Berlin-Tegel Airport

The city's largest transport hub
Noteworthy for: The efficient layout - it's a surprisingly small airport for a capital city - makes the walking distance between airplane and exit mercifully short.

Word to the wise: The opening of brand new Berlin-Brandenburg Airport has been delayed until 2014, but it will replace both Tegel and Schönefeld.
Berlin-Tegel lies only 8km northwest of the city centre and is where most of the larger airlines and long-haul flights will arrive. Unusually, there is no train service operating out of Tegel, so visitors will either hop on one of the many buses or jump in a cab, available from a rank outside the terminal building.

BVG (Berlin state transport) operates the JetExpressBus TXL between the terminal building and Alexanderplatz in central Berlin every 10-20 minutes, taking around 30-minutes. Standard bus routes 128 (U-Bahn Osloer Strasse), 109 & X9 (both S & U Bahn Zoologischer Garten) also run to Tegel Airport day and night but take much longer.

Welcome Cards are also available from the airport information desk and can be used on all buses, trams and trains within Berlin, as well as offering discounts to some of the city's attractions.