Who will be affected by the future airport of Berlin (Schönefeld)?

Three times as many landings as before will be the scenario the residents around Schönefeld will have to adopt to. But also Berlin will notice it. The following graphic had been published by Berliner Morgenpost Online on 10 September 2010

On Monday, the German Air Traffic Control Commission (DFS) presented for the first time the future noise impact to the mayors of the municipalities bordering Schönefeld. Adjustments of the routes are still possible. The opening of the new airport is now scheduled for 3 June 2012. After the meeting, it is clear that the routes will be over the center of Berlin. This is new to most Berliners.

But the commission for noise reduction has taken into account the worries of the residents. Two runways will operate in parallel. The machines will no longer start in a direct extension of the runways, but bent at least 15 degrees outside, so 2 machines can take off simultaneously. Communities like Blankenfelde, Diedersdorf or other villages in the west of the airport will be less affected than thought. Not Rangsdorf who will get more noise than expected. 

The mayor of Großbeeren, Mr. Ahlgrimm, who is also the chairman of the "Protection of communities surrounding the airport Schönefeld" is pleasently surprised that the commission has tried to find a way to make the new airport noise as less aggravating. These changes will also affect the tenants for eligibility of noise reduction. Currently there are 25 000 households, or around 45,000 people eligible for noise insulation, such as the installation of soundproof windows. Those resident who have already been provided with new windows based on the planning of 2004 may no longer be eligible.

Not only the residents of remote communities and municipalities like Stahnsdorf and Teltow in the west or the east Erkner will be more affected, but also the south of central Berlin must now be expected to have increased air traffic and noise. Thus, unlike in the past many routes will fly over the districts of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg and Mitte. There, however, the machine will fly at an altitude of three kilometers. Experts call this level "no longer noise relevat". In Stahnsdorf, Teltow or Erkner machines but have only reached an altitude of 1700 meters, so there will be more noise to be expected. In particular, the western part of the BBI will be charged more because the wind blows from the west and the machines start against the wind.

 There might be many more windows installed than one would have thought.