Category: Airports

Photo description: Western part of CPPS. 2010 year. Photo by Karol Placha Hetman. On the tarmac, there is a Boeing B-737-400 (26299/2602) SP-ENB aircraft, complete with 737-4Q8. The plane made its first flight on April 6, 1994. First with Turkish Airlines, registration TC-JEK, then with Asiana Airlines, registration HL-7527. The plane was with Enter Air…

Photo description: The longest and best observation deck in Poland. 2010 year. Photo by Karol Placha Hetman.

Mierzęcice Airport began its civilian career in 1966. This was related to an attempt to use several military airports (including Babimost, Słupsk, Mierzęcice, Zegrze Pomorskie) for passenger traffic operated by LOT Polish Airlines. It should not be presumed here that other foreign carriers received access to these airports. That wasn’t the case.

In the 1990s, the Polish Army did not want to get rid of the airport, counting on the reactivation of air units in the new post-communist reality. Therefore, at that time, one of the squadrons of the 11th PLM from Strachowice was transferred to the Mierzęcice Airport. In January 1989, the 2nd Fighter Aviation Squadron…

After the outbreak of the Korean War and the blockade of Berlin, the Kremlin forced Poland to develop military aviation beyond the need to defend its own borders. It was decided that the Mierzęcice Airport would become the base of the 39th and 40th PLM, which are part of the 7th DLM in Krakow, Czyżyny…

The airport was built during the German occupation. In 1945, it was occupied by Muscovites. In 1948, the Soviet army placed the airport under the administration of the Polish Army. From that moment on, the name Mierzęcice Airport came into use, after the town located nearby, which currently has the status of a commune. This…

In 2012, several military exhibits were collected at the Wilamowo airport. There were three aircraft among them. The most interesting was the PZL TS-11 aircraft, which was used by the army in India. India was the only country to buy PZL TS-11 aircraft for its own military, apart from Poland. The PZL TS-11 Iskra nb…

In 2015, the Poznań Aero Club decided to buy the Kąkolewo Airport from the Military Property Agency. On January 11, 2016, the airport was entered into the register of landing sites kept by the Civil Aviation Office under number 343. In April 2017, the Aero Club officially became the owner of the airport. Thanks to…

Kąkolewo is a town in the Republic of Poland, located in the Greater Poland Voivodeship, in Grodzisk County, in the Grodzisk Wielkopolski Commune. It is only 5 km from Kąkolewo to Grodzisk Wielkopolski. The first mention of the town dates back to 1415, when the town was called Kankolewo. The rights of the Olęder settlement…

The village of Krępsko is located on the National Road No. 11, on the Piła – Jastrowie section. The village is located on the Rurzyca River, at its confluence with the Gwda River, in the Trzebieskie forests. The village of Krępsko has a population of 300 inhabitants.