Airport Berlin Brandenburg International (BBI)

Simulated bird's eye view
of the new airport

The Berlin Brandenburg International Airport (BBI) will be Berlin's new central airport, taking over from Tegel, Schönefeld and the now-closed Tempelhof. It is currently being built on and next to the site of the existing Schönefeld Airport and is scheduled to open on June 3, 2012.

IATA Code

The new airport's IATA Code will be BER.

Access

BBI will be served by a range of public transport options, including bus, S-Bahn and regional trains. Trains will stop at Flughafen Berlin-Brandenburg station, currently under construction. BBI will not have an U-Bahn connection; nearest station is Rudow on the U7, around 10 ~ 15 minutes away by bus.

A new Airport Express train (RE9 linking BBI with Berlin's Hauptbahnhof via Berlin-Südkreuz will be introduced.

Observation Tower

New "Infotower"

For visitors interested in the BBI construction site, an observation tower ("Infotower", see image on the right) has been constructed. However access is limited to four organised tours daily, at 10.30am, 12:30pm, 2:30pm and 4:30pm at a cost of 10 Euros per vistor (child discounts available). More information is available on the BBI's website here.

References

The Berlin-Brandenburg airport authority has more details on its website:

• Airport Berlin Brandenburg International (BBI)

Images: BBI