German School in Berlin, Germany

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Currently Berlin has three international airports: Tegel (TXL), Tempelhof (THF) and Schoenefeld (SXF). That will all change however by 2011, when the expansion of Schonefeld is scheduled to be completed. Then Tegel and Tempelhof will be closed and the Schonefeld's new incarnation - the mighty Berlin Brandenburg International Airport - will handle all flights to and from the capital.

Tegel, in Reinickendorf, is the current official international airport of Berlin. It is also the busiest and every year more than 11 million passengers fly through it (technically more than its actual legal capacity!). Tegel is easily accessible via public transport; just take buses X9, 109, 128 or TXL.

Tempelhof is the oldest and smallest of the three Berlin airports and situated in Tempelhof, south of the city centre. To get there you can take the underground U6 to Platz der Luftbruecke or the buses 104 and 248. From Tempelhof you can fly to many German destinations, as well as central European destinations.

Schoenefeld is situated south east of Berlin in Brandenburg and serves principally charter flights and low-cost carriers (like EasyJet, Germanwings and Ryanair). The cheap airlines in fact account for about 70% of Schonefeld's air traffic. You can get to Schoenefeld by train (RE7, RB22, RB14), the airport express, the overground S45 and S9 and the buses 162, 163, 171, 734, N60 and N71. By car you can take the A100 or the A113.