<s>
In	O
anticipation	O
of	O
increasing	O
air	B-Application
traffic	I-Application
,	O
the	O
Nazi	O
government	O
began	O
an	O
enormous	O
reconstruction	O
in	O
the	O
mid-1930s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
Cold	B-Application
War	I-Application
intensified	O
in	O
the	O
late	O
1950s	O
and	O
1960s	O
,	O
access	O
problems	O
to	O
West	O
Berlin	O
,	O
both	O
by	O
land	O
and	O
air	O
,	O
continued	O
to	O
cause	O
tension	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Throughout	O
the	O
Cold	B-Application
War	I-Application
years	O
,	O
Tempelhof	O
was	O
the	O
main	O
terminal	O
for	O
American	O
military	O
transport	O
aircraft	O
accessing	O
West	O
Berlin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
early-to-mid-1950s	O
,	O
BEA	O
leased	O
in	O
aircraft	O
that	O
were	O
bigger	O
than	O
its	O
Tempelhof-based	O
fleet	O
of	O
DC-3/Pionair	O
,	O
Viking	O
and	O
Elizabethan	O
piston-engined	O
airliners	O
from	O
other	O
operators	O
to	O
boost	O
capacity	O
,	O
following	O
a	O
steady	O
increase	O
in	O
the	O
airline	O
's	O
passenger	O
loads	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1958	O
,	O
BEA	O
began	O
replacing	O
its	O
piston	B-Device
airliners	O
with	O
Vickers	O
Viscount	O
701	O
turboprop	O
aircraft	O
,	O
in	O
a	O
high-density	O
63-seat	O
single	O
class	O
seating	O
arrangement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
2	O
January	O
1960	O
,	O
Air	O
France	O
,	O
which	O
had	O
served	O
Düsseldorf	O
,	O
Frankfurt	O
,	O
Munich	O
,	O
Nuremberg	O
and	O
its	O
main	O
base	O
at	O
Paris	O
Le	O
Bourget/Orly	O
during	O
the	O
previous	O
decade	O
with	O
DC-4	O
,	O
Sud-Est	O
Languedoc	O
and	O
Lockheed	O
Constellation/Super	O
Constellation	O
piston-engined	O
equipment	O
,	O
shifted	O
its	O
entire	O
Berlin	O
operation	O
to	O
Tegel	O
because	O
Tempelhof	O
's	O
runways	O
were	O
too	O
short	O
to	O
permit	O
the	O
introduction	O
of	O
the	O
Sud-Aviation	O
Caravelle	O
,	O
their	O
new	O
short-haul	O
jet	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
viable	O
payload	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Commercial	O
air	B-Application
traffic	I-Application
from/to	O
Berlin	O
Tempelhof	O
peaked	O
in	O
1971	O
at	O
just	O
above	O
million	O
passengers	O
(	O
out	O
of	O
a	O
total	O
of	O
6.12million	O
passengers	O
for	O
all	O
West	O
Berlin	O
airports	O
during	O
that	O
year	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
represented	O
more	O
than	O
90%	O
of	O
West	O
Berlin	O
's	O
commercial	O
air	B-Application
traffic	I-Application
and	O
made	O
its	O
iconic	O
city	O
centre	O
airport	O
Germany	O
's	O
second-largest	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
East	O
Germany	O
's	O
relaxation	O
of	O
border	O
controls	O
affecting	O
all	O
surface	O
transport	O
modes	O
between	O
West	O
Berlin	O
and	O
West	O
Germany	O
across	O
its	O
territory	O
from	O
1972	O
onwards	O
resulted	O
in	O
a	O
decline	O
of	O
scheduled	O
internal	O
German	O
air	B-Application
traffic	I-Application
from/to	O
West	O
Berlin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
Cold	B-Application
War	I-Application
and	O
German	O
reunification	O
opened	O
Tempelhof	O
for	O
non-allied	O
air	B-Application
traffic	I-Application
on	O
3	O
October	O
1990	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
entire	O
planning	O
aimed	O
at	O
concentrating	O
domestic	O
and	O
international	O
air	B-Application
traffic	I-Application
in	O
Berlin	O
and	O
Brandenburg	O
at	O
one	O
airport	O
:	O
Berlin-Schönefeld	O
International	O
Airport	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Air	B-Application
traffic	I-Application
at	O
Tempelhof	O
Airport	O
ceased	O
for	O
good	O
on	O
30	O
October	O
and	O
the	O
official	O
licence	O
expired	O
in	O
mid-December	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
More	O
than	O
200,000	O
Berliners	O
visited	O
the	O
park	O
to	O
enjoy	O
its	O
wide	O
open	O
spaces	O
for	O
recreation	O
ranging	O
from	O
biking	O
and	O
skating	O
to	O
baseball	B-Application
and	O
flying	O
kites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
US	O
military	O
authorities	O
who	O
were	O
in	O
charge	O
of	O
Tempelhof	O
during	O
the	O
Cold	B-Application
War	I-Application
era	O
arrested	O
the	O
East	O
German	O
hijacker	O
on	O
arrival	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
consultation	O
with	O
air	B-Application
traffic	I-Application
control	I-Application
in	O
Schönefeld	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
agreed	O
to	O
land	O
on	O
a	O
Tempelhof	O
runway	O
.	O
</s>
