Flughafen Berlin-Tempelhof
Historische Gebäudeführungen/Building Tours
The building tours start in the former GAT area (General Aviation Terminal).
Tempelhof Damm 1-7 (entry opposite petrol station)
Former GAT area
12101 Berlin
+49 30 200 03 74-41
Monday – Friday 09:00 – 17:00
Saturday 09:00 – 16:00
Sunday 09:00 – 16:00
Admission fee
Aircraft collection
| 45-0557
– N106TA |
Douglas C-54G Skymaster (DC-4)
Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor Nord 262A-21 |
This is where the American aviation pioneer Orville Wright demonstrated his skills in 1909, and spectators marvelled at the new Zeppelin airships.
Soviet Union blockading part of Berlin on 24 June 1948. Two million inhabitants and the allied occupying forces were suddenly cut off without adequate supplies.
On 26 June 1948, the first aircraft already landed in Tempelhof with relief supplies. For eleven months the Allies sent supplies to West Berlin via an airlift. Planes carrying food, medicine, and heating material landed in Tempelhof almost every two minutes around the clock.
The pilots repeatedly brought sweets with them. The American pilot Gail Halvorsen is said to have started a special tradition: he made small parachutes, tied them to the sweets and threw them to the waiting children after landing. As a result, the American aircraft came to be known as Candy Bombers.
On 12 May 1949, the Soviet Union lifted the Berlin Blockade due to the lack of success and Tempelhof Airport became an international symbol of the free West.
After the blockade Berlin – Tempelhof became Germany’s biggest airport for several years. Tempelhof Airport closed all operations on 30 October 2008.
Guided tours through the former Tempelhof Airport building will show you the most important areas of the airport and provide you with information on the history, architecture, and future of the complex.
Photos Jeroen Vogelaar
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