Berlin Schoenefeld Airport

Berlin Schoenefeld Airport (SXF)

The Berlin Schoenefeld Airport will be greatly expanded and renovated in the coming years. It is predetermined to become the only airport in Berlin under the name Hauptstadt-Airport Berlin-Brandenburg International (BBI). The other airports in the German capital will be closed; the small Tempelhof in 2007 and the Tegel airport in 2011.

There are four terminals (A, B, C and D), of which Terminal A is the largest and most important. Terminal D is for German Wings and Terminal B for other budget companies. The smaller Terminal C is temporarily closed.

Local transport

Train

The train station (Berlin-Schönefeld Flughafen) is close to the terminal. There is a corridor (300 m.) from Terminal A to the station. There is also a shuttle bus. A train leaves every half hour from the station to the Central Station (Hauptbahnhof) and the station Zoo. There are also many InterCity trains at the airport station. There is a direct connection with Potsdam, Rostock, Hamburg, Hannover, Dresden, Munich and Vienna. Furthermore, the train station is the end stop the S-Bahn line (another rail line) S9 and S45.

Car and bus

The airport is 16 kilometers southwest of the city centre. Highway (Autobahn) A113 is currently under construction. In 2008 it will run below the airport and connect to the Berlin ring road A100 at Neukölln.

The BVG busses leave right outside Terminal A (tel: +49(0)30 19449). Line 162 goes to the S-Bahnstation Adlershof, bus 163 goes to the S-Bahnstation Grünau and bus 172 goes to the metro station Hermannplatz. There is a JetExpressBus that goes to metro station Rudow. There are two services at night: bus N60 goes to Adlershof and bus N46 goes to the Kurfürstendamm and Station Zoo. There are also busses that only stop at the train station; among others are lines 136 and 163 to Grünau, and lines 734 and 736. The BVG Welcome Card (for traveling with public transport) is available by the newspaper kiosk next to the information counter.

On Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 22:15 there is a BEX Bus (tel: +49(0)30 8609 6211) to the Polish capital Warsaw. This bus departs from the centre of Berlin by the television tower.

Car rental Berlin Schönefeld Airport

Right before the exit of Terminal A are the counters for the car rental companies Avis, Budget, Europcar, Hertz and Sixt. You can also reserve a rental car in advance using the service EasyTerra provides. They compare the rates of several car rental providers in a single quote.

Taxi

The taxis are outside the Arrivals Hall of Terminal A. A ride to the centre of Berlin is approximately € 35 to € 40.

Airport Parking

The area for short term parking is close to Terminal B (P3, € 1.50 for the first hour, and € 1.50 per 15 minutes after that). Parking garage P4 is not far from there (first 2 hours € 3.00 per hour, and € 2.50 per hour after that). All other parking lots (P1, 2, 5, 6, 8 & 11) are € 19.00 per day, € 80.00 for one week and € 100.00 for two weeks.

For more information about parking you can call tel: +49(0)30 6091 5582.

Services

Hotels

There are no hotels at the airport. In the surrounding area you can find Airport Hotel Berlin-Schönefeld (2 km, tel: +49(0)30 679020), Hotel Albergo (1 km, tel: +49(0)30 634840), Holiday Inn Schönefeld Airport (2 km, +49(0)30 634 010) and Grünau Hotel (4 km, tel: +49(0)30 6750 6400). For more hotels and reserving online you can go to Booking.com. They have a large offering of hotels with great internet rates.

Shops and restaurants

Schönefeld Airport has a good offering of shops and restaurants which are especially concentrated in Terminal A. There is only a duty free shop in Terminal D.

Baggage

You can store your baggage in parking garage P4: small safe € 2.00 per day, large safe € 4.00 per day. There are also baggage safes in the train station. On the ground level of Terminal A there is a window for lost and found items.

Information

To the left of the entrance there is a general information counter. Besides information about the airport you can also get information about public transportation in Berlin.

Business

The Hugo-Junkers-Lounge (tel: +49(0)30 6091 6036) on the second level of Terminal A offers business services: fax machine, copy machine, and internet connections. Extensive facilities are in the Airport Conference Centre Berlin-Schönefeld GmbH (tel: +49(0)30 6091 2222), approximately 900 meters from the terminal. There are rooms available for ten to 300 persons, which can be reserved online.

Handicapped persons

The airport has outstanding accessibility for handicapped persons. All facilities (restrooms, elevators, telephones) are adapted. There are text telephones for the hearing impaired. In parking areas P1, P3 and P6 are reserved places for handicapped travelers.

Other services

Banks, a money exchange office and cash machines are only in Terminal A. There is also a post office and a children’s corner with toys and videos. In building C007 (between P3 and P4) is a first aid stion (tel: +49(0)30 6091 6806). There are also baby rooms available (the key is available at the information counter).

Contact

Address

Flughafen Berlin-Schönefeld Berliner Flughafen-Gesellschaft mbH
12521
Berlin
Germany

Telephone, fax, email

Telephone: +49(0)180 500 0186
Fax: +49(0)30 4101 2111
E-mail: via the contact form

Airport codes

>IATA airport code: SXF
ICAO airport code: EDDB