Suwałki Airport
Suwałki Airport Lotnisko Suwałki | |||||||||||||||
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Suwałki Airport's location within Poland | |||||||||||||||
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| Serves | Suwałki | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Suwałki | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+01:00) | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 584 ft / 178 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 54°4′27″N 22°53′37″E / 54.07417°N 22.89361°E | ||||||||||||||
Interactive map of Suwałki Airport | |||||||||||||||
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Suwałki Airport (Polish: Lotnisko Suwałki) is an airport in Suwałki, Poland.[1] It is designed to be a local airport, handling business, air charter and tourist services. The airport has two runways, measuring 1320m × 30m and 800m × 60m respectively, and each accommodating aircraft with up to fifty passengers.[2] The airport also has a Polish Medical Air Rescue (LPR) base.[3]
Location
Suwałki Airport is in Podlaskie Voivodeship, around 3 km from Suwałki city centre, and covers 110 hectares. The Wigry National Park prevents planes from landing from the east.[3]
Management
Until 9 February 2017, Suwałki Airport was managed by the Suwałki Aeroclub. Since then, it has been run by the Suwałki Aviation School.[3]
History
The German Luftwaffe used the airport as an airfield during World War II.[4]
Funding
Since 2020, PLN (złoty) 27 million[3] (original estimate: PLN 15–16 million[5]) has been allocated to modernisation projects, including a new runway (08R/26L, constructed in August 2020), a turnaround section, an apron, a taxiway, technical infrastructure,[3] and additional LED lighting on both runways.[6] PLN 10 million was provided by Forte, PLN 11 million from the Suwałki City Budget, and PLN 6 million by the Podlaskie Voivodeship government.[2]
Air Rescue Base
The Polish Medical Air Rescue opened a base at Suwałki airport on 4 June 2005,[3] costing PLN 6.2 million. The current head of the base is Zbigniew Dąbrowski, and the base serves the Suwałki and Masuria regions. In 2011, the base received a new helicopter.[7] The heliport was commissioned in 2014.[3]
Air shows
Every year, Suwałki Airport hosts the Odlotowe Suwałki Air Show.[8]
References
- ^ "Suwalki Airport (EPSU) – Suwalki, Poland | FBO/Ground Handler, Airport Information". Universal Weather and Aviation, Inc. Retrieved 2025-07-31.
- ^ a b "Otwarto nową drogę startową na lotnisku w Suwałkach". www.rynek-lotniczy.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2025-08-21.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Suwałki airport. 2023 – Polot". 2023-03-06. Retrieved 2025-08-21.
- ^ "ZDiZ - Lotnisko Suwałki" (in Polish). Retrieved 2025-11-03.
- ^ "Suwałki: podpisano porozumienie w sprawie budowy lotniska". Onet Biznes (in Polish). 2017-08-02. Archived from the original on 2017-08-02. Retrieved 2025-08-27.
- ^ admin (2019-11-27). "We finished modernization works at the airports in Gliwice and Suwałki". Heli-Factor. Retrieved 2025-08-27.
- ^ "Suwałki: nowa baza Lotniczego Pogotowia Ratunkowego | dlapilota.pl". dlapilota.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2025-08-25.
- ^ "Odlotowe Suwałki Air Show – 28 June 2025". Airshow Display. Retrieved 2025-08-27.