31st Air Base

31st Air Base
31. Baza Lotnicza
Near Nowe Miasto, Poznań in Poland
Site information
OwnerMinistry of Defence
OperatorPolish Air Force
Site history
Built1941 (1941)
In use1954–present
Garrison information
Garrison3rd Tactical Squadron
Poznań-Krzesiny Airport
Summary
Airport typemilitary
ServesPoznań
Focus city forPoznań
Built1941
Elevation AMSL276 ft / 84 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
2,500m
One of the first Polish F-16s to arrive at Krzesiny, photo taken on November 11, 2006

The 31st Air Base (Polish: 31. Baza Lotnicza), commonly known as Poznań-Krzesiny Airport is a Polish Air Force base and military airport, located in Krzesiny, part of the Nowe Miasto district of Poznań.

The base was officially constituted on 31 December 2000, and since then has been the home base for the 3rd Tactical Squadron. It was the first base to host Polish F-16 fighters.[1]

  1. ^ "31. Baza Lotnictwa Taktycznego". Archived from the original on 2014-03-20. Retrieved 2014-05-31.