Airport Berlin Brandenburg „Willy Brandt“

In early September 2006 construction started for the new Berlin Brandenburg International Airport (BBI or BER) on the grounds of the former airport Berlin-Schoenefeld and additional areas south of it. As a modern major airport it will meet with the increasing volume of passengers in the air traffic in and around Berlin. Two parallel built runways are developed on an area of more than 1.470 hectare. After the first stage of completion this airport will have the capacity to handle 27 million passengers.

The new southern runway has an impressive length of 4.000 meters and 60 meters width. The airline operation areas are concrete constructions of 1,3 meters height to enable a comfortable landing and take-off for big aeroplanes such as the Airbus A380. More than 1,1 million cubic meters of concrete were used only for the southern runway.

The overall costs of the project will amount to more than 2 billion Euros. Added to that will be costs for road- and train connections and also parking blocks and hotels. The new Berlin Brandenburg Airport is planning to create jobs for up to 40.000 people.

Facts and figures:

• Runway south: 4000m x 60 m (Concrete)
• Runway North: 3600m x 45 m (Asphalt)
• Total area (Taxiways, Runways, Movement area): 1,8 million square meter
• Construction phase: 2006 – March 2013
• Total volume: > 2 billion Euro