Berlin Tegel "Otto Lilienthal" Airport
Berlin Tegel "Otto Lilienthal" Airport is the main international airport in Berlin, Germany.It lies in Tegel, a section of the northern borough of Reinickendorf.
Tegel Airport is notable for its hexagonal terminal building around an open square, which makes for walking distances as short as 30 metres from the aircraft to the terminal exit.
In 2008, the airport served over 14,530,000 passengers, making it by far the biggest Airport serving Berlin.
The airport is scheduled to close in 2012, six months after the completion of the new Berlin-Brandenburg International Airport that is slated to handle all commercial flights to and from Berlin.
Tegel Airport is the main base of Air Berlin, and a focus city for Lufthansa and Tuifly. Air Berlin and Lufthansa each handle around 30 percent of the commercial flights at the airport.