Toruń Airport
Toruń Airport Port Lotniczy Toruń | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Aeroklub Toruń | ||||||||||
| Serves | Toruń, Poland | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 53°01′45″N 18°32′45″E / 53.02917°N 18.54583°E / 53.02917; 18.54583 | ||||||||||
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  Toru Location of airport in Poland | |||||||||||
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Source: Polish AIP at EUROCONTROL[1] | |||||||||||
Toruń is a city of 209 thousand inhabitants (0,6 million in a two-city agglomeration). The airport in Toruń already possesses a runway of 4100 ft. There is pressure from local politicians to adapt the local airport to serve domestic flights, and, after expanding the landing strip by (version 1–200 meters, version II- 500) meters to over (v.I- 1500 meters, version II-2000 meters), also international flights to this tourist destination; due to its unique gothic-styled city-centre, it is on the UNESCO world heritage list and is one of the favourite Polish tourist destinations.
History
The airport was opened before World War I in 1912-1913. It served military purposes.
Airport infrastructure
There exists a railroad line nearby the terminal that can be used for passenger service.
References
- ^ EAD Basic
External links
- official website of current manager
- - Polish description of the campaign to revive the airport
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