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A Lim-6R, which is a Polish built MiG-17 is parked adjacent to the terminal, commemorating the airport's military origin. [3] [4] Although the first passenger terminal opened in 1977, [5] at least one passenger flight had already operated from the airport (on 21 July 1961, bringing Yuri Gagarin to Zielona Góra). [2]
Zalesie Górne [zaˈlɛɕɛ ˈɡurnɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Piaseczno, within Piaseczno County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. [1] It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) south-east of Piaseczno and 19 km (12 mi) south of Warsaw .
A new passenger terminal was opened in 2001 and further expansion works commenced on the terminal in 2005. Construction commenced on a new air traffic control tower in 2004, and was finished by the end of 2005. The terminal expansion concluded in April 2006, at which time the airport was renamed for the Solidarność trade union. [citation needed]
Poznań–Ławica Henryk Wieniawski Airport (IATA: POZ, ICAO: EPPO), built in 1913, is one of the oldest airports in Poland. It is located 5 km (3.1 mi) west [ 2 ] of Poznań city centre. It takes its name from the neighborhood of Ławica, part of the city's Grunwald district, while the airport actually lies in the Jeżyce district.
The airport has a 2520 × (45 + 2 × 7.5) m runway (8,270 × 200 ft), and the terminal facilities are capable of handling four Boeing 737-800 class aircraft simultaneously. [3] Construction began in the fall of 2010 [ 4 ] and the official opening took place on December 17, 2012.
It is approximately 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) south of Zanzibar City, the capital of Zanzibar, and has flights to East Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. It was previously known as Kisauni Airport and Zanzibar International Airport. It was renamed in 2010 in honour of Abeid Amani Karume, the island's first president.
The airport is the second largest in Jiangsu Province and the only profitable one of the nine airports in Jiangsu Province, except Nanjing Lukou Airport. [7] The airport currently has two terminals, 23 boarding gates (T1 Terminal Building 1-12, T2 Terminal Building 13-23), and 26 parking spaces (new parking spaces are currently under construction).
Aerial view of the airport. Passenger terminal main entrance. The airport is located 17 kilometres (11 mi) north of the city center, at an elevation of 2,177 metres (7,142 ft) above sea level. It is equipped with one runway measuring 3,000 metres (9,800 ft) in length. The apron has four stands capable of accommodating narrow-body aircraft.