Gliwice airport
| Gliwice airport | |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | EPGL |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 254 m (833 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 3 km south of Gliwice |
| Basic data | |
| opening | 1916 |
| surface | 117 ha |
| Start-and runway | |
| 09/27 | 770 m of grass |
The Gliwice Airport located in the district Trynek (Trinneck) of the Polish city of Gliwice (Gleiwitz). Today the airfield mainly serves the aviation association based there.
history
The airport Gliwice was opened in 1916 with an area of 117 ha for civil and military use. The airport had, among other things, an administrative hangar and 8 hangars, and later an officers' mess and crew quarters were added. After the First World War it was used exclusively for civilian purposes. In 1925 the airport was connected to the route network with regular Junkers Luftverkehr flights to Berlin via Breslau . The airport was served on the routes London-Hamburg-Berlin-Breslau-Gleiwitz-Lemberg-Odessa-Tbilisi-Tehran and Rome-Genoa-Trieste-Vienna-Gleiwitz-Warsaw.
On Saturday, August 10, 1929, the modern reception building of the airport u. a. opened with a lobby and restaurant rooms. On Sunday, July 5th, 1931, the airship Graf Zeppelin landed on the airfield in the presence of 200,000 spectators .
During the Second World War , the Gliwice airport was used again for military purposes. In the 1950s, the airport was rebuilt by the Gliwice city administration and, among other things, an aviation association was established.
In 1992, fire-fighting planes were deployed from Gliwice Airport to fight the extensive forest fires in the region. On June 17, 1999, during the visit of John Paul II to Gliwice, a mass was held at the airfield.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g Gliwicki lotnisko ( Polish ) Retrieved November 29, 2009.
- ^ Journal "Oberschlesien im Bild": Issue 36, 1929
- ^ Journal "Oberschlesien im Bild": Issue 28, 1931