers were already counted.

Due to the starting and runway relatively short with only 2,116 meters the size of the airplanes for the regular transport service is limited (up to airbus A320 or Boeing 737), so that it is predominantly used as airport for German domestic and intra-European goals. US air Force could use large transport aircrafts on the airport like the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy only under reduced conditions. The airport experienced, however also the attendance Boeing 747 FR of the airline PanAm in September 1976 without substantial loading and refueling. A further emphasis of the airport Tempelhof is general aviation. This is technically not limited to the shorter Destinationen mentioned (dependent on the aircraft).

The citizen of Berlin senate planned the release of the airport from the operating obligation upon the request of the airport company to 31 October 2004 for economy reasons. In addition the entire citizen of Berlin air traffic is to be concentrated on a long-term basis on the airport beautiful field which can be removed with the task of Tempelhof. At the airport the Tempelhof residents airlines and companies with a collecting complaint want to prevent the task of the location. The higher administrative court Berlin allowed to an appropriate express request of the airlines on 23 September 2004. Thus the airport is mainly continued to operate at least up to the decision.

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