Biała Podlaska Airport
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Biała Podlaska, is a town situated in the north of Lublin voivodship. Tthe airport is located nearby, it is a former military airport, and it is under modernisation to serve as a cargo airpoty, and, in the future, to probably also serve passenger services in this area completely deprived of airports. The company „Port Lotniczy Biała Podlaska” tried to revive the airport, but currently the airport manager changed.
The Biala Podlaska airport is the only one in the eastern Poland area with the potential to serve passenger services and should. Its infrastructure is: 2 runways of 3300 x 60 meters the larger one and the smaller of 2260 x 30 meters, with taxiways and aprons, what seems to allow to handle even intercontinental flights. It is possible for the airport to cover the nearby western Belarus and attract passengers also from this area. The airport is situated nearly at the border with the Republic of Belarus (10,3 million people), where, due to the duopolies on the market, there are no low cost airline’s services, and quantity of air travels per person per year is unbelievably low due to the monopoly of its national airlines. Airport in Biala Podlaska is located in direct proximity to the Belarusian city of Brest/ Брэст (polish: Brześć, 20 km to the east, 290 000 inhabitants, agglomeration of approx. 350 000). There is a boarder crossing with Belarus in nearby Terespol/Brest (approx. 10 km distance to the east).
Table. Border traffic with Brest in the year 2003.
Border crossing
Quantity of passeners traversing the border crossing in 2003
(both sides)
Terespol - rail
934.822
Terespol - road
2.379.446
Source: www.bialapodlaska.uc.gov.pl
In proximity of 70 kilometers there is a precious complex of Białowieża Primaeval Forest, known as Belaveskaya Pushcha (Белавеская пушча) in Belarus and Puszcza Białowieska in Poland. This is an ancient virginal forest straddling the border between Belarus and Poland, located 70 km north of Brest. It is the only remaining part of the once immense forest spreading across the European Plains and it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
There exists a railroad spur next to the terminal that can be used for passenger service.
The Biala Podlaska airport is the only one in the eastern Poland area with the potential to serve passenger services and should. Its infrastructure is: 2 runways of 3300 x 60 meters the larger one and the smaller of 2260 x 30 meters, with taxiways and aprons, what seems to allow to handle even intercontinental flights. It is possible for the airport to cover the nearby western Belarus and attract passengers also from this area. The airport is situated nearly at the border with the Republic of Belarus (10,3 million people), where, due to the duopolies on the market, there are no low cost airline’s services, and quantity of air travels per person per year is unbelievably low due to the monopoly of its national airlines. Airport in Biala Podlaska is located in direct proximity to the Belarusian city of Brest/ Брэст (polish: Brześć, 20 km to the east, 290 000 inhabitants, agglomeration of approx. 350 000). There is a boarder crossing with Belarus in nearby Terespol/Brest (approx. 10 km distance to the east).
Table. Border traffic with Brest in the year 2003.
Border crossing
Quantity of passeners traversing the border crossing in 2003
(both sides)
Terespol - rail
934.822
Terespol - road
2.379.446
Source: www.bialapodlaska.uc.gov.pl
In proximity of 70 kilometers there is a precious complex of Białowieża Primaeval Forest, known as Belaveskaya Pushcha (Белавеская пушча) in Belarus and Puszcza Białowieska in Poland. This is an ancient virginal forest straddling the border between Belarus and Poland, located 70 km north of Brest. It is the only remaining part of the once immense forest spreading across the European Plains and it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Airport infrastructure
The post-military airport ranks in top five airports in Poland in terms of its infrastructure length.There exists a railroad spur next to the terminal that can be used for passenger service.
Statistics
| Year | Passengers | Cargo in ton Ton The ton is a unit of measure. It has a long history and has acquired a number of meanings and uses over the years. It is used principally as a unit of weight, and as a unit of volume. It can also be used as a measure of energy, for truck classification, or as a colloquial term.It is derived from... s |
Takoffs/Landings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 |