31st Air Base | |
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31. Baza Lotnicza | |
Near Nowe Miasto, Poznań in Poland | |
Site information | |
Owner | Ministry of Defence |
Operator | Polish Air Force |
Site history | |
Built | 1941 |
In use | 1954–present |
Garrison information | |
Garrison | 3rd Tactical Squadron |
Poznań-Krzesiny Airport | |||||||||||
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Summary | |||||||||||
Airport type | military | ||||||||||
Serves | Poznań | ||||||||||
Focus city for | Poznań | ||||||||||
Built | 1941 | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 276 ft / 84 m | ||||||||||
Runways | |||||||||||
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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]