The last planes have taken off from Berlin’s Tempelhof airport, after a referendum to save the airport failed to attract enough support.
Tempelhof, which first opened in 1927, has been described by Norman Foster as “the mother of all airports”.
Once the biggest airport in the world, Tempelhof’s 350,000 passengers per year were dwarfed by Berlin's other airports Schoenefeld and Tegel which process 6.3 million and 13.4 million passengers per year respectively.
It was central to the Allied airlift that kept West Berlin alive during the Soviet blockade in 1948.
In a referendum on the airport’s future last April, 60% of voters called for it to be kept open, but with a turnout of only 21.7% the vote was invalid.
Critics in Germany have attacked the decision to close Tempelhof, saying it a historical and political symbol that retains its importance in modern Germany.
A number of plans have been suggested for the 900ha site, but none have yet to be formalised. The main building, with its 1930s facade, is protected by German law.
Historic Berlin airport closes
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