Night flight
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A night flight ban is in place at BER between midnight and 5 a.m. Furthermore, clear restrictions on air traffic apply during the off-peak hours from 11 p.m. to midnight and from 5 a.m. to 6 a.m.

For the period between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m., a maximum night-time traffic figure of 12,852 per year is regulated by law and was established by the Federal Administrative Court on 13 October 2011. This night traffic figure does not include the absolute number of flights – instead, flights during the sensitive times between 11.30 p.m. and midnight and between 5 a.m. and 5.30 a.m. are counted twice in order to protect these periods in particular. In 2024, the night traffic figure at BER was 4,772, which was well below the specified maximum limit.

The end of night-time mail flights in spring 2024 brought noticeable relief. The last mail flight took off from BER shortly after midnight on 27 March 2024. Until then, a postal flight took off for Stuttgart at 0.30 a.m. 4 to 5 days a week, while the letters from Stuttgart landed at BER shortly afterwards at about 1 a.m. Throughout 2023, there were 459 postal flights at BER, which have no longer been necessary since spring 2024. This was made possible by an amendment to the German Postal Act, which slightly extends the maximum permissible letter delivery times. Until then, Swiss Post undertook to deliver at least 80 per cent of all letters in Germany within one working day. In the case of letters sent from Freight to Used, for example, this was only possible with the help of the Post-office.