Chełmno 2023-03-21
Airport in Watorowo near Chełmno.
Geographic coordinates: 53.298N 18.414E. Elevation 91 m (298 ft).
Watorowo Airport is located in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, near the city of Chełmno. The airport is located by the municipal road from Chełmno to the village of Dorosz Szlachecki.
Watorowo Airport is primarily a flight training center in the Chełmno Land. The resort is named Adriana Aviation. The center was established in 1992, and its owners advertise the center in Watorowo as the oldest Aviation Training and Services Center in Poland.
The center trains pilots from the PPL(A) license, through all possible additional qualifications, then to the professional license, and as a result of the training, the pilot can apply for the ATPLA(A) license, which entitles him to command an aircraft in airlines. The center has trained thousands of pilots, including many from abroad.
Watorowo airport.
The airport is located in relation to the town of Chełmno (direction and distance) 188 degrees / 6 km. Since the airport is located among agricultural fields, there may be a problem with its location. Fort I of the Chełmno Fortress, located on the southern side of the airport, may be a landmark. In case of loss of orientation, use the Vistula River and head towards Toruń or Bydgoszcz. Nearby airports: EPGI (Lisie Kąty) 40 km/48 degrees, EPTO (Toruń) 32 km/163 degrees, EPBY (Bydgoszcz) 37 km/234 degrees.
Watorowo airport has the ICAO code – EPWT. Radio communication 118.730 MHz. Calling "Watorowo Radio". Contact phone +48 56 686 4956. The helipad is designed for VFR flights day and night, for aircraft weighing up to 5,700 kg. There are no significant obstacles in the vicinity of the airport.
The landing field is ground (grass), but it has been equipped with a reinforcing mesh. RWY is very even. Dimensions of RWY 800 m x 53 m, located in the direction 08/26, i.e. latitudinal (258 degrees / 78 degrees). RWY is marked daily with yellow and red banner flags. There are double flags at the beginning and end. The touchdown zone has a white "T" lined on it. At night there is a simplified system of electric lamps of the Łucz type.
Hotel Adriana Aviation is at the disposal of pilots and guests. The hotel has 20 hotel rooms with bathrooms. There is a kitchen at guests’ disposal. There are restaurants in Bydgoszcz and Toruń.
Written by Karol Placha Hetman