Airport codes

(IATA: SXF, ICAO: EDDB)

Local Time

GMT + 1

Address

Flughafen Berlin-Schönefeld Berliner Flughafen-Gesellschaft mbH, 12521, Berlin, Germany

Access

The airport is located 20 km from Berlin city centre.

Airport Overview

Berlin-Schönefeld Airport is an international airport located near the town of Schönefeld in Brandenburg, directly at the southern border of Berlin and 18 km (11 mi) southeast of the city centre. Schönefeld was the major civil airport of East Germany (GDR), and the only airport serving East Berlin. Today, it is the smaller of the two Berlin airports.

Schönefeld Airport is situated outside the city proper, unlike Berlin Tegel Airport. Noise pollution is, therefore, less of an issue at Schönefeld. This is the main reason that the airport will be transformed into Berlin-Brandenburg International Airport by 2012.

Schönefeld Airport saw a major increase in passenger numbers over the recent years, which was caused by the opening of a base for EasyJet and Germanwings. In 2008, the airport served 6.6 million passengers.

Contacts

Phone (49) 180-5000 186
Website www.berlin-airport.de

Airport Information

Airlines

Aer Lingus, Aeroflot, African Safari Airways, Air Adriatic, Air Algerie, Air Berlin, Air Cairo, Alisea Airlines, AMC Aviation, Atlasjet Internatial Airways, Air VIA, Balkan Air Tour, Balkan Bulgarian Airlines, BasiqAir, Belavia, BH Air, Bulgarian Air Charter, Condor, Croatia Airlines, Easyjet, Egyptair, El Al Israel Airlines, Eurocypria Airlines, FreeBird Airlines, Germania, Germanwings, Hemus Air/Bulgarian Aviation Company, Icelandair, InterExpressAirlines, Israir, JAT Jugoslawian Airlines, LTE International Airways, LTU International Airways, Macedonien Airlines, Norwegian, Nouvel Air Tunisie, Onur Air, Pegasus, Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise, Ryanair, Shorouk Air, Sky Airlines, Sun Express, Syrian Arab Airlines, Tarom, Transaero Airlines, Tunis Air, Turkish Airlines, Volareweb.com, V Bird

Airline Lounges

Hugo-Junkers-Lounge 8.00 am - 8.00 pm +49 30 6091 6036

Terminals

Schönefeld Airport has four terminals (A, B, C, D), though this only applies for check-in, as there is only one jointly used airside concourse.

The main building is the original part of the airport. It houses check-in for Terminals A and B. Terminal A features check-in counters A01-A18, with the largest user being Ryanair. Terminal B, in a side wing, was originally reserved for transit passengers to and from West Berlin, who took advantage of cheaper air fares and package tours arranged by an East German travel agency. Nowadays, it is used exclusively by easyJet (check-in counters B20-B29), which gave it the name easyJet-Terminal.
Terminal C was originally built to accommodate flights to Israel. It was reconfigured in 2008 and now handles sightseeing trips and flights in connection with special events. Some flights are operated on a vintage raisin bomber DC-3.
Terminal D was opened in December 2005 due to rapidly growing passenger numbers. Being nearly identical to Terminal C at Tegel Airport, it features check-in counters D40-D57, which are mainly used by Condor and Germanwings.

Facilities

Restrooms / Toilets

Toilets are located in all terminals, follow signs for directions.

Disabled facilities / Medical Facilities

The airport is easily accessable by disabled tourists and the are adapted toilets and telephones. There are TDD telephones available for the hearing impaired.

Business facilities

Business facilities are provided by the Hugo-Junkers-Lounge located on the 2nd floor of Terminal B, services include conference rooms; fax; Internet and photocopying.

Baggage

Baggage can be stored in parking garage P4, small items cost €2.00 per day and larger items cost €4.00 per day. There is also baggage storage at the railway station and on the ground level of Terminal A. There is also a lost luggage facility.

Shops and restaurants

Shopping

There are a wide range of shopping oportunites available at the airport in the shopping centre located on the ground floor of both Terminal A and B. The shops offer drinks; food; sweets; tobacco; photo-goods; pharmaceutical products; newspapers; flowers; toys; and sunglasses.

Eating

There are a range of bars and restaurants located in both Terminal A and B, including the Meeting Point on the ground floor and the Movenpick Bars.