Author: Karol

The first information about the airport in Modlin comes from 1937. East of the Modlin Fortress there was a small training ground. According to the residents’ accounts, members of the Air and Anti-Gas Defense League brought soil to this training ground in order to level and harden the area for the planned landing field. Such…

The airport is located in the Mazowieckie Voivodeship, 40 km north-west of Warsaw, next to the international route E 77. The airport is one of the elements of a military complex of military facilities under the name Modlin Twierdza. For over 60 years, the airport was used as a military base of great importance for…

In its 2023 forecast, the International Air Transport Association IATA estimated that in 2026, the airport in Radom will serve about 1 million passengers, and in 2030, about 1.5 million people. Let us remember that the area of Radom, Kielce, Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Skarżysko Kamienna; this is an aviation desert. There are several million inhabitants of…

For over 20 years there have been plans to use Radom Airport for air transport, both passenger and cargo. Politicians were particularly active when local government or parliamentary elections were approaching. At that time, politicians promised to launch a passenger terminal. The company Port Lotniczy Radom S.A. was established.

Radom Sadków Airport has geographic coordinates; 51 degrees 23 minutes 19 seconds N (51.388N), 21 degrees 12 minutes 41 seconds E (21.212E). The airport is located at an altitude of 186 m above sea level. It is located 3.5 km from the center of Radom, in the south-eastern direction. Together with the infrastructure, it covers…

In 1958, there were serious organizational changes in the Polish Military Aviation. It was decided that in the School Aviation to move from the organization of Squadrons to the organization of Regiments, as it was in combat units. The intention was to facilitate the command of units, and in the event of "W", their use…

In July 1920, the 15th Fighter Squadron, which re-established combat readiness in Lwów and was re-armed with fighter planes, was to be transferred to Radom according to plans. The goal was to support the 4th Polish Army in the Battle of Warsaw. However, the squadron remained in Lwów, in III. Squadron supporting the 6th Polish…

Radom is a beautiful and typically Polish city. Its history is long and very interesting. The vicinity of today’s Radom was already inhabited in the Mesolithic era (8,000 – 4,400 years BC). The inhabitants were engaged in hunting, fishing, animal husbandry, and later also farming. The first mentions of a settlement founded by Slavic tribes…