Berlin Tempelhof Airport

Berlin Tempelhof Airport Flughafen Berlin-Tempelhof
Aerial view of Tempelhof Airport taken 2016
IATA: THF ICAO: EDDI
Summary
Airport type	Defunct
Owner	Institute for Federal Real Estate and the Federal State of Berlin
Operator	Berlin Airports
Serves	Berlin
Location	Berlin,  Germany
Hub for	Deutsche Luft Hansa (1926-1945) American Overseas Airlines (1948–1950) Pan American World Airways (1950–1975) Air France (1950–1959) British European Airways (1951–1974) Capitol Int'l Airways (1960s) Saturn Airways (1960s) Autair (1960s) Overseas Aviation (early 1960s) British Airways (1974–1975) Tempelhof Airways (1981–1990) Hamburg Airlines (1990–1997) Conti-Flug (1990–1994) Lufthansa CityLine (1990–1992) Cirrus Airlines (2001–2008)
Elevation AMSL	164 ft / 50 m
Coordinates	52°28′25″N 013°24′06″E / 52.47361°N 13.40167°E / 52.47361; 13.40167Coordinates: 52°28′25″N 013°24′06″E / 52.47361°N 13.40167°E / 52.47361; 13.40167
Map
THF Location within Berlin
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 09L/27R 6,870 2,094 Asphalt 09R/27L 6,037 1,840 Asphalt
Source: German AIP at EUROCONTROL

Berlin Tempelhof Airport (German: Flughafen Berlin-Tempelhof) (IATA: THF, ICAO: EDDI) was one of the airports in Berlin, Germany. Situated in the south-central Berlin borough of Tempelhof-Schöneberg, the airport ceased operating in 2008 amid controversy, leaving Tegel and Schönefeld as the two main airports serving the city, with the new Berlin Brandenburg Airport still under construction as of 2017.

Tempelhof was designated as an airport by the on 8 October 1923. The old terminal was originally constructed in 1927. In anticipation of increasing air traffic, the Nazi government began a massive reconstruction in the mid-1930s. While it was occasionally cited as the world's oldest operating commercial airport, the title was disputed by several other airports, and is no longer an issue since its closure.

Tempelhof was one of Europe's three iconic pre-World War II airports, the others being London's now defunct Croydon Airport and the old Paris – Le Bourget Airport. It acquired a further iconic status as the centre of the Berlin Airlift of 1948-49. One of the airport's most distinctive features is its massive, canopy-style roof extending over the apron, able to accommodate most contemporary airliners in the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s, protecting passengers from the elements. Tempelhof Airport's main building was once among the top 20 largest buildings on earth; in contrast, it formerly had the world's smallest duty-free shop.