Tempelhof Airport was built by the Nazis on the site of a much smaller existing airport between 1936 and 1941. It's huge. After the Nazis took power, they set about redesigning Berlin.

Tempelhof's capacity was stretched to the limit in the 1960s, and operations at Tempelhof were suspended after the construction of Tegel airport in West Berlin’s French sector in 1975.

Berlin’s Tempelhof closed Oct. 30, apparently ending 85 years as a landmark early airfield, Nazi showcase, U.S. military base and controversial commuter airport. The airport will be best known ...

BERLIN — Historic Tempelhof Airport — which played a key role in the Berlin airlift in the wake of World War II — will close to passengers in 2008. Germany’s top administrative court today ...

The last flight lifted off from Berlin's Tempelhof Airport late Thursday, bringing an end to an era of aviation that spanned World War II, the Cold War and the rebirth of the German capital.

Tempelhof Airport, once a symbol of Nazi power, will likely see its last flight in October. Its runways are not big enough for large planes, and Berlin is building a new airport on the city's ...

Berlin’s former Tempelhof airport has witnessed some major events in its time – a Nazi airfield during World War II, it was the site of the Berlin airlift during the Cold War, and most ...

BERLIN — The last flight has lifted off from Berlin’s Tempelhof Airport, bringing an end to an era of aviation that spanned World War II, the Cold War and the rebirth of the German capital.

Tempelhof Airport, which played a key role in the Berlin airlift after World War II, will close to passengers Oct. 31, 2008, Germany's top administrative court confirmed.

I’ve been reading through the excellent 2010 New York Times bestselling book by historian Richard Reeves, Daring Young Men: The Heroism and Triumph of the Berlin Airlift (June 1948-May 1949). In ...