almost overnight, tegel airport became an important lifeline for west berliners. ts brutalist inspired hexagonal shaped terminal opened, making the shortest walk from aircraft to exit just 30 metres long, which led to the airport becoming one of the busiest in germany. i've been to many airports in my lifetime, but i've never had the unique opportunity to stand in the middle of a runway, one thatjust two years ago saw 2a million passengers leave and arrive. it's empty now, and a bit bizarre... but then again, this is no ordinary airport. after a decade of stays of execution, in november 2020, the planes and the passengers stopped, and it was time to say a final goodbye to this cold war relic. it's less than a year since tegel airport closed to the public. now, it's full of deserted departure boards, closed carousels. makes you feel like you're walking through a post apocalyptic world. i want to rid myself of this eerie feeling, i want to know what this place was like when it was brimming full of people at the start of exciting journeys. well, hello, roy. this strik

it's less than one year since tegel airport closed to the public. full of deserted departure boards, closed carousels. it makes you feel like you're walking through a apocalyptic world. through a post—apocalyptic world. i want to rid myself of this eerie feeling, i want to know what this place was like when it was brimming full of people at the start of exciting journeys. hello, roy. this strikes me as being an area that very few passengers would have gone. this would have been our baggage area for gate number eightand nine, and all the luggage came down here. in one year we had about 2 million pieces of luggage coming down here, going from here into containers and out through there. roy worked at the airport for 30 years as a flight dispatcher, and walking around tegel with him, you soon get a sense of his love for the place. people went up here, and just through here, and they were already out. did you use it? about 10,000 times. it must be strange to see it when you once knew it as a throng of passengers. it's kinda funny when you just walk throu

it's less than one year since tegel airport close to the public.l of deserted departure boards, closed carousels. it makes you feel like you're walking through a apocalyptic world. i want to rid myself of this eerie feeling, i want to know what this place was like when it was brimming full of people at the start of exciting journeys. hello roy. this strikes me as being an area with very few passengers would have gone. with very few passengers would have gone-— with very few passengers would have one. , ., ., , have gone. this would have been our baggage _ have gone. this would have been our baggage area _ have gone. this would have been our baggage area for _ have gone. this would have been our baggage area for gate - our baggage area for gate number eight and our baggage area for gate number eightand nine, and our baggage area for gate number eight and nine, and all the luggage came down here. in one year we had about 2 million people two pieces of luggage coming down here, going from here into containers and out through there.— here into containe

it's less than a year since tegel airport closed to the public.area for gate number eightand nine, and all the luggage came down here. in one year we had about 2 million pieces of luggage just coming down here, going from here into containers and out through there. roy worked at the airport for 30 years as a flight dispatcher, and walking around tegel with him, you soon get a sense of his love for the place. people went up here, and just through here, and they were already out. wow, did you use it? about 10,000 times. roy, i guess it must be strange to see it when you once knew it as the kind of bustling, throng of passengers. it's kinda funny when you just walk through here, there's nobody at all. berlin's new state of the art airport lies on the outskirts of the city in brandenburg. though roy believes he knows the main reason why tegel will be sorely missed. the thing was, all the business passengers knew it takes them, when they get out near a taxi to be in an aeroplane, with check—in and everything, it took them 10 minutes. they always came t