Berlin Brandenburg Airport Reopens After Drone Alert Halts Flights
Germany’s air traffic control agency said the closure lasted about 45 minutes, and several flights were diverted to Dresden.
- Berlin Brandenburg Airport suspended flights Wednesday evening after a drone sighting near the runway, with operations halted for around 45 minutes.
- Air traffic controllers recorded 28 drones in the first six months of 2026, compared to only 8 drones throughout all of 2025 at the airport.
- Germany's air traffic control agency, DFS, closed both runways after the drone was spotted at 8 p.m., and several flights were diverted to Dresden.
- Restrictions were lifted at 9:05 p.m. and operations resumed with delays; it later emerged that several drones were involved in the airspace activity.
- An August 2026 incident at Leipzig Airport, where a drone carrying explosives was found near a Ukrainian An-124, prompted German authorities to formally accuse Russia of attempted sabotage.
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A drone sighted at a runway at Berlin-Brandenburg airport led to the temporary closure of airspace and disrupted the operation of several flights. The episode joins a series of recent incidents which have increased the fears of the European authorities about the presence of these aircraft near sensitive infrastructure.
Berlin Airport, Germany, was temporarily suspended on Wednesday night due to the detection of a drone. The aircraft was spotted on the north runway of Willy Brandt Airport, at 8 p.m. (19h. in Lisbon).
Federal Police tracked the facility for 45 minutes without locating the device, while Brandenburg investigates a possible air traffic disturbance
At Berlin-Brandenburg Airport, air traffic was temporarily stopped last night because of a drone.
Berlin-Brandenburg Airport temporarily suspended operations on Wednesday evening after a drone was spotted in the area of the northern runway, the airport and the federal police said. Flights were suspended for about 45 minutes, and several planes were diverted to Dresden and Leipzig. The airport said the alert came in at around 8 p.m. Twenty minutes later, the airspace over Berlin-Brandenburg was closed, after which takeoffs and landings on bot…
Air traffic at Berlin International Airport (BER) was briefly halted last night due to a drone sighting over the airport, German media report. Air traffic resumed after an hour. German media report that a drone was spotted around 8:00 PM and that the northern runway was closed in response. Later, the southern runway was also closed. Air traffic was able to resume around 9:00 PM. Aircraft diverted Several aircraft were diverted due to the drone…
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