Tegel International Airport is an airport in Berlin, Germany. It lies in the northwestern outskirts of the city near the borough of Tegel. Its IATA airport code is TXL, and its ICAO airport code is EDDT. Tegel is referred to as the "Frequent Flyer Airport". Tegel has the most scheduled flights of the three Berlin airports.
During the Berlin Airlift in 1948 the longest runway in Europe (2.400 m) was built in Tegel. Subsequently, especially after new, modern facilities were built in the 1970s, Tegel began to replace Tempelhof International Airport as the main hub of West Berlin, as Tempelhof, being situated downtown, was too noisy and its runways were too short. During the Cold War, because of the special status of West Berlin, air traffic was restricted to Allied airlines (especially Air France, Pan American World Airways and British Airways).
According to a decade-old plan to replace the three current airports near Berlin with one, as Schönefeld International Airport has become Berlin Brandenburg International Airport, Tegel will close about six months after operations will begin at BBI (planned sometime in 2007).
The following airlines fly to Tegel International Airport:
Tegel International Airport "Otto Lilienthal" (IATA: TXL, ICAO: EDDT) (often shortened to Tegel) is an airport in Berlin, Germany.
Tegel will then be closed about six months after operations begin at BBI (planned for 2011) and all flights will move to the newly expanded and renamed Berlin-Brandenburg International Airport.
TegelAirport is notable for its hexagonal terminal building around an open square, which makes for walking distances as short as 100 ft. from any airplane, through luggage and customs, to taxi or bus.
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