Flughafen Berlin-Schönefeld

Category: Airports

Berlin-Schönefeld International Airport (Flughafen Berlin-Schönefeld)
is an international airport located in the town of Schönefeld in Brandenburg, adjacent to Berlin's southern border. It is referred to as "The Holiday Airport", as it has mostly international charter flights. Schönefeld was once the major civil airport of East Germany (and only airport serving East Berlin).

It lies outside the city, unlike the other two Berlin airports, Tegel International Airport and Tempelhof International Airport, and therefore is not as much a source of noise pollution.

Schönefeld is slated to be transformed into Berlin Brandenburg International Airport in 2011. Once the new expansion of the terminal starts construction, Tempelhof airport will close (initially slated for October 30, 2004, but still open for the time being) in 2007. Six months after the airport is renamed and the new section opened, Tegel airport is to close.

The airport is served by the Berlin-Schönefeld Flughafen railway station. This station is the terminus of line S9 and S45 of the Berlin S-Bahn, and is served by mainline railways as well.

Source: Wikipedia