Kielce-Masłów Airport Explained

Kielce-Masłów Airport
Nativename:Port Lotniczy Kielce-Masłów
Caption:Air Ambulance station at Kielce-Masłów airfield
Icao:EPKA
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Poland
Pushpin Label:Kielce
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Type:Public
City-Served:Kielce, Poland
Elevation-F:1010
Coordinates:50.8975°N 20.7339°W
Website:www.lotniskokielce.pl/
Metric-Rwy:Y
R1-Number:11/29
R1-Length-F:99
R1-Length-M:1,115
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2015 +/- change from 2014
Stat1-Header:Passengers
Stat1-Data:0
Stat2-Header:Cargo (in tons)
Stat2-Data:0
Stat3-Header:Takeoffs/Landings
Stat3-Data:0
Footnotes:Source: Polish AIP at EUROCONTROL[1]

Kielce, and the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship of which it the capital of, intend to adapt the airport in Masłów (near Kielce), for regional traffic. Its current runway is asphalt, and its size is 1115 x 30 meters. It is planned to develop the airport, but rather to the category of a City Airport. The local government have founded a company "Lotnisko Kielce" with the goal to upgrade the airport. There are also discussions to build a completely new airport in Obice.

Falcon 2000LXS SP-ARK of local businessman Michal Solowow is based here.

History

The airport opened in 1937.
In 2011, the main runway (11/29) was extended from 900 m to 1,155 m.

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.ead.eurocontrol.int/publicuser/protect/pu/main.jsp EAD Basic