EPKK Kraków X V3 version 3.2

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A scenery for FSX-based platforms including Microsoft Flight Simulator X and Lockheed Martin Prepar3D by Drzewiecki Design

EPKK Kraków X v3 by Drzewiecki Design

EPKK Kraków X v3

EPKK Kraków X is a highly detailed scenery of EPKK John Paul II International Airport in Kraków (Cracow), . This product is compatible with FSX-based platforms.

Kraków, also spelled Cracow, is the second largest and one On 12 December 2012, announced they would be of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Wisła (Vistula) opening their second Polish base in Kraków basing two River in the region, the city dates back to the -800 aircraft at the airport from 31 March 2013, 7th century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until which allows the carrier to increase the number of the routes 1596 and has traditionally been one of the leading centres of from Kraków to 31. As of September 2013, a new modern Polish academic, economic, cultural and artistic life. Cited as Hilton hotel has been built near the airport terminal. one of Europe's most beautiful cities, its Old Town was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Kraków Airport has good growth prospects, as almost 8 million people live within 100 km (62 mi) of it. The airport also The city has grown from a Stone Age settlement to Poland's has a favorable location on the network of existing and second most important city. It began as a hamlet on Wawel planned motorways in this region of Poland, but it faces stiff Hill and was already being reported as a busy trading centre competition from the nearby International Airport. of Slavonic Europe in 965. With the establishment of new universities and cultural venues at the emergence of the 11 April 2013 saw the beginning of construction works of a Second Polish Republic in 1918 and throughout the 20th new airport terminal, which is adjacent to the existing old century, Kraków reaffirmed its role as a major national terminal building. The works on the new terminal were academic and artistic centre. The city has a population of completed in December 2016. The terminal serves all-year- approximately 760,000, with approximately 8 million round, 24 hours a day, both domestic as well as international additional people living within a 100 km (62 mi) radius of its flights. The expected maximum capacity of the terminal is up main square. to 8 million passengers handled in a year (over twice as much as the airport served in 2012). It is also possible to handle After the by the Nazi Regime at the start of transfer passengers irrespective of the routes World War II, the newly defined Distrikt Krakau (Kraków (Schengen/Non-Schengen destinations). The terminal has a District) became the capital of Germany's General new luggage handling system and a roofed footbridge Government. The Jewish population of the city was forced connecting the terminal to a hotel, a multi-level parking lot into a walled zone known as the Kraków Ghetto, from which and the railway station, with direct railway link to Kraków they were sent to Nazi concentration and extermination Główny by Koleje Małopolskie. The SKA1 suburban line camps. operates from the Airport to Kraków Główny (Main railway station) and further to Wieliczka salt mine. In 1978, Karol Wojtyła, archbishop of Kraków, was elevated to the papacy as Pope John Paul II — the first Slavic pope Kraków Airport as a facility is used by both military and civil ever, and the first non-Italian pope in 455 years. 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 Kraków John Paul II International Airport (IATA: KRK, Polish Military Contingents. It provides logistic security for ICAO: EPKK) is an international airport located near Kraków, designated units and strengthening allied forces as part of the in the village of Balice, 11 km (6.8 mi) west of the city centre, host state's support during peace, crisis and war. According in southern Poland. It is the second busiest airport of the to the allocation plan 8th Aviation Transport Base secures a country in terms of the volume of passengers served number of military units and institutions. The Base uses two annually. types of airplanes: CASA C-295M developed in Spain and Polish-built M28B/PT/GC, a derivative of Antonov 28. 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. In 1988 the Kraków-Rakowice-Czyżyny Airport (ICAO: EPKC) is one of authorities decided to build a new terminal that was opened the oldest permanent airfields in Europe, open for occasional for public use in 1993. In 1995, the entire apron was traffic by certain types of aircraft. A portion of it is now the site modernized. of the Polish Aviation with a 720-metre long and 60- metre wide segment of the original concrete runway restored In 1995 the airport's name was changed to John Paul II for use by the museum for light planes (to 7,500 kg) and International Airport Kraków–Balice, to honor Pope John Paul helicopters. II, who spent many years of his life in Kraków and had served as Archbishop of Kraków from 1963 until his elevation to the The airfield has its beginnings as a military airport established Papacy in 1978. For marketing reasons, the official name was in the borough of Rakowice in 1912, one of the most modern further "streamlined" on 4 September 2007 as Kraków Airport and largest in Poland at the time. It was built for the needs of im. Jana Pawła II. the Austro-Hungarian Empire along with an army garrison. In 1917 the airfield became one of the stopovers in the first In 2003, when Ryanair became interested in starting a service European air mail service linking Vienna with Kiev and from the John Paul II International Airport, the airport Odessa. The airport was in continuous use to 1963, until the authorities refused to reduce the landing fees. In response, relocation of the Kraków passenger airport 16 km westwards, the regional authorities of Kraków and Lesser Poland to the village of Balice. The expansion of nearby Voivodeship decided to build a new airport near the existing district of Kraków forced its closure. In June 2004, a portion of one, using the infrastructure of the military airbase adjacent to the airport contiguous with the Polish Aviation Museum was the shared runway. Finally an agreement was reached, and reopened as a police helicopter base and for an occasional the existing airport was opened to Ryanair and other low-cost fixed-wing aircraft traffic on runway 26 for an annual two-day carriers such as Germanwings, EasyJet, and Centralwings. 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 On 1 March 2007, a separate domestic terminal (T2) was acquiring new exhibits. opened. At that time, plans were underway to begin construction of a new terminal. This description is based on Wikipedia articles.

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EPKK Kraków X v3 by Drzewiecki Design

I N S T A L L A T I O N:

The scenery 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.

S C E N E R Y F E A T U R E S:

• High quality scenery of EPKK Kraków airport • EPKC airport including the Polish Aviation Museum • Photoreal Kraków city with landmarks and autogen • Up-to-date airport layout, detailed markings • SODE animations and automatic seasonal changes • 3D people, ground vehicles, optional static aircraft • Dedicated P3Dv4 features (materials, lighting)

C O M P A T I B I L I T Y

EPKK Kraków X is compatible with all ORBX products, all PILOT’S products and all Megascenery products.

C H A R T S

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