Berlin Tegel Airport and jet aircraft types, which suffered payload and range restrictions on Tempelhof's short runways. The absence of such restrictions at Tegel gave airlines greater operational flexibility regarding aircraft types and destinations. This was the reason charter carriers favoured Tegel despite being less popular than Tempelhof because of its greater distance from West Berlin's city centre and poor public transport links. A new passenger handling facility exclusively dedicated to charter airline passengers was opened to accommodate the additional traffic. Both this facility (a wooden shed) and the original terminal used by Air France's and Pan Am's scheduled passengers were located on
Knox County Regional Airport operated by the City of Rockland until 1968. It was then turned over to Knox County and renamed "Knox County Regional Airport". Since that time, the airport has been developed, the runways expanded, and an Instrument Landing System (ILS) was installed. Knox County Regional Airport covers an area of 538 acres (218 ha) at an elevation of 56 feet (17 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 13/31 is 5,007 by 100 feet (1,526 x 30 m) and 3/21 is 4,000 by 100 feet (1,219 x 30 m). For the 12-month period ending July 31, 2010,