Poznań-Ławica Airport
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| Poznań-Ławica Airport Port Lotniczy Poznań-Ławica |
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| IATA: POZ - ICAO: EPPO | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public/Military | ||
| Operator | Poznań Ławica Airport Ltd. Polish Air Force |
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| Serves | Poznań | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 308 ft (94 m) | ||
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| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 11/29 | 8,215 | 2,504 | Concrete |
| Statistics (2004)[1] | |||
| Number of Passengers | 351,036 | ||
| Aircraft Movements | 9,202 | ||
| Cargo (in t) | 1,528 | ||
| Statistics (2005)[1] | |||
| Number of Passengers | 399,255 | ||
| Aircraft Movements | 8,983 | ||
| Cargo (in t) | 2,166 | ||
Poznań-Ławica Airport (IATA: POZ, ICAO: EPPO), built in 1913, is one of the oldest airports in Poland. It is located 7 km west of the Poznań city centre.
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[edit] Synopsis
The northern section has been used as a military airport since its inception. The southern section is used for civilian purposes. The prospect of relocating the airport elsewhere is often raised as a result of the flight path to the runway being located directly over the city.
The airport caters for international, domestic and cargo flights and general aviation. A new terminal was opened in 2001 and can handle up to 1.5 million passengers per year.
[edit] Confusion with Poznań-Krzesiny military airport
The Poznań-Ławica airport (ICAO code: EPPO) has been confused by pilots with a nearby airbase, Poznań-Krzesiny Airbase (ICAO code: EPKS), which also has a 2500 m runway. The two runways are at approximately the same orientation: Ławica's is 11/29 (true heading: 108/288) and Krzesiny's is 12/30 (true heading: 117.9/297.9). The two runways lie in a nearly straight line, with Krzesiny coming up first on approaches from the East, the ones used most often. On the other hand, the Krzesiny airbase has two runways, and lies southeast from the city centre, while Poznań-Ławica lies just west of it. On August 15, 2006, a Turkish charter flight from Antalya Airport, Antalya, Turkey to Poznań-Ławica, Sky Airlines SHY335 Boeing 737, mistakenly landed at 19:50 local time at the Poznań-Krzesiny airfield. [1]
According to Krzysztof Krawcewicz, a pilot and the editor-in-chief of the Polish aviation monthly Przegląd Lotniczy/Aviation Revue, this was at least the seventh mistaken aircraft approach to landing at the Poznań-Krzesiny airfield in 2006 alone. He faults, among others, the "scandalous procedures which are in use by the air traffic control at Poznań-Ławica", and the lack of radar use in controlling aircraft landing, which actually exists, but has been turned off by the Polish Air Traffic Agency (Agencja Ruchu Lotniczego). [2]
[edit] Airlines and destinations
- Aer Lingus (Dublin)
- LOT Polish Airlines (Frankfurt, Munich, Warsaw)
- Lufthansa
- operated by Augsburg Airways (Munich)
- operated by Lufthansa CityLine (Munich)
- Private Wings (Braunschweig)
- Ryanair (Dublin, Liverpool, London-Stansted)
- SAS (Copenhagen)
- Wizz Air (London-Luton)
[edit] Notes
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Airport website (in English and Polish)
- World Aero Data airport information for EPPO
Bydgoszcz Ignacy Jan Paderewski Airport (BZG) • Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN) • Katowice International Airport (KTW) • Łódź Władysław Reymont Airport (LCJ) • John Paul II International Airport Kraków-Balice (KRK) • Poznań-Ławica Airport (POZ) • Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport (RZE) • Szczecin-Goleniów "Solidarność" Airport (SZZ) • Szczytno-Szymany International Airport (SZY) • Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport (WAW) • Copernicus Airport Wrocław (WRO) • Zielona Góra Airport (IEG)
