Włocławek 2023-03-21
Airport in Kruszyn near Włocławek.
Geographic coordinates: 52.584N 19.013E. Elevation 66 m (212 ft).
Włocławek – Kruszyn Airport was sometimes called Nowa Wieś Airport, but due to many places with this name, the name Kruszyn has become established. Włocławek – Kruszyn Airport is a civil airport managed by the Włocławek Aeroclub, located in the village of Kruszyn, in the immediate vicinity of the A1 motorway, 11 km from the center of Włocławek. Aeroclub Włocławski them. Stanisław Skarżyński was established in 1959. Since then, the flying club has been training pilots and parachute jumpers.
The patron of the Aeroclub is Stanisław Skarżyński (1899-1942), a Polish sports and military aviator, who in the 1930s, on a single-seater RWD-5 bis plane, was the first Pole to fly across the Atlantic Ocean.
Kruszyn Airport was built in the period 1962 – 1965, and was opened on January 19, 1965. The airport has a ground landing field (grass). Two RWYs were marked out at the airport; The first one is 1,000 m x 100 m long, in the direction 086/266. The second one is 600 m x 100 m long, in the direction of 176/356.
Kruszyn Airport is a center of parachuting sport, where competitions are organized several times a year. The flying club uses the L-410 Turbolet aircraft for parachute jumping.
Written by Karol Placha Hetman