Kolobrzeg Bagic (airport)

Kolobrzeg Bagich
Kolobrzeg Bagich
	polish Lotnísko Kołóbrzeg-Bágicz
	IATA : no - ICAO : EPKG
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Type of	civil
A country	Poland
NUM height	+ 6 m
Timezone	UTC + 1
Map
	'' Airfield on a map of Poland
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Kolbrzeg-Bagić ( Polish Lotnísko Kołóbrzeg-Bágicz ) is a former military airfield; since July 2012 it has been a civilian airport ^[2] located in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship of Poland.

History

The airfield was created in 1935-1939 near the village of Bagich, located between Kolobrzeg and Syanozhents. Originally used as a base for bombers and dive bombers: first for the Junkers Ju 87 Stuka, and later for the Junkers Ju 86 . In September 1939, Luftwaffe aircraft located in Bagić ( German Bodenhagen , at that time German territory) raided Poland. During World War II, various units of the Luftwaffe were stationed at the airport. In 1941, Bagich and its environs were shot by the German propaganda feature film “ The Lutz Bomber Squadron ” (Kampfgeschwader Lützow, dir. Hans Bertram, 1941).

In March 1945, with the approach of the front and the beginning of the siege of Kolobrzeg by Soviet troops, Luftwaffe units were relocated. Since March 1945, units of the Soviet Air Force were based at the airport. From July to December 1945, the 172nd Fighter Aviation Bialystok Red Banner Order of the Suvorov Regiment from the 309th Fighter Aviation Smolensk Red Banner Division on Yak-3 aircraft was based at the airport. In December, the regiment was relocated to the Nasosnaya airdrome (Azerbaijan SSR) ^[3] .

In the postwar years, the airfield was used by the air forces of the Northern Group of Forces, the area was 1,624,800 m². A new infrastructure has been created to adapt the airfield to service jet aircraft. The airfield could receive transport aircraft and strategic bombers. A large fuel storage facility and a railway line leading to it were built on the outskirts of the airfield.

From 1964 to September 1, 1989, the 871th Fighter Aviation Pomeranian Red Banner Regiment from the 239th Fighter Aviation Baranavichy Red Banner Division on MiG-19SV aircraft (until 1965), MiG-21PFM ^[1] (1965-1973) was based at the airport. MiG-23M ^[1] (since 1973), MiG-23MLA ^[1] (since 1974). September 1, 1989 the regiment was relocated to the airport Brzeg (Poland) ^[4] .

From June 1989 to May 8, 1992, the 55th separate helicopter regiment of the Sevastopol Regiment was based on the Mi-24 and Mi-8 helicopters at the airport. On May 8, 1992, the regiment was withdrawn to the Korenovsk airfield in the Krasnodar Territory .

After the liquidation of the military airfield in May 1992, the land was divided between the city of Kolobrzeg and the municipality of the commune of Ustrone-Morsk . The buildings and structures of the military infrastructure of the garrison became the new residential complex of Kolobrzeg. For several years, the Baltic flying club operated in the eastern part of the garrison, which used a couple of hangars, as well as part of the runway.

On September 9, 2012, a civilian airport was officially opened, capable of accepting tourist and charter aircraft, accommodating up to 20 people. ^{[1] The} airport will be seasonal: open from April 1 to October 31 ^[1] .

Current status

Currently, a section of the runway is used with a length of 1 012 m ^[1] . It is planned to develop infrastructure, navigation equipment and aircraft fueling. It is possible that the period of operation of the airport after further investment will be extended (that is, the airport will cease to be seasonal) ^[1] .

Incidents

On July 4, 1989, a disaster occurred on the MiG-23 aircraft of the 871st fighter aviation regiment . Crew commander Colonel N. E. Skuridin, chief of the political department of the division, a military pilot of the 1st class, took off after take-off due to spontaneous shutdown of the afterburner, which the pilot perceived as an engine stop. The aircraft continued flying without a pilot, flying through the territory of the German Democratic Republic, the Netherlands, and Belgium. In front of the border between Belgium and France, the aircraft developed fuel and began to gradually lose altitude. At 10:37 CET, a fighter plane crashed into a farm in the Belgian village of Bellegem near Kortrijk. When the plane crashed into the farm, 19-year-old Belgian Wim Delare died.

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Notes

↑ ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸ Lotnisko w Bagiczu otwarte. Lądować tam będą ... ( unspecified ) (inaccessible link) . wczasy.money.pl. Date of treatment November 29, 2012. Archived on September 15, 2012.
↑ Mamy lotnisko
↑ Anokhin V. A., Bykov M. Yu. All Stalin's fighter aviation regiments. The first complete encyclopedia. - Popular science publication. - M .: Yauza-press, 2014 .-- S. 452. - 944 p. - 1,500 copies - ISBN 978-5-9955-0707-9 .
↑ Anokhin V. A., Bykov M. Yu. All Stalin's fighter aviation regiments. The first complete encyclopedia. - Popular science publication. - M .: Yauza-press, 2014 .-- S. 408. - 944 p. - 1,500 copies - ISBN 978-5-9955-0707-9 .

[m_pl-1] ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸ Lotnisko w Bagiczu otwarte. Lądować tam będą ... ( unspecified ) (inaccessible link) . wczasy.money.pl. Date of treatment November 29, 2012. Archived on September 15, 2012.

[2] Mamy lotnisko

[3] Anokhin V. A., Bykov M. Yu. All Stalin's fighter aviation regiments. The first complete encyclopedia. - Popular science publication. - M .: Yauza-press, 2014 .-- S. 452. - 944 p. - 1,500 copies - ISBN 978-5-9955-0707-9 .

[4] Anokhin V. A., Bykov M. Yu. All Stalin's fighter aviation regiments. The first complete encyclopedia. - Popular science publication. - M .: Yauza-press, 2014 .-- S. 408. - 944 p. - 1,500 copies - ISBN 978-5-9955-0707-9 .