Connection time calculator, immigration and security, and how to move between terminals at BER.
At Berlin Brandenburg airport, passengers connecting between two international flights can usually stay in the transit area without going through immigration. If you connect from an international to a domestic flight, you enter the country here: you go through immigration and collect and re-check your bags.
The airport has 2 terminals or concourses (Terminal 1, Terminal 2).
Connecting passengers go through a transfer security screening.
Is your layover at BER long enough? Pick your connection and get an estimate with the times of this airport.
Terminals / concourses: Terminal 1, Terminal 2
Getting between them: Walking between Terminal 1 and Terminal 2 via level E0, a few minutes
Terminal 1 and Terminal 2 are a few minutes apart on foot. In Terminal 1, Schengen departures are on level E1 and non-Schengen departures on level E2. With carry-on only, arriving at Terminal 1, you can transfer without leaving the security area; with checked bags you collect them, check in again and go through security again.
An additional passport control applies when arriving from or departing to a non-Schengen destination.
Estimate based on typical times at this airport, not your airline's official minimum connection time. Immigration and security lines change with the time of day and season. On a single ticket, the airline must rebook you if you miss the connection; on separate tickets, it does not.
Sources: ber.berlin-airport.de.
Times are estimates: always check with your airline.
