Panenský Týnec

50°18'22"N 013°56'03"E

runway: 09/27 - 2500x30m - asphalt

Panenský Týnec airfield (Czech: letiště Panenský Týnec, ICAO: LKPC) is an airfield 40 kilometers northwest of Prague.
The airfield was built as a reserve military airfield, originally established in the mid 1950s. At the time it had a grass runway.
The current concrete runway was built in the 1970s. Yet later is was lengthened and parkings and a taxi track were added. The airfield was used for shorter and longer periods by the airwing form Saaz airfield. It was activated for full services during short exercises and longer maintenance periods. Mil-17 and Mil-24 helicopters used the airfield in July 1987.


MiG-15UTI (CS-102) 'Midget' of 3rd squadron-11 Fighter Regiment, landing on the grass runway in the late 1950s (valka.cz).

After the fall of communism the airfield was abandoned by the military. The airfield was looted from almost everything that was present. A group of local aviation enthousiasts began clearing the airfield of debris, including car wrecks, broken glass, beer cans and hundreds of old tires. But even after the Aero Club was founded and the airfield was cleared, it had to be guarded by dog patrols to keep it from being ravaged. Still, it took another two years before the club had put back signs at the airfiedl and brought back the hangars for use. Their hard work paid off, as the airfield is still used, but now as a private airfield. It is occasionally also used for carsports, car tuning events and concerts.


Overview of Panenský Týnec in 2004 (Google Earth).