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Pilot Briefing

Berlin Brandenburg International – EDDB

Hello and welcome to the new airport of Berlin – Berlin Brandenburg International.

Located approx. 24km south of Berlin, it will replace both Tegel and Schönefeld and remain

Berlins only airport. In the next few pages, we woud like to introduce common procedures

used at our airport so you can familiarize yourself with this new airport.

We hope you enjoy our new airport as much as we do!

Berlin RG Staff

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Content 1. General Information ....................................................................................................................... 3

1.1 Frequencies ............................................................................................................................. 3

1.2 Airport Layout ......................................................................................................................... 4

2. Flying to and from Berlin ................................................................................................................ 7

2.1 Clearance & Startup (Delivery, DEL) ....................................................................................... 7

2.2 Pushback and Taxi (Ground/Apron, GND) ................................................................................... 7

2.3 Take-Off and Landing (Tower, TWR) ............................................................................................ 8

2.4 Approach and Departure (APP/DEP/DIR) .................................................................................... 8

2.5 Radar (Center, CTR) ...................................................................................................................... 8

3. Sceneries ......................................................................................................................................... 9

3.1 xPlane 11 ................................................................................................................................. 9

3.2 Prepar3D ................................................................................................................................. 9

3.3 Microsoft Flight Simulator ...................................................................................................... 9

4. VFR ................................................................................................................................................ 10

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1. General Information 1.1 Frequencies EDDB_ATIS Berlin ATIS 123.775

EDDB_DEL Berlin Delivery 121.600

EDDB_A_GND Berlin Apron 121.850

EDDB_E_GND Berlin Apron 129.600

EDDB_N_GND Berlin Ground 129.500

EDDB_S_GND Berlin Ground 121.700

EDDB_N_TWR Berlin Tower 120.025

EDDB_S_TWR Berlin Tower 118.800

EDBB_S_DEP Bremen Radar 120.625 Berlin Depature (South)

EDBB_N_DEP Bremen Radar 119.500 Berlin Depature (North)

EDBB_S_APP Bremen Radar 126.425 Berlin Arrival (South)

EDBB_N_APP Bremen Radar 119.625 Berlin Arrival (North)

EDBB_U_APP Berlin Director 121.125 Berlin Director South

EDBB_F_APP Berlin Director 136.100 Berlin Director North

EDWW_B_CTR Bremen Radar 123.225 Börde Sector

EDWW_CTR Bremen Radar 125.025 Complete

EDWW_M_CTR Bremen Radar 124.175 Müritz Sector

EDWW_K_CTR Bremen Radar 136.050 Mark Sector

EDWW_F_CTR Bremen Radar 136.450 Fläming Sector

There may be additional stations online during events, listen carefully when you are

instructed to change your frequency.

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1.2 Airport Layout As the new part of Berlin-Brandenburg opened on the 31.10.2020 many new procedures are

in place at the airport. As of right now some sceneries include a basically correct layout with

just some misnamed taxiways and a few missing taxiways north of runway 07L/25R, others

are missing parts at the new main terminal as well. Links to Sceneries for multiple simulators

are provided in chapter 4.

Therefore, the use of current charts is expected for pilots to fully understand all taxi

procedures.

Current Charts: https://nav.vatsim-germany.org/files/edww/charts/public/how-to-find-

charts.pdf

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Standard parking positions:

Airline Gates Airline Gates

AAL - American Airlines Terminal 1 LGL - Luxair Terminal 1

AEE - Aegean Airlines Terminal 1 LOT - Polish Airlines Terminal 1

AFL - Aeroflot Terminal 1 LZB - Bulgaria Air Terminal 1

AFR - Air France Terminal 1 MGL - Mongolian Airlines Terminal 1

AHY - Azerbaijan Airlines Terminal 1 MHS - MHS Aviation Terminal 5

AMC - Air Malta Terminal 1 MHV - Rhein-Neckar Air Terminal 1

ASL - Air Serbia Terminal 1 MSR - EgyptAir B11

AUA - Austrian Airlines Terminal 1 NAX - Norwegian Air Shuttle B07

AUI - Ukraine Int. Airlines Terminal 1 OHY - Onur Air Terminal 5

AZA - Alitalia Terminal 1 PBD - Pobeda Terminal 5

BAW - British Airways Terminal 1 PGT - Pegasus Airlines 50-53; 59-65

BEL - Brussels Airlines Terminal 1 QTR - Qatar Airways B15A

BRU - Belavia Terminal 1 RAM - Royal Air Maroc Terminal 1

BTI - Air Baltic Terminal 2 RJA - Royal Jordanian Terminal 1

BUC - Bulgarian Air Charter Terminal 5 ROU - Air Canada Rouge Terminal 1

CAI - Corendon Airlines Terminal 5 RYR - Ryanair 50-53; 59-65; Overflow: 19-30; 70-74

CFG - Condor Terminal 5 SAS - SAS Terminal 1

CHH - Hainan Airlines Terminal 1 SBI - S7 Airlines Terminal 1

CTN - Croatia Airlines Terminal 1 SDM - Rossiya Airlines Terminal 1

DAL - Delta Air Lines Terminal 1 SDR - Sundair Terminal 5

DLH - Lufthansa Terminal 1 SWR - Swiss Terminal 1

EIN - Aer Lingus Terminal 2 SXS - SunExpress 50-53; 59-65

EJU - easyJet Europe B04-B14; C04-C12 TAP - TAP Portugal Terminal 1

ELY - El Al Terminal 1 TAR - Tunisair Terminal 5

EWG/GWI - Eurowings B03-B11 TGW - Scoot Terminal 1

EZS - easyJet Switzerland B04-B14; C04-C12 TGZ - Georgian Airways B05

EZY - easyJet B07-B11 THY - Turkish Airlines B09-B14

FEG - Flyegypt Terminal 1 TRA - Transavia Terminal 5

FHY - Free Bird Terminal 5 TUI - TUIfly Terminal 5

FIN - Finnair Terminal 1 TWI - Tailwind Terminal 5

IAW - Iraqi Airways Terminal 5 UAL - United Airlines Terminal 1

IBS - Iberia Express Terminal 1 UTA - UTair Terminal 1

ICE - Icelandair Terminal 1 VLG - Vueling B12

KLM - KLM Terminal 1 WZZ - Wizz Air 50-53; 59-65

LBT - Nouvelair Terminal 5

Cargo

FPO – ASL Airlines France 19-27

TAY – ASL Airlines Belgium 19-27

Virtual Airlines

GVY – Gravity – Small C01, C02, E10-E13 ACH – AirChild B04, B05, B12, B13, C04-C07

GVY – Gravity – Medium B09, B10, C01, C02, D12-D19

GVY – Gravity – Heavy B11A, B13A, B15A, D21A, D22

LHA – Leipzigair – Medium C04, D05, D06

LHA – Leipzigair – Heavy C03

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Standard Taxi Procedures:

The charts below display standard taxi routes conducted at EDDB. If you are assigned a gate

at Terminal 1, expect to switch sides via VM. (e.g. taxi to gate B02 via V1, VM, V2).

VM is the crossing in the middle of the main apron (abeam gates B08/09 and D11/12).

You will also be instructed to taxi to Entry north/entry south, they are located on V3/V4

between C and F and on V1/V2 between B and E respectively.

West Configuration (Runway 25R/25L in use):

East Configuration (Runway 07L/07R in use):

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2. Flying to and from Berlin 2.1 Clearance & Startup (Delivery, DEL) EDDB_DEL is the clearance delivery station at Berlin.

A clearance in Berlin (and mostly the rest of Germany) will contain:

- Information about the current ATIS

- Clearance for engine startup (can also be delayed in case of expected delays).

Important: Startup clearance does not mean pushback clearance.

- Your Standard Instrument Departure (SID) or in rare cases instructions for a vectored

departure. A list of the current SIDs can be found below.

- The initial climb for your SID

- Your squawk code

EDDB SIDs:

If you are unable to comply with these SIDs request a vectored departure on initial contact with

clearance delivery.

2.2 Pushback and Taxi (Ground/Apron, GND) Apron is responsible for pushback and the initial taxi of all aircraft parked at the terminals.

As there can be a lot of traffic, it is important to strictly adhere to given clearances, in order to

reduce the chance of possible conflicts. To ensure an adequate traffic flow, have your tow truck

already connected if you request pushback. In case you have doubts or didn’t fully understand your

clearance it’s important to just ask the responsible controller, he will happily help you out.

To prepare your taxi you can take a look at the standard taxi procedures stated in chapter 2.1 which

are used most of the time.

Apron also covers delivery if delivery is offline.

Ground is the station responsible for the last part of your taxi. The ground controller only covers the

stations designated as N_GND and S_GND. In case there is no N/S_GND, Tower will cover this area!

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2.3 Take-Off and Landing (Tower, TWR) Different holding points will be used for traffic sequencing and according to the aircraft’s needs.

If you would like to have a specific intersection for departure, tell the controller.

Prior to your departure, you should double check your transponder and make sure it has the correct

squawk code set and operates in Mode C.

Tower will hand you over to the appropriate controller. Arriving and departing traffic must remain

on the tower frequency until further advised! This differs from real life procedures stated in the

charts but is necessary for vatsim.

2.4 Approach and Departure (APP/DEP/DIR) Departing traffic:

It is very important to strictly adhere to your SID and initial climb until given further instructions!

When contacting the new controller after being told by tower, you should listen for other traffic

talking on frequency to not interrupt them.

Arriving traffic:

Due to the airspace structure around Berlin, there is no speed limit below FL100 unless instructed by

ATC. In case you do not receive any speed restrictions, make sure to be at an appropriate speed

when intercepting the ILS.

On first contact with arrival, make sure to have checked the current ATIS and report the ATIS letter in

your initial call.

On initial contact with Berlin Director (EDBB_F/U_APP) state your callsign only unless instructed

otherwise by the previous controller.

Runway assignment is also done by director, approach will most likely not be able to tell you

beforehand. In case there is no director, runway assignment is done by APP.

Do not report „established on ILS“ unless the controller requests you to do so.

ILS Frequencies:

2.5 Radar (Center, CTR) Berlin does not have traditional STARs anymore, therefore expect to be cleared for a transition. The

transition does not correlate with the actual runway assignment (e. g. KLF25L transition can also be

cleared for aircraft landing on runway 25R). Common procedure during low to mid traffic situations

are directs to waypoints stated as DBxxx. If you are cleared for such a direct, you should follow the

transition after that waypoint.

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3. Sceneries 3.1 xPlane 11 Freeware: xPlane scenery gateway

Payware: Aerosoft Aiprort Berlin-Brandenburg XP

It is important to activate the BER in your custom scenery folder, a tutorial can be found in the

manual.

3.2 Prepar3D Freeware: shadowmedia Berlin-Brandenburg

Payware: Aerosoft Mega Airport Berlin-Brandenburg professional

It is important that you have installed the current update of Aerosoft’s EDDB Scenery, otherwise the

ILS frequencies for runway 07R/25L are not correct.

The update can be found through the Aerosoft updater.

3.3 Microsoft Flight Simulator Freeware: Berlin Brandenburg Intl (EDDB) – Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020

Payware: tbd, in developement

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4. VFR There are also changes for VFR traffic in and around Berlin.

The initial radio contact for VFR traffic on the ground at EDDB should be made on EDDB_DEL

(121.600). If Delivery is offline, first contact should be with A_GND even if he is not responsible for

the GAT.

Airborne traffic is supposed to contact TWR 5 minutes prior to reaching the reporting point on which

you desire to enter. The main tower frequency is 120.020 which shall always be used by traffic

arriving via reporting point N, traffic entering the control zone via reporting point M should call

tower on 118.800 if he’s online, otherwise call 120.020 as well.

Due to airspace restructuring the D airspace of EDDB has changed, which means that old charts are

invalid and the previous reporting points no longer exist. Another change is the fact that EDDB and

EDDT, which will have a D(HX) control zone only active per NOTAM from 08.11.2020, no longer share

a direct border. If you want to fly across Berlin, this gives you the possibility to stay in uncontrolled

airspace.

Reporting Point N is located at Britzer Garten, a park with a small lake at the southern end of Berlin,

M is located at the highway exit Mittenwalde, between the city of Mittenwalde and Zeesen.

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In the picture above, you can see the control zones of EDDB and EDDT. Unlike in the past they are not

connected as previously mentioned, which allows you to cross Berlin in uncontrolled airspace. If you

would like to fly this route it is important to keep an eye out for the restricted area ED-R 146, which

is always active between GND and 5000ft and the EDDB control zone. The location of the restricted

area means that there is a tight space for crossing without violation of any airspace and you should

always be looking out for other traffic at this hotspot.