Katowice-Muchowiec Airport
| Katowice-Muchowiec Airport ( Lotnisko Katowice-Muchowiec ) |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | EPKM |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 277 m (909 ft ) |
| Basic data | |
| opening | 1926 |
| Runways | |
| 05L / 23R | 1110 m × 30 m concrete |
| 05R / 23L | 770 m × 100 m grass |
| 07/25 | 665 m × 65 m grass |
The Katowice-Muchowiec Airfield (Polish: Lotnisko Katowice-Muchowiec ) is an airfield for general aviation in the Katowice district of Muchowiec (German Muchowietz ) in the Silesian Voivodeship , Poland . The airport is 3 km from the city center south of the A4 .
history
In 1926 a connection to Warsaw was established from Muchowiec . After mining damage , the scheduled service was discontinued in 1966 and relocated to the then military airfield in Pyrzowice (now Katowice Airport ).
Expansion plans
It is planned to build a new 850 m long and 25 m wide runway with concrete as the runway surface in order to be able to accommodate machines with up to 18 passengers. As part of this expansion, a terminal, parking positions and hangars are also to be created. Funding has not yet been secured. Originally the cost was supposed to be 10 million zloty , meanwhile (2011) it was assumed to be 50 million zloty.
