Schonefeld International Airport, SXF

Schönefeld International Airport – Berlin, Germany  (Flughafen Berlin-Schönefeld) (IATA: SXF, ICAO: EDDB) is an international airport located in the town of Schönefeld in Brandenburg, adjacent to Berlin's southern border. It is referred to as "The Holiday Airport", as it has mostly international charter flights. Schönefeld was once the major civil airport of East Germany (and only airport serving East Berlin).

It lies outside the city, unlike the other two Berlin airports, Tegel International Airport and Tempelhof International Airport and therefore is not as much a source of noise pollution.

Schönefeld is slated to be transformed into Berlin-Brandenburg International Airport in 2011. Once the new expansion of the terminal starts construction, Tempelhof airport will close (initially slated for October 30, 2004, but still open for the time being) in 2007. Six months after the airport is renamed and the new section opened, Tegel airport is going to close.

The airport is served by the Berlin-Schönefeld Flughafen railway station. This station is the terminus of line S9 and S45 of the Berlin S-Bahn, and is served by mainline railways as well.

In 2006, it served 6.059.343 million passengers.

Airlines and destinations
 
Schönefeld International Airport has four terminals: A, B, C and D. Most airlines are not designated a particular terminal (except EasyJet (Terminal B) and Germanwings (Terminal D). All terminals are connected.

The following airlines fly to Schönefeld International Airport:

Aeroflot (Moscow-Sheremetyevo)
Air Algérie (Algiers) seasonal
Air Berlin (Faro, Hurghada, Nuremberg, Palma de Mallorca)
Air Via (Sofia)
Aer Lingus (Cork, Dublin)
African Safari Airways (Mombasa)
Arkia Israel Airlines (Tel Aviv)
Belavia (Minsk)
Brussels Airlines (Brussels)
Condor Airlines (Antalya, Bourgas, Dalaman, Heraklion, Palma de Mallorca, Tenerife-South)
Corendon Airlines (Antalya)
Croatia Airlines (Dubrovnik, Split)
Direct Fly (Krakow) [Starts June 4, 2007]
easyJet (Athens, Barcelona, Basel/Mulhouse, Belfast-International, Bristol, Budapest, Copenhagen, Geneva, Glasgow-International, Lisbon [starts May 11, 2007], Liverpool, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, Madrid, Málaga, Milan-Malpensa, Naples, Nice, Olbia, Palma de Mallorca, Paris-Orly, Pisa, Riga, Rome-Ciampino, Tallinn, Venice)
EgyptAir (Cairo)
El Al (Tel Aviv)
Eurocypria (Larnaca, Paphos)
Germanwings (Burgas [starts May 2007], Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Ibiza, Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen, Izmir, Moscow-Vnukovo, Munich, Mykonos [starts May 20, 2007], Saint Petersburg, Split, Stockholm-Arlanda, Stuttgart, Varna [starts May 2007], Zagreb, Zweibrücken)
Jet2.com (Manchester)
Iceland Express (Reykjavik-Keflavik)
Icelandair (Reykjavik-Keflavik)
Inter Airlines (Antalya)
Israir (Tel Aviv)
LTU International (Antalya, Fuerteventura, Hurgada, Mombasa, Palma de Mallorca, Puerto Plata, Punta Cana, Tenerife, Varadero, Varna)
Macedonian Airlines (Skopje)
Norwegian Air Shuttle (Bergen, Oslo, Stavanger [starts May 3, 2007])
Onur Air (Antalya)
Pegasus Airlines (Antalya, Bodrum, Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen)
Rossiya Airlines (Moscow-Vnukovo, Saint Petersburg)
Ryanair (Dublin, London-Stansted, Nottingham/East Midlands)
Sky Airlines (Antalya)
Sun D'Or (Tel Aviv)
SunExpress (Antalya)
Syrian Arab Airlines (Aleppo, Damascus, Vienna)
Tunisair (Monastir, Tunis)
Turkish Airlines (Adana, Ankara, Istanbul-Atatürk, Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen, Trabzon)

Cargo Facilities

Capacity 30,000tonnes (66,138,000lbs), Warehouse 4,000m² (43,055sq ft), Bonded Warehouse, Free Port/Foreign Trade Zone, EU Border Post, Aircraft Maintenance, Mechanical Handling, Heated Storage, Refrigerated Storage, Deep Freeze Storage, Animal Quarantine, Fresh Meat Inspection, Livestock Handling, Health Officials, X-Ray Equipment, Decompression Chamber, Security for Valuables, Dangerous Goods, Radioactive Goods, Very Large/Heavy Cargo, Express/Courier Centre, Handling Equipment: Highloader, Forklift, HEA-Trailor, low pressure simulator

Customs

Tel: +49 (0)30 60 91-6028
Cargo Handling Agents: CSB Cargo Service GmbH Berlin

Passenger Facilities

Annual Capacity 4,500,000, 36 check-in desks, 10 gates, 3 airbridges, 3 Airport Hotels, Post Office, Bank, Bureau de Change, Restaurants, Cafeterias, VIP Lounge, Duty Free Shop, Newsagent/Tobacconist, Chemist Shop, Gift Shop, Travel Agent, Tourist Help Desk, Car Rental, Taxi Service/Rank, First Aid, Baby/Parent Room, Disabled Access/Facilities, Business Centre

Additional Information

Location of the new single airport BBI which is scheduled to start operations in 2011. Very attractive complete packages for cargo charter.

Summary

Airport Code : SXF
Airport Name : Schoenefeld
Runway Length : 9843 ft.
Runway Elevation : 154 ft.

City : Berlin
Country : Germany
Country Abbrev. : DE
World Area Code : 429
GMT Offset : -1.0

Telephone : (Air Cargo Marketing) +49 (0)30 60 91-1682, (Marketing) +49 (0)30 60 91-1642, (PR) +49 (0)30 60 91-1620

Fax : +49 (0)30 60 91-1643
Email : marketing@bbf.de
Website : http://www.berlin-airport.de/PubEnglish/PubSchoenefeld/index.html