Berlin Tegel Airport eminent aerospace engineers, which included German rocket pioneer Wernher von Braun. In 1937, the rocket pioneers left Tegel in favour of the secret Peenemünde army research centre. During World War II, the area served once again as a military training area, mostly for Flak troops. It was destroyed in Allied air raids. Plans for converting the area into allotment gardens were shelved due to the Berlin Blockade, which began on 24 June 1948. In the ensuing US-led Berlin Airlift, it quickly turned out that Berlin's existing main airport at Tempelhof was not big enough to accommodate all relief aircraft. As
Siler City Municipal Airport Siler City Municipal Airport Siler City Municipal Airport is a public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) southwest of the central business district of Siler City, a town in Chatham County, North Carolina, United States. It is owned by the Town of Siler City. This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a "general aviation" facility. Siler City Municipal Airport covers an area of 92 acres (37 ha) at an elevation of 615 feet (187 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 4/22 with an