Category: Airports

Mirosławiec Airport is located in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship. Airport Code – EPMI. It is a military airport. It does not drive and did not conduct civil passenger traffic. Has geographic coordinates; 53 23 41 N, 16 04 59 E. It is situated 151 m above sea level. It is 6 km from the airport…

On the basis of DWL Order No. 06 of February 23, 1982, the 3rd Brandenburg Reconnaissance Aviation Division was renamed the 3rd Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division. At the same time, the Division took over the 3rd Regiment of Fighter-Bomber Aviation from Bydgoszcz, using Su-7 planes. For the 8th Regiment in Mirosławiec, it was a time of…

The largest hangars are the largest objects after the former airports. Especially in Poland, they were impressive, because in the period between the two world wars, Poland was the leader in the construction of large and modern hangars. Such large hangars have survived at the former Kraków-Czyżyny (Rakowice) airport. To this day (2020), two hangars…

Lotnisko Sochaczew. 2010 year. Photo by Karol Placha Hetman

Kroczewo is a small town in the Masovian Voivodeship, Płońsk Poviat, Załuski Commune. In 2011, the town had 613 inhabitants. It is 46 km from Kroczewo to the center of Warsaw. Kroczewo is located on the important road Warsaw-Gdańsk. Currently, the bypass of the S7 route bypasses the town.

In 2018, the Ministry of National Defense decided to take over the airport for military purposes. The Ministry of National Defense planned that a battalion from the 18th Mechanized Division, the so-called Iron Division, would be stationed here. First, civil aircraft were removed from the airport, and then pilots were removed. On January 10, 2020,…

Every month, the Krakow airport breaks new records of checked in and received passengers. Flights to Bristol, Edinburgh and Valencia were very popular. Connections to many cities in Germany were also popular: to Berlin, Hamburg, Dusseldorf, Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Munich and Dortmund. In August 2017, the Balice airport handled almost 542,000 passengers, i.e. 9% more than…

Since 2008, the official name of Balice Airport is: Kraków Airport. The previous official name is: Jana Pawła II Kraków –Balice Sp. z o.o. The change was made for marketing purposes. Personally, we still use the name Balice Airport. Mainly for historical reasons. This name immediately locates the object. Secondly, Balice Airport has two functions:…

Photo description: Boeing B.737 SP-LLF is the fifteenth B.737 aircraft in LOT Polish Airlines. The aircraft was delivered in June 1997, and was the third new aircraft of this type in the fleet. Boeing B.737-400, SP-LLF, MSN 28752 No. 2874. The aircraft was made as part of a 737-45D. The plane was delivered at the…

What began to happen in Balice at the turn of the century overshadows everything that has happened since 1963. Such dynamic development is the undoubted success of the Port of Balice. All shareholders of the Company were keenly interested in the most favorable development. However, we must emphasize that people travel to Krakow not because…