Berlin-Schönefeld Airport (SXF) Information

Where is Berlin-Schönefeld Airport?  

Berlin Schönefeld Airport (IATA: SXF, ICAO: EDDB), officially Berlin Schönefeld International Airport, or simply Schönefeld Airport, is located near the town of Schönefeld in Brandenburg, 18 kilometres (11 miles) southeast of Berlin city centre, Berlin-Brandenburg Metropolitan Region, Germany.

Berlin-Schönefeld Airport is currently one of two airports serving Berlin; the other is the city's inner city airport, Berlin Tegel Airport (TXL).

In 2016, the Berlin-Schönefeld Airport served 11,652,922 passengers, making it Germany's 7th busiest airport, and Berlin's 2nd busiest.

Berlin-Schönefeld Airport is a major base for Condor, easyJet, Germania and Ryanair.

Other airlines that fly to Berlin-Schönefeld Airport include Aeroflot, Air Algérie, Bulgarian Air Charter, EgyptAir, Freebird Airlines, Norwegian Air Shuttle, Jet2, Pegasus Airlines, Transavia, Tunisair and Wizz Air.

Cities with flights to Berlin-Schönefeld Airport include Algiers, Amsterdam, Antalya, Athens, Barcelona, Beirut, Belfast, Cairo, Copenhagen, Glasgow, Istanbul, Lisbon, Liverpool, London, Milan, Minsk, Moscow, Nice, Paris, Pisa, Reykjavík, Rhodes, St. Petersburg, Tehran, Tel Aviv, Tenerife, Venice, Vienna and Zürich.

Your best bet for a Berlin-Schönefeld Airport transfer is the train. Details on all options are included in this guide.

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For the past few years, Berlin-Schönefeld Airport has been undergoing major expansion. When complete, the transformed airport will become Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER), the new airport for the entire Berlin-Brandenburg region and the German capital. Tegel Airport (TXL) will be closed approximately six months later, joining Templehof (THF) which closed in 2008. Operations as Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) have been delayed to 2018, at the earliest. Update: Berliners are petitioning to keep Tegel Airport open.

Important: the opening of the new Berlin Brandenberg BER Airport has been delayed to 2018, at the earliest. The city's other two airports, Schoenefeld SXF and Templehof THF will continue to operate until that time, at the earliest.

The airport also offers:

• Tax Refund (Terminal A, First Floor, 08:00-18:00)
• Tourist Information (Terminal A, 07:00-22:00)
• Meeting Points
• An outdoor visitor viewing area located on the 2nd floor in Terminal A (small fee)

• Official Berlin Airports Website    

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