Travelling by Plane

Before the Wall came down Berlin was out on a limb - the last stop before the Iron Curtain. Since reunification and the German Government's decision to relocate from Bonn the number of direct flights is increasing rapidly.

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Berlin is served by three airports:

TEGEL - the biggest and most modern, situated in the northern suburbs. Handles flights to / from: Western Europe and the UK, the Mediterranean, western Germany and charter flights everywhere.

Find a terminal plan of Tegel (TXL) airport here.

Access to city centre east (Friedrichstraße, Stadtmitte) via by JetExpress (TXL), ticket costs € 3.10, available from driver; or via Bus 128 (change to U6 at Kurt-Schumacher-Platz, direction Alt-Mariendorf), ticket costs €2.10, available from machine at Airport or bus driver. Access to city centre west (Zoo) via JetExpress (X9), ticket costs € 3.10, available from driver; or via Bus 109 for Charlottenburg or for Zoo (change to U8 at Jakob-Kaiser-Platz, direction Rudow, change to U2 at Bismarckstraße, direction Vinetastraße), or Ku'damm (change to U9 at Zoo, direction Steglitz), ticket costs € 2.10 from machine or driver. JetExpressBus TXL, X9, 109, 128

For more information on using Public Transportation go to our City Information section.

SCHÖNEFELD - the old East German airport, a couple of miles to the south-east of the city. Handles flights to / from: Eastern Europe, Africa and Asia, some German cities and charter flights everywhere. And is soon to be developed into Berlin's major airport.

Find a terminal plan of Schönefeld (SXF) airport here.

Direct connections with following trains from the inner city stations:
RE4, RE5, RB22, RB24, S45, S9, 171, N46, N60
or by buses 160, 163, 602, 735, 736, 737, N60 to the train station - S Flughafen Berlin-Schönefeld DB
Free shuttle bus service from the train station S Flughafen Berlin-Schönefeld to the Airport Main Building leaves every 10 minutes.

For more information on using Public Transportation go to our City Information section.

TEMPELHOF - the oldest airport built in the 20s, right in the centre of the city, and soon to be closed.Handles primarily flights to / from: Brussels and German cities.

Find a terminal plan of Tempelhof (THF) airport here.

Linked directly to U-Bahn system (10 minutes to Unter den Linden, on U6, direction Alt-Tegel) and bus lines running east and west. Ticket costs €2.10 from machine in U-Bahn station Platz der Luftbrücke directly outside airport, or from bus driver.

Underground train - U6 - to Platz der Luftbrücke or by buses 119, 184, 341 to Flughafen Tempelhof and 104, N4, N76 to the train station - U Platz der Luftbrücke.

For more information on using Public Transportation go to our City Information section.

Taxi ranks at all three airports.

Both Tegel and Schönefeld have a wide range of modern airport facilities, including banks, exchange facilities, car hire, cafes, newsagents and gift shops, although there are fewer night flights and these are mostly open 07.00 am to 11.00 pm. Tempelhof has far fewer flights and restricted services.