Prebivalcem Ljubljane dobro poznana Letališka cesta je ime dobila po - verjetno ste uganil - letališču, ki se je tam nahajalo pred slabim stoletjem. Letališče v Polju je bilo, tako kot ljubljanski nebotičnik, zgrajeno in odprto leta 1933. Oba sta tedaj vzbujala neizmeren ponos in Ljubljani pomagala k večji, tudi mednarodni veljlavi. Letališče je danes spremenjeno v industrijsko cono, nanj nas danes opomnita rekonstruirana kontrolni stolp in poslopje za potnike s čakalnico in restavracijo. V slednjem je pred kratkim svoje prostore našla priljubljena kavarna, v kontrolnem stolpu pa se nahaja muzejska zbirka o zgodovini slovenskega letalstva.
Letališče je bilo prvo civilno letališče v Sloveniji, z njim se je torej začel prvi letalski potniški promet na našem ozemlju. Letališče je imelo po odprtju dve vzletno-pristajalni stezi. Ena med njima je bila dolga 800 in široka 60 metrov, ki so jo pozneje podaljšali na 1.150 metrov in razširili na 80 metrov. Druge steze zaradi težavnega prileta niso nikoli uporabljali.Vsako letalo je tedaj vzbujalo ogromno radovednosti, zato se je ob letališču vedno trlo obiskovacev. Letališčje je spodbudilo tudi razvoj športnoletalske dejavnosti, med drugo svetovno vojno pa so ga uporabljali Nemci in Italijani. Ko so leta 1961 na Brniku odprli novo sodobno civilno letališče so starega v Polju spremenili v industrijsko cono.
The well known Letališka cesta in Ljubljana was named - as you probably guessed it - after the airport, that was built there almost a century ago. The Polje airport was, like the Ljubljana skyscraper, built and opened in 1933. Both of them evoked immense pride at the time and helped Ljubljana to a greater international reputation. Today, the airport has been transformed into an industrial zone. We are reminded of its existence by the reconstructed control tower and the terminal building for passengers. In the latter, a popular cafe has recently found its place. In the control tower, there is a museum collection on the history of Slovenian aviation.
Polje airport was the first civil airport in Slovenia, so it launched the passenger air traffic in our country. The airport had two runways after opening. One of them was 800 meters long and 60 meters wide and was later extended to 1150 meters and widened to 80 meters. The other runway was never used due to the difficult approach. Each plane evoked great curiosity among people at the time, so there was always a lot of visitors around the airport.The airport also encouraged the development of od sports aviation. It was used by the Germans and Italians during World War II. When a modern civil airport was opened in Brnik in 1961, the old one in Polje was turned into an industrial zone.
Viri / References:
Gerlica, S.(1993). Ljubljanski nebotičnik in letališče v Polju - jubilantna. Naša skupnost (Ljubljana), letnik 34, številka 4.
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