TXL - Berlin Tegel 🇩🇪

:round_pushpin: Airport Name and ICAO/IATA Code
Berlin-Tegel „Otto Lilienthal“ Airport

IATA: TXL / ICAO: EDDT

:globe_showing_europe_africa: Location (City, Country)
Berlin, district Tegel / Germany

:chart_increasing: Airport Type & Size
Runways

Berlin Tegel has two runways:

Runway 08L/26R > 9,918 feet

Runway 08R/26L > 7,966 feet

Surface

≈ 461 Hectare

Airport type

International commercial airport with military facility

:vertical_traffic_light: Why should this airport be added to World of Airports?
Berlin Tegel is not just any airport.

It was one of the most important airports in Germany.

The Hexagon Terminal would be particularly interesting, but more on this with Unique Features or Challenges…

In addition, this airport has historical and cultural significance as well as the fact that it is a nostalgic airport…

So it would be a great matter to have this airport in play :smiley:

:airplane_departure: Major Airlines & Routes
· :germany: Air Berlin ≈

:germany: Düsseldorf (DUS), :germany: München (MUC), :germany: Köln/Bonn (CGN), :germany: Frankfurt (FRA), :germany: Stuttgart (STR), :germany: Nürnberg (NUE), :germany: Saarbrücken (SCB), :germany: Leipzig (LEJ), :spain: Palma de Mallorca (PMI), :spain: Fuerteventura (FUE), :spain: Gran Canaria (LAP), :spain: Teneriffa (TFS & TFN), :spain: Lanzarote (ACE), :spain: Ibiza (IBZ), :greece: Heraklion (HER), :greece: Rhodos (RHO), :greece: Kos (KGS), :italy: Rom (FCO), :italy: Mailand (MXP), :italy: Venedig (VCE), :italy: Catania (CTA), :italy: Olbia (OLB), :portugal: Lissabon (LIS), :portugal: Faro (FAO), :portugal: Madeira (FNC), :austria: Wien (VIE), :switzerland: Zürich (ZRH), :switzerland:&:france: Basel (BSL), :france: Paris (CDG & ORY), :france: Nizza (NCE), :united_kingdom: London (LHR & LGW), :sweden:Stockholm (ARN), :finland: Helsinki (HEL), :denmark: Copenhagen (CPH), :poland: Warschau (WAW), :poland: Krakau (KRK), :poland: Danzig (GDN), :hungary: Budapest (BUD), :russia: St. Petersburg (LED), :russia: Moskau (SVO & VKO & DME), :egypt: Hurghada (HRG), :egypt: Marsa Alam (RMF), :tunisia: Djerba (DJE), :tunisia: Enfidha (NBE), :morocco: Marrakech (RAK), :israel: Tel Aviv (TLV), :lebanon: Beirut (BEY), :türkiye: Antalya (AYT), :türkiye: Dalaman (DLM), :türkiye: Bodrum (BJV), :türkiye: Istanbul (IST & SAW)

· :germany: Lufthansa ≈

:germany: Frankfurt (FRA), :germany:München (MUC), :germany: Düsseldorf (DUS), :germany: Köln/Bonn (CGN), :germany: Stuttgart (STR), :germany: Nürnberg (NUE), :united_kingdom: London (LHR), :france: Paris (CDG)

· :united_kingdom: easyJet ≈

:united_kingdom: London (LGW & LTN), :france: Paris (CDG), :switzerland: Zürich (ZRH), :switzerland:&:france: Basel (BSL), :austria: Wien (VIE), :italy: Rom (FCO), :italy: Mailand (MXP & LIN), :spain: Palma de Mallorca (PMI), :israel: Tel Aviv (TLV), :sweden: Various Scandinavian goals

· :germany: Eurowings ≈

:germany: Düsseldorf (DUS), :germany: Köln/Bonn (CGN), :germany: Stuttgart (STR), :spain: Palma de Mallorca (PMI), :spain: Canarian island, :croatia: Split (SPU), :croatia: Zargreb (ZAG)

· :ireland: Ryanair ≈

:ireland: Dublin (DUB), :united_kingdom: London (STN), Various Eastern European and Southern European destinations (Were Seasonal Routes)

· :germany: Condor ≈

Mainly destinations in Egypt, Turkey, Canary Islands and Greece…

Seasonal routes again.

· :switzerland: Swiss ≈

:switzerland: Zürich (ZRH)

· :austria: Austrian ≈

:austria: Wien (VIE)

· :belgium: Brussel Airlines ≈

:belgium: Brüssel (BRU)

· :france: Air France ≈

:france: Paris (CDG)

· :netherlands: KLM ≈

:netherlands: Amsterdam (AMS)

· :united_kingdom: British Airways ≈

:united_kingdom: London (LHR)

· :finland: Finnair ≈

:finland: Helsinki (HEL)

· :türkiye: Turkish Airlines

:türkiye: Istanbul (IST)

· :portugal: TAP Portugal ≈

:portugal: Lissabon (LIS)

· :ireland: Aer Lingus ≈

:ireland: Dublin (DUB)

· :united_states: United Airlines ≈

:united_states: Newark (EWR), :united_states: New York (JFK)

· :united_states: American Airlines ≈

:united_states: Philadelphia (PHL)

· :qatar: Qatar Airways ≈

:qatar: Doha (DOH)

· :singapore: Scoot ≈

:singapore: Singapur (SIN) [ but with stopover ]

· :greece: Aegean Airlines ≈

:greece: Athen (ATH), :greece: Thessaloniki (SKG)

:world_map: Unique Features or Challenges
As already mentioned above, the terminal at Tegel Airport is in the shape of a hexagon, which is really strange.

Here is a picture from Google Earth

This is Terminal A.

Here are more pictures of the airport

Here the Jetway >

Here the tower >

In addition to these buildings, the airport also has some other interesting things to look at…

One of these things would be the Boeing 707 from Lufthansa, which was once at the following location:

52°33’11.2"N 13°1657.5"E

The Boeing 707 with the license plate 4X-ATB was located there.

It would be a lovely memory of the Boeing 707 if it were added with…

Another interested aspect would be the fact that there is also a helicopter location of the German military there…

You could perhaps accommodate a few helicopters…

Here is the image of such a helicopter:

Would be a great addition that makes Berlin Tegel Airport seem a bit lively.

And here is a bridge for aircraft like the ones we know from Leipzig:

If you could make all of these points it would be a really nice airport for the game :smiley:

:camera_with_flash: Optional: Links, images, maps, or videos
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Tegel_Airport?wprov=sfla1

Here are a few videos about Berlin Tegel Airport:

https://share.google/ildfkmnDbBSynlhpb

https://share.google/97nbcarOpBlCyEupB

I’m surprised they scrapped that 707. Seems like a real pity.

Would make for a good airport for a host of modern and deceased airlines or potentially due to its history, a good 1960s/1970s era one akin to Kai Tak.

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