Tegel Airport (TXL)
Information on the former Berlin-Tegel Airport.
Please note! This airport has been closed since 8 November 2020. All flights now depart from the new BER airport. For information on connections, please access our new BER airport page:
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- Günter Wicker
Berlin-Tegel (TXL), located in north-west Berlin, was one of Greater Berlin’s two international commercial airports. Tegel’s “Otto-Lilienthal“ Airport was considered a symbol of West-Berlin’s new sense of optimism and economic recovery.
From its early days in the late 1940s – around the time of Berlin’s iconic “air bridge” – Tegel continued to evolve. The early 1970s saw the addition of the popular hexagonal main terminal, and by the mid-1970s Tegel had become Berlin’s most important airport. Until the end of 2020, the airport was the economic backbone of all Berlin airports. In 2018 alone, the airport cleared 22 million passengers.
Shortly after the launch of Berlin Brandenburg Airport, Tegel Airport was closed on 8 November 2020.
Former Tegel Airport (TXL) - Otto Lilienthal
This was Tegel: download an old map of the airport building and surroundings.
Berlin-Tegel
Exterior view (2019)
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- Günter Wicker
Tegel Airport: tower
Both tower and terminal building were designed by renowned architects Gerkan, Marg und Partner.
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- Günter Wicker
Illuminated airstrips at Tegel
A Lufthansa Airbus lands at Tegel. At dusk, the navigation lights are already on to aid pilots on landing.
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- Günter Wicker / Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg GmbH
To Philadelphia with American Airlines
Berlin has gained another long-haul route. In 2019, American Airlines started to offer a non-stop connection to Philadelphia, USA.
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- Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg / Günter Wicker
Busy, bustling Tegel boulevard
Airport passengers cross the Tegel boulevard.
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- Günter Wicker / Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg GmbH
Tegel boulevard
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- Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg GmbH
Pan Am at Tegel
Pan American Airways, better known as Pan Am, used to connect West Berlin to countless of destinations in Western Europe and, for a number of years, even to JFK, New York (image from 1985).
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- Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg GmbH
Tegel Airport
Terminal construction, 1971
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- Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg GmbH
