page_title: Berlin Brandenburg Airport
section_title: Passenger terminal
hierarchical_section_title: Berlin Brandenburg Airport / Airport overview / Passenger terminal
caption_attribution_description: English: Berlin Brandenburg Airport Deutsch: Terminal Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg
context_page_description: Berlin Brandenburg Airport "Willy Brandt", is an international airport under construction near Berlin, the capital of Germany. Named after former West Berlin mayor and West German chancellor Willy Brandt, it is adjacent to Berlin Schönefeld Airport in Schönefeld, 18 kilometres south of the city centre. It was originally intended to replace both Schönefeld and Berlin Tegel Airport and become the single commercial airport serving Berlin and the surrounding State of Brandenburg, an area with a combined 6 million inhabitants. However, the terminal of Schönefeld Airport is to be retained as Terminal 5 of the new airport at least for a transitional period. With projected annual passenger numbers of around 34 million, Berlin Brandenburg Airport would become the third busiest airport in Germany surpassing Düsseldorf Airport and make it one of the fifteen busiest in Europe.
  After almost 15 years of planning, construction began in 2006. Originally planned to open in October 2011, the airport has encountered a series of delays and cost overruns. These were due to poor construction planning, execution, management, as well as corruption.
context_section_description: The U-shaped terminal building of Berlin Brandenburg Airport was designed by gmp architects. They are the same company which designed the hexagonal Terminal A at Tegel Airport which opened in 1974. At BER the terminal sits between the two runways, creating a so-called midfield airport above the underground train station. The terminal has four public levels designated 0, 1, 2 and 3.
  The check-in area is located in the public area at Level 1 and houses 118 counters organised in eight clusters, called check-in isles. Planners anticipate that a significant number of passengers will use the more than 100 self check-in machines that will be installed. Additionally, by May 2015 two extensions had been added to both sides of the main check-in area containing 12 more check-in counters and eight security lanes each to avoid overcrowding of the main hall.
  The airside area will be accessible only to ticketed and screened passengers. Securitas Germany will staff the 35 screening stations. BER is equipped with 25 jet bridges with another 85 aircraft stands on the apron. The boarding and arrival areas are divided into three piers with the main pier 715 metres (2,350 ft) long and the north and south piers at 350 metres (1,150 ft) each. The main pier contains 16 jet-bridges, all but one have two levels, thus separating arriving and departing passengers. Level 1 is intended for Schengen passengers (gates A01–A20, B01–B20), while Level 2 (gates C01–C19, D01–D17) is for non-Schengen passengers.  Eight of the gates can accommodate wide-body aircraft and one gate has been designed to accommodate the Airbus A380. The apron has sufficient space to allow installation of a dual jetway allowing a quick boarding and disembarking process. A mezzanine (Level Z) at gates A21–22 and B21 allows for additional pre-boarding security checks for high-risk flights to the United States and Israel. Lufthansa and Air France/KLM will operate airport lounges in the main pier which will also be open for passengers of the respective alliance partners.
  The south pier was reserved for near-exclusive use of defunct Air Berlin and its Oneworld partners. The south terminal contains nine single-storey jet bridges (gates A30–A38). The north pier features a more minimalist design compared to the other two piers. This is to meet the demands of low-cost carriers and has no jetbridges, but boarding gates (B30–45) with direct apron access.
  Plans for a separate low-cost airline terminal costing €200 million were released in March 2016.
  The old tarmac at Schönefeld will be used until 2025 due to the efforts of airport head Engelbert Lütke Daldrup.
caption: Terminal layout (from left to right: level 2, level 1, intermediate level Z and level 0)
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