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
Okmulgee Regional Airport to bring new clients and businesses to the airport while relieving pressure on the 750-acre TAIT-operated Jones Riverside Airport, 20 minutes north, which has already expanded to capacity. The contract has since been extended. In 2016, TAIT drafted an Airport Capital Improvement Plan, also known as a Five-Year Plan, for Okmulgee Regional Airport, which was approved by the Okmulgee City Council on November 15, 2016. The document shows improvements and funding sources for fiscal years 2018 through 2022. Okmulgee Regional Airport Okmulgee Regional Airport is in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, three miles north of the city of Okmulgee, which owns it.