Katowice-Muchowiec Airfield

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Katowice-Muchowiec Airfield

Lotnisko Katowice-Muchowiec
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Summary
Airport typeSport/Public
OperatorAeroklub Śląski
LocationKatowice
Elevation  AMSL 928 ft / 282.85 m
Coordinates 50°14′17.88″N19°02′02.34″E / 50.2383000°N 19.0339833°E / 50.2383000; 19.0339833
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
05L/23R2,133650 Concrete
07/251,575480 Grass (closed)
05R/23L1,969600Grass
Sources: airfield website [1]

Katowice-Muchowiec Airfield (Polish : Lotnisko Katowice-Muchowiec, ICAO code: EPKM) is a general aviation (mainly sport use) aerodrome in the Muchowiec neighbourhood of Katowice, Poland.

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It has one inoperative concrete runway, RWY 05/23 with the dimensions of 1,109 by 30 metres (3,638 ft × 98 ft). There is a displaced threshold length of 221 meters (725 feet) on both RWY 05 and RWY 23, yielding a landing distance of 888 metres (2,913 feet). However, coal-mining activity damaged the runway and it is no longer used. The parallel 770-metre grass RWY 05/23 is also closed per NOTAM until the end of 2007.[ needs update ] This leaves the 655-metre grass RWY 07/25 as the sole working runway.

History

The aerodrome was built in the 1920s, and was used for civil aviation including scheduled passenger traffic, starting in 1926 with service to Warsaw, later also to Krakow, Vienna via Brno. Ground damage due to coal-mining activity eliminated the passenger traffic, and now only the sport use remains with infrequent general aviation arrivals and departures.

On the other hand, because of the long commute from the city centre to the 30 km-distant Katowice International Airport, it has been proposed to the Katowice government in 2005 that a city airport be built at Katowice-Muchowiec Airport, offloading Katowice International for general aviation as well as some smaller scheduled traffic, serving primarily the business community and STOL aircraft.

Modernisation proposals

Katowice (321 thousand inhabitants, 4,5 million in nearby GOP conurbation) intended to transform its inner-city airport (runway length: 1110 metres, width: 30 metres) into a proper City-Airport (there is limited space for the enlargement of the landing strip to approx. 1500 metres) that would serve this densely populated coal basin. However, only smaller aircraft could use it, and it would serve rather domestic and business traffic.

It was recently[ when? ] decided that building a new concrete runway parallel to ul. Lotnisko (Lotnisko Street) with dimensions 850 x 25 metres is the best course of action. Further modernization would require also building new facilities, including a passenger terminal. It is unclear how the proposed improvements are to be squared with the conditions which forced the cessation of passenger traffic in the first place. As of summer 2007, work on fixing the aerodrome has stalled because of a court fight between its resident sport airclubs (aeroclubs) over the airfield's real estate (nominally owned by the city, but handed over to the airclubs in perpetual lease).[ needs update ]

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References

  1. ↑ "Dane operacyjne lotniska". Lotnisko Katowice Muchowiec. Retrieved 2024-05-18.
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