The recently-closed Berlin Tempelhof Airport (IATA: THF, ICAO: EDDI) (German: Flughafen Berlin-Tempelhof) was one of three airports in Berlin, Germany, situated in the south-central borough of Tempelhof-Schöneberg.
Designated by the ministry of transport on October 8, 1923, Tempelhof became the world's first airport with an underground railway station in 1927, now called Platz der Luftbrücke after the Berlin Airlift. While occasionally cited as t...
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The recently-closed Berlin Tempelhof Airport (IATA: THF, ICAO: EDDI) (German: Flughafen Berlin-Tempelhof) was one of three airports in Berlin, Germany, situated in the south-central borough of Tempelhof-Schöneberg.
Designated by the ministry of transport on October 8, 1923, Tempelhof became the world's first airport with an underground railway station in 1927, now called Platz der Luftbrücke after the Berlin Airlift. While occasionally cited as the world's oldest still-operating commercial airport, the title was disputed by several other airports, and has in any case been moot since its closure.
Tempelhof was one of Europe's three iconic pre-World-War-II airports — the others being London's now-defunct Croydon Airport and the old Paris - Le Bourget Airport. One of the airport's most distinguishing features is its large, canopy-style roof that was able to accommodate most contemporary airliners during its heyday in the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s, thereby protecting passengers from...
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