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Zielona Góra Airport Port Lotniczy Zielona Góra
IATA: IEG ICAO: EPZG
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Przedsiębiorstwo Państwowe "Porty Lotnicze" (PPL)
Serves	Zielona Góra, Poland
Elevation AMSL	59 m / 194 ft
Coordinates	52°08′19″N 015°47′55″E / 52.13861°N 15.79861°E / 52.13861; 15.79861 (Zielona Góra-Babimost Airport)
Website	lotnisko.zielonagora.pl
Map
IEGLocation in Poland
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 06/24 2,500 8,202 Concrete
Statistics (2019)
Passengers 33,756 53.9% Operations 1,778 37.3%

Zielona Góra Airport (Template:Lang-pl) (IATA: IEG, ICAO: EPZG) is a regional airport in the Zielona Góra urban area (the Lubusian Tri-city) in western Poland. The airport is 10 km (6.2 mi) from Sulechów, 35 km (22 mi) northeast of the Zielona Góra city centre, in the village of Kramsko, near the town of Babimost, 95 km (59 mi) west of Poznań, 90 km (56 mi) east of the German border, and 170 km (110 mi) from Berlin. Its catchment area consists of the three million inhabitants of Lubusz Land (Ziemia Lubuska) and the west of Greater Poland (Wielkopolska).

The airport is Poland's 14th-busiest, in last place among current airports with scheduled traffic. It has been taken over from the Polish Army by regional authorities and is run by the state-owned Porty Lotnicze (PPL), which also operates Warsaw Chopin Airport. Discussion exists about whether a company created by regional authorities should assume management of the unprofitable airport.

History

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Construction of Zielona Góra Airport (a former military base) began in 1954, and it entered service on 10 October 1957. A MiG-15 is parked adjacent to the terminal, commemorating the airport's military origin.

Although the first passenger terminal opened in 1977, at least one passenger flight had already operated from the airport (on 21 July 1961, bringing Yuri Gagarin to Zielona Góra). The airport began service to and from Warsaw and Gdańsk in 1977; the first scheduled flights were twice weekly to Warsaw, and the Gdańsk route operated during the 1970s. It hosted twice-daily passenger service to Warsaw until September 2004, when state-owned LOT Polish Airlines discontinued the route after ownership changes at the airport. The army stopped using it as a military base, and dismantled some of its equipment.

The airport was rented to regional authorities in 2005, so its new owner could begin developing the airport. Shifts in the Polish airline market caused financial problems for LOT, and service to Warsaw was suspended because the airline could not obtain suitable mid-sized aircraft for the route.

At the end of 2005, two daily flights to Warsaw were operated by Jet Air; this was later reduced to one. The airport has had short-lived scheduled routes to Gdańsk, Kraków, and Dresden, and service to Warsaw operated via Poznań or Bydgoszcz. It operated charter service to southern Europe and Ukraine during the mid-2010s. In January 2017, it was announced that the airport's only scheduled route (to Warsaw Chopin Airport) would be transferred from SprintAir to LOT.

Infrastructure

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Runway

Zielona Góra Airport has a single asphalt-concrete 06/24 runway. The 2,500-metre-long (8,200 ft), 60-metre-wide (200 ft) runway is equipped with an ILS CAT I, allowing aircraft to land in foggy weather. The airport's elevation is 59 metres (194 ft). Its runway has two taxiways leading to two aprons, where up to 10 mid-sized aircraft (such as Boeing 737s or Airbus 321s) may be parked; an additional apron is used in winter for the de-icing of aircraft.

Terminals

The airport has two passenger terminals (T1 and T2); only T2 is fully functional. T1, built in 1977, has an annual capacity of 150,000 and is used for departures. T2 (built in 2015) is used for arrivals and charter service, and has no check-in or other services. T1 has two check-in desks, basic luggage transport, and a medium-sized departure area with one or two gates. After the completion of the new arrival area, the airport's annual capacity was estimated at 300,000 passengers. A small cargo terminal is next to T1.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines have regular scheduled and charter services to and from Zielona Góra:

The nearest international airport is Poznań–Ławica Airport, about 95 kilometres (59 mi) east.

Ground transportation

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Road

Buses operate between Zielona Góra and the airport, according to flight departure and arrival times, from the main bus station (Dworzec PKS). Minibus service to Gorzów Wielkopolski may be booked in advance. Other road connections to Poznań (the largest city in the area) use the new motorway; its junction is 21 km (13 mi) northeast of the airport.

Rail

The renovated Zbąszynek railway line, a terminus for regional trains from Poznań, is 10 km (6.2 mi) from the airport. A railroad spur next to the terminal may be used for passenger service.

Statistics

See also

• List of airports in Poland

References

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2. Google Maps image, accessed 2018-08-28
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4. "Port Lotniczy Zielona Góra • Lotnisko Zielona Góra/Babimost". Lotnisko Zielona Góra/Babimost.
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6. "PLL LOT z nową siatką zimową. Rejsy ze Lwowa do Zielonej Góry". www.rynek-lotniczy.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2021-11-19.
7. https://burgas-airport.bg/en/flights
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9. "LOT Polish Airlines announced fourth route to Rijeka". Avioradar. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
10. "Coral Travel". coraltravel.pl.
11. ^ Urząd Lotnictwa Cywilnego, Statystyki przewozów osobowych i towarowych oraz operacji lotniczych w lotach regularnych i czarterowych w polskich portach lotniczych w latach 2007-2004, 15 lutego 2008. dostęp 2008-03-18.
12. ^ "Liczba obsłużonych pasażerów oraz wykonanych operacji w ruchu regularnym i czarterowym w polskich portach lotniczych w latach 2009 - 2011" (PDF). Urząd Lotnictwa Cywilnego (in Polish). Retrieved 2013-01-28.
13. ^ "Ilość obsłużonych przesyłek (w kg) w polskich portach lotniczych w ruchu krajowym i międzynarodowym w latach 2009 - 2011" (PDF). ulc.gov.pl (in Polish). 2012-04-01. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
14. Katarzyna Fedro (2013-01-07). "12 tysięcy w 12 miesięcy!". lubuskie.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2013-01-28.

External links

[REDACTED] Media related to Zielona Góra Airport at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website
• Accident history for IEG at Aviation Safety Network

• Poland
• Aviation

• Airports in Poland
• Zielona Góra County
• Buildings and structures in Lubusz Voivodeship