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The Essence of Oksywie Air Base / Gdynia-Kosakowo Airfield
Location
Kosakowo · PM · Poland
Position
54.580°, 18.517° · 144 ft elev.
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Historic Polish naval air base on the Baltic coast.
Opened
1920
Location
Kosakowo, Poland
Oksywie Air Base, designated ICAO code EPOK, is a military airfield located near Gdynia in the Kosakowo commune of northern Poland. It has served as a key installation for the Polish Naval Aviation since the interwar period, supporting maritime patrol, helicopter operations, and naval air defense missions along the Baltic Sea coast.
The airfield is also associated with the former Gdynia-Kosakowo civil airport project, which aimed to develop commercial passenger services using the existing infrastructure. However, the civil airport development faced significant legal and financial obstacles, including EU state-aid rulings, and commercial operations never became established.
Today the site continues to function primarily as a military base under the Polish Armed Forces, hosting naval aviation units. Its strategic position near the port city of Gdynia and the Tri-City metropolitan area (Gdańsk, Gdynia, Sopot) underscores its ongoing military significance.
Getting to & from
The airfield is accessible by road from Gdynia, approximately 8 km to the south, with limited public transport connections to the Tri-City area.
Notable facts
- ›One of Poland's oldest continuously operating military airfields, with roots dating to the early 1920s.
- ›Serves as the primary base for Polish Naval Aviation units.
- ›A planned conversion to a civil airport was blocked after the European Commission ruled the public subsidies constituted illegal state aid.
- ›Located on the Hel Peninsula approach, giving it strategic Baltic Sea maritime patrol positioning.
- ›The nearby Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (EPGD) serves as the main commercial airport for the Tri-City region.
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