Poznan Lawica International Airport (POZ), our host for the 2009 North America/European Airports Conference, has quite an interesting history. Founded in 1913, the airport was originally a military complex built by the Prussians. By 1919, approximately 250 military aircraft were taken over by the Prussian invaders at the captured airfield.
Things changed, however, with its first commercial service launched in May 1921 during the first international exhibition in Poznan, in which commercial airlines began flying to Warsaw and Gdańsk. Infrastructure enhancements followed thereafter and the main runway was lengthened to 2500 meters/8202 feet in 1971.
Today, Poznan Lawica International is a booming airport with nearly 1, 300,000 passengers in 2008. In total this is the result of 23, 609 operations last year alone. POZ is an award winning airport. In 2002, the airport was recognized by a panel of experts as the most interesting architectural project in Poznań in 2001 and received the Baptysta Quadro Award. On the 5th of June of the same year, during the 7th Conference Intelligent Building in Wrocław, POZ received an award in the category Intelligent Building of the Year for Integrated System of Security.
Do Zobaczenia w Poznaniu! (see you in Poznan)
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