Category: Airports

The Liga airport was built on the eve of the Great World War. They were established approximately 4 km from the city center to the south-east. The area belonged to the Kasztanowo estate, the Szeptunowski family. There were relatively many forests on the outskirts. The area was relatively flat and did not require a lot…

Currently, Lockheed Martin (General Dynamics) F-16 Jastrząb combat aircraft are stationed at Krzesiny Airport. On the other hand, 60 years ago, PZL Lim-2 fighters were stationed here, mass-produced at WSK PZL Mielec. These planes were derived from the Mikojan and Guriewicz MiG-15 designs.

The new airport, railway junction and road junction will be built in the Baranów commune, about 30 km west of Warsaw. The junction is to bring together a huge airport, a railway station of regional and high-speed rail and roadways. Business and shopping centers, exhibition centers, hotels, in a word, a city should be built…

IATA Code: SZY. ICAO code: EPSY. Location: 53 28’54.69 "N 20 56’15.69" E WGS-84. ARP location: 1250 M OD THR 02, on the central line of RWY 02/20 (exactly 019/199). Airport elevation: 141 m above sea level (463 ft). Magnetic declination: 3% E (2004). Szymany airport has an area of 460 hectares. Frequency INFO /…

MiG-29 nb 4118 from Malbork. 2017. Photo by Karol Placha Hetman

The State Higher Vocational School in Chełm was established on July 24, 2001. Address ul. Pocztowa 54 22-100 Chełm. It was established on the basis of a regulation of the Council of Ministers. The school has six institutes, including the Institute of Technical Sciences and Aviation. This institute has three fields of study: construction, electrical…

In 2016, the State Higher Vocational School in Chełm, at its own Depułtycze Królewskie Airport, organized the 1st International Air Show called Lotnicze Depułtycze. As there were a few positive comments on the Internet, this year (2017) we decided to check how the events on the eastern edge of the Lublin Upland are organized. On…

The political situation in the Republic of Poland has changed over the last two years. After the recent international economic talks, especially with China, the issue of building a Central Airport in the Republic of Poland has been revived. The port would mainly serve as a freight transport, but not only that. It has not…

The airport in Dęblin is a military airport and is used by the School of Eaglets in Dęblin.

On May 13, 2017, the unit holiday combined with the Open Day was celebrated once again at the Powidz Airport, which belongs to the 33rd Transport Aviation Base. I suspect that even the organizers did not expect the arrival of such a huge number of guests. My estimate is 20,000 visitors. The matter is all…