Category: Airports

The area we are interested in is located in a quadrangle defined by four cities: Orzysz, Ełk, Biała Piska and Pisz. This area is located in Masuria and for most of its history it belonged to the Polish Crown, and then to East Prussia, which in 1772 was seized by Germanic tribes, after murdering the…

Radom-Piastów Airport is a civil and sports airport, it is one of the oldest sports airports in Poland. The airport was opened in 1928. The airport has the ICAO code – EPRP. The airport is located in Piastów, north of Radom. It is 11 km from the center of Radom to the airport.

Ostrów Wielkopolski is a city in Wielkopolska, in the Wielkopolskie Voivodship. The city has an area of 41.90 km2. In 2020, Ostrów Wielkopolski had 71,560 inhabitants and the city was ranked 53rd among the most populous cities in Poland. The city received city rights in 1404 and they were confirmed in 1713. The patron saint…

Ostrów Mazowiecka is a town with the rights of a commune in the Mazowieckie Voivodship. The area of the city is 22.09 square kilometers and the population is 22,399 (2019). The city is located in the north-eastern part of the Mazowieckie Voivodeship, at the intersection of the National Road No. S8, which in the future…

The former airport was called Krosno-Iwonicz Airport, but it was also known as Targowiska Airport. The airport was built in the 1930s. It was a factory and sports airport that complemented the airport in Krosno. Then the owner was the Polish Aeroclub. In recent years, the airport was managed by Lotnicze Zakłady Produkcyjno-Naprawcze Aero-Kros Sp.…

Currently, there is no airport in Grudziądz itself. But the aviation history of this city is very rich. The Vistula Aeroclub operating on the northern outskirts of the city is a reference to the long-standing aviation tradition in Grudziądz. In 1921, the Higher School of Pilots was founded, which was then transformed into the Aviation…

Brochocin is located in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in the Złotoryja district, in the Zagrodno commune. The former Brochocin – Łukaszów – Podolany airport was founded by the Germans around 1935 as a school and backup airport. In German times, the airport was called Flugplatz Schönfeld-Seifersdorf, and during the Soviet occupation, Aerodrome Brohocin. The airport…

Immediately after the end of World War II, it was predicted that military aviation would return to its pre-war air bases. Initial activities were oriented towards this direction. The main centers of military aviation were to be: Warsaw, Kraków, Poznań, Wrocław and the Tri-City (Gdańsk, Sopot, Gdynia). Their purpose was to defend the most important…

The helipad is located near the intersection of National Road No. 22 (Chojnice bypass) and Provincial Road No. 212. There is a gas station and the Odejewscy Hotel near the helipad. The Chojnice – Człuchów railway line and the Brzeźno Człuchowskie railway stop run nearby. Once there was also a railway passenger stop Nowe Nieżychowice,…

The article describes the former Kabat airfield near Solec Kujawski (Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship). The training ground was located in the Bydgoszcz Forest. The Bydgoszcz Forest is a forest complex located south of the line of the Vistula River: the city of Bydgoszcz – Toruń. The forest covers an area of about 50,000 hectares. The forest also…