na 15 Ọktoba 1934 owuwu malitere iwu atọ 800 mita (2,600 ft) ogologo runways na-eje ozi Henschel ugbo elu osisi na Schönefeld. Site na njedebe nke Agha Ụwa nke Abụọ, n'elu 14,000 ugbo elu e wuru. Na 22 April 1945, ụlọ ọrụ ndị na-arụ ọrụ site Soviet agha, na osisi e dismantled na bibiri. Site na mbubreyo 1947, ndị ụgbọ okporo ígwè njikọ e rụziri na ugbo ígwè e wuru na rụziri na saịtị. Na 1946, ndị Soviet Air Forces si Johannisthal Air Field ka Schönefeld, gụnyere ndị nkịtị ụgbọelu Aeroflot. Na 1947, ndị Soviet Military Administration na Germany mma na-ewu nke a nkịtị ọdụ ụgbọelu na saịtị.
Ọktoba 15, 1934