Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport

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Port lotniczy Rzeszów-Jasionka
Rzeszow Airport-3.jpg
Characteristics
ICAO code EPRZ
IATA code RZE
Coordinates

50 ° 6 '36 "  N , 22 ° 1' 8"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 6 '36 "  N , 22 ° 1' 8"  E
Height above MSL 206 m (676  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center 9 km north of Rzeszów
Street A4 S19 D9 D97 E40
Local transport Public bus
Basic data
opening 1940
operator Spółka Port Lotniczy "Rzeszów-Jasionka" sp. z oo
surface 450 ha
Terminals 2 (1 General Aviation)
Passengers 771,287 (2018)
Air freight 393 t (2017)
Flight
movements 		18,164 (2018)
Capacity
( PAX per year) 		1.8 million
Runways
09/27 3200 m × 45 m
concrete
08/26 900 m × 30 m
asphalt

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The Rzeszóz airport ( Polish : Port lotniczy Rzeszóz ) is the international airport of the city of Rzeszow ( Subcarpathian Voivodeship ) in the southeast of Poland .

Location and transport links

The airport is nine kilometers north of the city center, close to the A4 motorway and the S19 expressway, and around 175 km east of Krakow . It is integrated into local public transport by buses ; there is a regular service between the airport and the city center.

history

Before the German attack on Poland , the airfield was occupied by the Polish Air Force , which had fighter planes stationed here. After the Wehrmacht captured it on September 7, 1939, the Air Force established an air base command between 1939 and 1944. When the attack on the Soviet Union began in 1941, there was a reconnaissance squadron, a liaison squadron and a weather reconnaissance squadron of Air Fleet 4 . This had set up its headquarters here in June / July 1941. It was not until November 1943 that flying units were again occupied when parts of Jagdgeschwader 52 with the Messerschmitt Bf 109G were stationed here. In March / April 1944, transport planes flew the type Junkers Ju 52 / 3m of Transport Squadron 1 and 4 from here to the nearby eastern front.

Airlines and Destinations

From Rzeszów Airport there are LOT , Ryanair and Lufthansa flights to Warsaw , Bristol , Dublin , East Midlands , Glasgow-Prestwick , London-Luton , London-Stansted , Manchester , Munich , Tel Aviv and New York-Newark .

Traffic figures

Source: Rzeszów International Airport
Source: Rzeszów International Airport
Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport - traffic figures 2007-2018
year Passenger volume Air freight ( tons ) Flight movements
2018 771.287 18.164
2017 693.564 393 14,274
2016 664.068 732 12,629
2015 645.214 3,863 13,723
2014 601.070 805 10,656
2013 589.920 187 13,508
2012 564.992 - 12,355
2011 491,325 - 12,357
2010 454.203 - 10,919
2009 383.184 - 8,806
2008 323,838 - 9,662
2007 279.996 - 6.112

See also

Web links

Commons : Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b History. RzeszowAirport.pl, accessed on December 13, 2018 .
  2. ^ Information about the airport. RzeszowAirport.pl, accessed on December 13, 2018 .
  3. ↑ a b c d Passenger traffic. RzeszowAirport.pl, accessed February 3, 2019 .
  4. ↑ a b Statistics - freight on board. ULC.gov.pl, accessed December 13, 2018 .
  5. ↑ a b Aircraft operations. RzeszowAirport.pl, accessed February 3, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Henry L. deZeng IV: Air Force Airfields 1935-45 Poland. (PDF; 3.3 MB) June 2014, pp. 44–45 , accessed on December 16, 2019 (English).
  7. ↑ Timetable. RzeszowAirport.pl, accessed on December 13, 2018 .