Poznań-Ławica Airport

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Poznań-Ławica Airport
Port Lotniczy Poznań-Ławica
IATA: POZ - ICAO: EPPO
Summary
Airport type Public/Military
Operator Poznań Ławica Airport Ltd.
Polish Air Force
Serves Poznań
Elevation AMSL 308 ft (94 m)
Coordinates 52°25′16″N, 16°49′35″E
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
11/29 8,215 2,504 Concrete
Statistics (2006)[1]
Number of Passengers 637 021 (+59,55%)
Aircraft Movements 10 722 (+19,36%)
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 Poznań city centre.

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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 15 August 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]

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  1. ^ Data from Poland's Office of Civil Aviation (Urząd Lotnictwa Cywilnego)

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