Category: Airports

Wilcze Laski Airport is a former military airport with typical infrastructure from the 1950s. Other common names are Borki or Okonek. The airport is located approximately 14 km south of Szczecinek, near the town of Wilcze Laski. It belongs to the military complex currently called Borne Sulinowo and is located on its eastern edge, among…

For over 50 years, the infrastructure of Siemirowice Airport has changed. It is adapted to the flying equipment used here. Recent years have brought further changes in the role to be played by Polish Maritime Aviation. New tasks (not typically combat tasks anymore), but equally important for the Republic of Poland and the Baltic Sea,…

The nomenclature of individual airports, and especially alternate airports, has caused and still causes some difficulties. It was usually the case that the airport received the name of the poviat town in which it was located. But it could also have received the name of a neighboring town, because there was a post office, or…

At a distance of about 1,500 m from the village of Pieniężnica, there is an area of the former military airport. Pieniężnica Airport was established in the mid-50s of the 20th century as a typical backup airport for combat regiments of the Polish Army. The layout of the take-off area was typical of airports of…

The largest of the villages is Oleszno. There are four towns in Poland named Oleszno. The one we are interested in is located in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in the Drawsko poviat, in the Drawsko Pomorskie commune. Oleszno has the coordinates of 53°28′25″N 15°46′02″E. Elevation 104 meters above sea level. In 2007, Oleszno had 214…

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.