Berlin Park Old Airport

For years the airport sat abandoned after it was closed to air traffic in october 2008.

Berlin park old airport. Parts of the airport are open for visiting during opening hours. It had been the first in the world to have its own underground railway. Who knows perhaps some space is being repurposed or still in use by airport authorities. Tempelhofer feld for a long time after its closing tempelhof s huge airfield was fenced off and unavailable to the public.

Car parks p51 p52 p56 and multi storey car park p54 are close to the terminal sections at berlin schönefeld airport. Germany s capital of berlin has a fascinating must visit site that transformed from a nazi airport and rally area into one of the world s biggest open space parks in an inner city. The multi storey car park p3 is located in front of the new berlin brandenburg airport. Truly the airfield is a.

Journey time between the car park and the airport by shuttle is roughly 7 minutes. The site of the airport was originally knights templar land in medieval berlin and from this beginning came the name tempelhof later the site was used as a parade field by prussian forces and by unified german forces from 1720 to the start of world war i in 1909 frenchman armand zipfel made the first flight demonstration in tempelhof followed by orville wright later that same year. The former tempelhof airport is now a public park and not for the first time in its history. The northern runway of ber is the southern runway of the old schönefeld airport and has been in use since the 1960s.

But today tempelhofer feld tempelhof field is a popular park that attracts berlin families and people of all sorts to its expansive open environment on the grounds of what was once berlin s only commercial airport until the new tegel airport opened in 1974. The old airport constructed in various stages between 1923 and 1929 was already over capacity. The airport was later turned over to american forces following the conference at yalta and then serving as west berlin s lifeline to the free world during the cold war the airport was a central set piece in 20th century history. Image c this is dodd.

The nazis ascent to power in 1933 coincided with tempelhof s need for an upgrade. And today park visitors can just casually take a stroll in it image c this is dodd. With a spacing of 1 900 metres 6 200 ft this will allow independent flight operations without interference from wake turbulence. Tempelhof airport was developed by the nazis between 1936 and 1941 but was never completed as efforts focused on the war effort.

However the park outside is usually open for visiting. The people of berlin are delighted with their new yet old established recreation area. Berlin s old airport will soon host vibrant art scene built in the 1940s under nazi occupation the now defunct tempelhof airport is now a beautiful public park that ll soon house some of berlin. Before the nazis got going on the airport they had to deal with political opponents.