Category: Airports

On March 6, 1992, the 3rd Pomeranian Training and Combat Aviation Regiment was disbanded. It was still hoped that the mass production of PZL I-22 Iryda training and combat aircraft would be possible, which could reactivate the unit. However, this did not happen. In place of the combat unit, a transport and liaison unit was…

The airport was founded in 1916, during the Great World War. The airport occupied approximately 112 hectares, of which approximately 88 hectares was the take-off area. In the period 1916 – 1917, four steel and glass hangars were built. By the end of 1918, it had been built; barracks, warehouses, workshops, apartments for staff, offices…

Photo description: 1 Fuel depot – MPS No. 1. 2 Skarbimierz housing estate. 3 Fuel depot – MPS No. 2. 4 CPPS and main taxiway. 5 DS (RWY). 6 Biedronka center. 7 Shelter-hangar of the Opole Aero Club. 8 The area of the German POW and concentration camp. 9 Southern aircraft and PPS centering zone.…

The city of Brzeg is located in Lower Silesia, halfway between Opole and Wrocław, at the intersection of land and water routes. Brzeg is one of the oldest towns in Lower Silesia. The first information about the settlement appeared in documents as early as 1234. The city was founded under western law between 1246 and…

In 2001, the airport was abandoned by the Polish Army. At that time, the "Warszawa Babice Airport" management board was established by the Minister of Internal Affairs, the Budget Department of the Ministry of Interior and Administration. As a budget entity, it cannot conduct profit-oriented business activities. The airport is still part of the defense…

In the title, there are three names of the same airport, which at the beginning of its existence was located on the outskirts of Warsaw, and now the airport is within its borders. The area we are interested in is the north-western suburbs of Warsaw. This area served important military functions for several centuries. The…

Kraków Airport has been recording a very high growth rate in the number of passengers served in recent years. In 2007, 3,068,199 passengers were checked in at the port, which made the port once again the runner-up among domestic ports. The development of the airport in Balice now seems to be a foregone conclusion. Until…

Currently (2009) there is no Bagicz airport. There is only a landing field used by the Baltic Aero Club. But for the purposes of this article we will use the name Bagicz Airport. For many decades there was a large airport, first Germanic and then Soviet. Even though the town of Bagicz has been within…

In 1977, the first passenger connection was launched on the Warsaw-Babimost route, and a little later the Gdańsk-Babimost connection. Of course, the timetable included a connection not to Babimost, but to Zielona Góra. Passengers covered the 30 kilometers separating the airport from the center of Zielona Góra by bus. The bus ride was included in…

Babimost Airport is currently called Zielona Góra Airport. It has an IATA code – IEG and an ICAO code – EPZG. It has geographic coordinates; 52 degrees 08 minutes N latitude, 15 degrees 47 minutes E longitude, lies at an altitude of 59 m above sea level. It is located in the town of Nowe…