Opole-Kamień Śląski Airport
| Lotnisko Opole-Kamień Śląski | |||
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| Characteristics | |||
| ICAO code | EPKN | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Height above MSL | 208 m (682 ft ) | ||
| Transport links | |||
| Distance from the city center | 15 km southeast of Opole | ||
| Street | Highway A4 (12 km) | ||
| Local transport | Kamień Śląski train station (approx. 5 km), bus routes to Kamień Śląski | ||
| Basic data | |||
| opening | Fall 2009 | ||
| operator | Lotnisko Kamień Śląski Sp. Z oo | ||
| surface | 285 ha | ||
| Start-and runway | |||
| 11/29 | 2300 m × 60 m concrete | ||
The airfield Opole-Kamień Śląski (Polish Lotnisko Opole-Kamień Śląski ) is an airfield near Opole ( Opole ), capital of the Opole Voivodeship , located near the village of Gross Stein ( Kamień Śląski ) in Poland .
Air traffic
At the moment there are only general aviation movements at Opole Airport , mostly drop-off flights for parachutists , and occasionally private charter flights with small business planes . In December 2005, a Saab 340A operated by the Polish SkyTaxi landed for the first time at Opole Airport for training purposes. However, commercial flight operations are currently not possible due to a limitation of the MTOW to 5,700 kg. In the summer / autumn of 2006 this limitation is to be removed and the first commercial passenger and cargo flights will take place. The establishment of a flight school is also planned for this time . The first scheduled flights are to take place from autumn 2009.
history
In the late 1930s, the von Strachwitz family built a take-off and landing site on a large field right next to their palace and park complex. This was taken over by the German Air Force before the German invasion of Poland in 1939 and expanded into a port of operations . At the end of August 1939, I./ZG 2 (I. Group of Destroyer Squadron 2 ), equipped with 45 single-seat Messerschmitt Bf 109 D-1 fighter aircraft , was relocated from Bernburg to Groß Stein . The group of destroyers was relocated on September 9, 1939. During the Second World War , the Groß Stein port of operations was only activated sporadically in the event of an alarm. In June 1944 the 3rd / NSGr was again briefly here. 1 (3rd season of Night Battle Group 1). In the last years of the war the castle was converted into a military hospital. Most of the wounded soldiers were transported via the airfield. On January 19, 1945 the evacuation took place due to the advancing Red Army , which reached Groß Stein on January 22, 1945. The port of operations was expanded into a military airfield and was used by the Red Army until 1971. The airfield was then taken over by the Polish Air Force , which withdrew after the socio-political changes in 1989. In 2003, the Wroclaw entrepreneur Józef Pilch bought the dilapidated military site and began to convert it for civil use by general aviation and passenger and freight traffic. In May 2008 the airport was bought by the Marshal's Office of the Opole Voivodeship and the Przedsiębiorstwo Państwowe Porty Lotnicze ( Polish State Airport Company ) for PLN 24 million.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Henry L. deZeng IV: Luftwaffe Airfields 1935-45 Germany (1937 Borders) , pp. 245–246 , accessed on September 16, 2014
- ↑ Urząd marszałkowski kupił lotnisko! , Gazeta.pl , May 12, 2008