# Berlin-Schönefeld Airport, Berlin, Germany

**Berlin-Schönefeld Airport** was an airport in Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany. It opened in 1946. It closed on 25 Oct 2020. It was operated by Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg GmbH. In 2020 it handled 3.2 million passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/de-0440

## At a glance

- Type: Closed airport
- Operator: Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg GmbH
- Serves: Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany
- Opened: 1946
- Closed: 25 Oct 2020
- Elevation: 48 m / 157 ft
- Coordinates: 52.3800, 13.5225
- Passengers: 3,227,032 (2020)
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Berlin
- Website: https://www.berlin-airport.de/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Sch%C3%B6nefeld_Airport (44 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9689
- Weather station: EDDB · WMO 10385
- Ident: DE-0440

## Timeline

- 1946: Berlin-Schönefeld Airport opens.
- 14 Aug 1972: Interflug Flight 450. 156 killed.
- 12 Dec 1986: Aeroflot Flight 892. 72 killed.
- 17 Jun 1989: Interflug Flight 102. 21 killed.
- 25 Oct 2020: Berlin-Schönefeld Airport closes.

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2009 | 6,797,158 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 7,297,911 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 7,113,989 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 7,097,274 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 6,727,306 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 7,292,517 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 8,526,268 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 11,652,922 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 12,865,312 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 12,725,937 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 11,417,435 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 3,227,032 | Wikidata |

## Airlines

Hubs from Wikidata.

### Hub airlines (2)

- 8W [Private Wings](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/private-wings)
- QGA [Windrose Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/windrose-air)

Former hub of [Berline](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/berline), [Bizair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/bizair), [Bremenfly](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/bremenfly), [Deutsche Lufthansa (DDR)](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/deutsche-lufthansa-ddr), [Germania](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/germania), [Germania Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/germania-express), [Interflug](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/interflug).

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | BERLIN INFO | 132.650 |
| APP | BERLIN ARR | 119.625 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 124.950 |
| DEP | BERLIN DEP | 120.625 |
| DIR | BERLIN DIRECTOR | 136.100 |
| GND | GND | 121.600 |
| INFO | INFO | 122.700 |
| TWR | TWR | 120.025 |

## Nearby airports

- [BER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddb.md) Berlin Brandenburg Airport · 2.4 km / 1.5 mi
- [ETSH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/etsh.md) Holzdorf Air Base · 72 km / 45 mi
- [EDUZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eduz.md) Zerbst Airfield · 103 km / 64 mi
- [FNB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edbn.md) Neubrandenburg Trollenhagen Airport · 137 km / 85 mi
- [LEJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddp.md) Leipzig/Halle Airport · 139 km / 86 mi
- [DRS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddc.md) Dresden Airport · 140 km / 87 mi

## In collections

- [Closed and historic](https://dromopedia.com/collections/closed) #2

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/de-0440/data