Unless there was a crazy line that day to that single security spot and you had to jump the line or risk getting late for your plane. I flew through Tegel a do

Unless there was a crazy line that day to that single security spot and you had to jump the line or risk getting late for your plane. I flew through Tegel a dosen times and it was a horrible experience each time. Not sure which was worse - the old terminal, or the new barrack added on to the first one. Also, I've seen multiple airports that allowed you to be 20 min before boarding and still get through. On Warsaw Chopin, which is 2x bigger than Tagel, I can arrive 10 min before boarding and still make it on time. With most airports the size of Tagel as well. Having said all that - the architecture was nice indeed, and I'm sure it was very functional when it was built and there was 4x less traffic, planes were 30% smaller and the security was way lighter.