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Kraków-Rakowice-Czyżyny Airport

About

Kraków-Rakowice-Czyżyny Airport is a disused airport in Kraków, Poland, one of the oldest permanent airfields in Europe, open for occasional traffic by certain types of aircraft. A portion of it is now the site of the Polish Aviation Museum with a 720-metre long and 60-metre wide segment of the original concrete runway restored for use by the museum for light planes (to 7,500 kg) and helicopters.

Kraków-Rakowice-Czyżyny Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: EPKC
Summary
Location Kraków
Coordinates

50°04′56,13″N
19°59′56,00″E  / 53.28056; 14.96667

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
29/11 - 720 × 60 concrete

Kraków-Rakowice-Czyżyny Airport

History

The airfield has its beginnings in 1912 as a military airport, when it was established for the needs of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In 1917 the airfield became one of the stages in the first European air mail service linking Vienna with Kiev and Odessa.

The airport was in continuous use to 1963, until the relocation of the Kraków passenger airport 16 km westwards, to the village of Balice. The expansion of nearby Nowa Huta district of Kraków forced its closure.

Kraków-Rakowice-Czyżyny Airport picture

In June 2004, a portion of the airport contiguous with the Polish Aviation Museum was reopened as a police helicopter base and for an occasional fixed-wing aircraft traffic on runway 26 for an annual two-day air show held on the last weekend of June. The museum is also likely to use this airfield for flying some of its collection or acquiring new exhibits.

Kraków-Rakowice-Czyżyny Airport picture

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Kraków-Rakowice-Czyżyny Airport picture

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