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EPKK Kraków X is a highly detailed scenery of EPKK John
Paul II International Airport in Kraków (Cracow), Poland. This
product is compatible with FSX-based platforms.
Kraków, also spelled Cracow, is the second largest and
one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Wisła (Vistula)
River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the
7th century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until
1596 and has traditionally been one of the leading centres of
Polish academic, economic, cultural and artistic life. Cited as
one of Europe's most beautiful cities, its Old Town was declared
a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It began as a hamlet on Wawel Hill
and was already being reported as a busy trading centre of
Slavonic Europe in 965. With the establishment of new
universities and cultural venues at the emergence of the Second
Polish Republic in 1918 and throughout the 20th century, Kraków
reaffirmed its role as a major national academic and artistic
centre. The city has a population of approximately 760,000, with
approximately 8 million additional people living within a 100 km
(62 mi) radius of its main square.
Kraków John Paul II International Airport (IATA: KRK,
ICAO: EPKK) is an international airport located near Kraków, in
the village of Balice, 11 km (6.8 mi) west of the city centre,
in southern Poland. It is the second busiest airport of the
country in terms of the volume of passengers served annually.
The airport opened for civil aviation in 1964. The Balice
airport was a military site until 28 February 1968. Four years
later the first passenger terminal was built there.
Kraków Airport is the second busiest airport in the country
after Warsaw Chopin Airport. The airport has good growth
prospects, as almost 8 million people live within 100 km (62 mi)
of it. The airport also has a favorable location on the network
of existing and planned motorways in this region of Poland, but
it faces stiff competition from the nearby Katowice
International Airport in Pyrzowice, as well as other Polish
airports.
Krakow Airport is equipped with the ILS, NDB, and DVOR
navigation systems. In the direction 25, an ALPA-ATA cat. II
approach lighting system with flashing lights installed. In the
direction 07, there is a simplified IDMAN approach lighting
system. The airport apron equals 90,000 m2 and currently
provides space for 19 C-code aircrafts. In accordance with the
ICAO standards, the Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting services
provide Category Eight in terms of airport rescue and
firefighting protection.
Kraków Airport as a facility is used by both military and civil
aviation. The 8th Aviation Transport Base in Kraków-Balice is
intended for securing and carrying out air transport tasks in
favor of military units of the Polish Armed Forces and for the
Polish Military Contingents. The Base uses two types of
airplanes: CASA C-295M developed in Spain and Polish-built
M28B/PT/GC, a derivative of Antonov 28.
Kraków-Rakowice-Czyżyny Airport (ICAO: EPKC) is one of
the oldest permanent airfields in Europe, open for occasional
traffic by certain types of aircraft. A portion of it is now the
site of the Polish Aviation Museum with a 720-metre long and
60-metre wide segment of the original concrete runway restored
for use by the museum for light planes (to 7,500 kg) and
helicopters.
The airfield has its beginnings as a military airport
established in the borough of Rakowice in 1912 and was in
continuous use to 1963, until the relocation of the Kraków
passenger airport 16 km westwards, to the village of Balice. In
June 2004, a portion of the airport contiguous with the Polish
Aviation Museum was reopened as a police helicopter base and for
an occasional fixed-wing aircraft traffic on runway 26 for an
annual two-day air show held on the last weekend of June. The
museum is also likely to use this airfield for flying some of
its collection or acquiring new exhibits.
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INSTALLATION
The product will be automatically added to the Flight Simulator
Scenery Library. Our installer provides you additional optional
features during install. To select different options, simply run the
installer again. Uninstall instructions are provided in the manual.
SimObject Display Engine (SODE) is required for this product to be
installed.
COMPATIBILITY
This
product is compatible with
all Drzewiecki
Design products, all ORBX products, all PILOT’S products and all Megascenery
products. It is not compatible with other products featuring
included airports.
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SCENERY
FEATURES
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High quality scenery
of EPKK Kraków Airport
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EPKC Czyżyny airport
and the Polish Aviation Museum
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Photoreal Kraków
city with landmarks and autogen
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Custom model of the
whole Kraków Old Town
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Up-to-date airport
layout, detailed markings
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SODE jetways, custom
animations and automatic seasonal changes
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Highly realistic,
user-controllable and weather-dependent airport lighting
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3D people, ground
vehicles, optional static aircraft
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Native P3Dv4
features, dynamic lighting
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