Berlin Airport closed again today - Stops aircraft operations due to ice and freezing rain
Operations at Berlin's international airport remained grounded early Friday, with no planes able to take off or land due to ice and freezing rain.
A spokeswoman for Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) said that "due to the ongoing ice and freezing rain, no take-offs or landings are currently possible."
She added that airport ground crews had treated the flight operations areas with deicing agents throughout the night, but without success, leaving them extremely slippery. It remains unclear when flight operations could resume.
"Flight operations have been temporarily suspended. Passengers are advised to regularly check the status of their flights before travelling to the airport ," the spokeswoman said. Take-offs and landings had been suspended since Thursday evening.
Passengers were waiting for operations to resume on Friday morning. On Thursday there had been many flight cancellations at Brandenburg Airport, which is located on the southern outskirts of the capital.
Earlier in the day, no planes were able to take off after freezing rain had coated planes with ice, meaning it took up to an hour to thaw.
Berlin has experienced a several-week period of cold weather combined with snow and freezing rain, causing major transport disruptions.
Berlin Brandenburg is Germany's third-busiest airport after the international transit hubs of Frankfurt and Munich. It is located in the city of Schönefeld, which lies just south of the German capital and is part of the eastern state of Brandenburg.
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