http://www.ourairports.com/countries/DE/BE'/comments.html Comments left by OurAirports members who have visited airports in Berlin, Germany. http://www.ourairports.com/comments.html?comment=424 Sat, 28 Jul 2007 19:05:33 -0400 http://www.ourairports.com/comments.html?comment=424 <p>Along with Berlin-Tempelhof (THF), Tegel is scheduled to be replaced by an expanded Berlin-Schönefeld (SXF -- to be renamed "Berlin-Brandenburg International" around 2011). Tegel and Tempelhof are actually in Berlin, while Schönefeld is further out of town, in the former East Germany.</p> http://www.ourairports.com/comments.html?comment=422 Sat, 28 Jul 2007 18:55:46 -0400 http://www.ourairports.com/comments.html?comment=422 <p>From 1948-49, this airport was the command centre and destination of the Berlin Airlift -- nearly everything needed to feed, clothe, and warm 2.5 million people over 11 months through a cold winter flew in through Tempelhof, primarily in U.S. military C-47 and C-54 (DC-3 and DC-4) transports, with assistance from allies.</p> http://www.ourairports.com/comments.html?comment=421 Sat, 28 Jul 2007 18:52:14 -0400 http://www.ourairports.com/comments.html?comment=421 <p>Tempelhof is scheduled to be closed in October 2008.</p>