#Traffic facility #Budapest #Hungary #1936
Kőérberki út 36/A
1112
Budapest,
Hungary
Public transport: Budaörsi Repülőtér
Today's use: Airport
Description
A very exciting building that attracts attention with its round hall, the two curved outbuildings and the ramp in front. Flower pots were originally attached along the railing on the ramp.Passengers were processed in the round hall. They reached the building via the ramp on the first floor. The interior is designed in such a way that passengers after entering the hall, look out of the large window, which offers a view of the runway and the landscape. The idea is to connect inside and outside and to visualise the function of the place.
A round frieze is attached to the gallery on the first floor. It is a photo collage by Elemér Marsovszky called The Experience of Flight. It shows aerial photographs of various cities like Moscow or Paris with aeroplanes above them. These depictions are thematically related to aviation and were a new form of representation at the time.
There was a viewing terrace on the side facing the aerodrome. The doors on the ground floor led to the taxiway. Offices are located along corridors on the upper two floors of the round hall.
Offices and control rooms were set up on the second floor. From here, a spiral staircase leads to the airport tower, which is a small steel frame construction on the roof.
The hangar northwest of the main building with a length of 141 metres is supported by only three pillars so that the aeroplanes have a largely free moving path.
Description
A very exciting building that attracts attention with its round hall, the two curved outbuildings and the ramp in front. Flower pots were originally attached along the railing on the ramp.Passengers were processed in the round hall. They reached the building via the ramp on the first floor. The interior is designed in such a way that passengers after entering the hall, look out of the large window, which offers a view of the runway and the landscape. The idea is to connect inside and outside and to visualise the function of the place.
A round frieze is attached to the gallery on the first floor. It is a photo collage by Elemér Marsovszky called The Experience of Flight. It shows aerial photographs of various cities like Moscow or Paris with aeroplanes above them. These depictions are thematically related to aviation and were a new form of representation at the time.
There was a viewing terrace on the side facing the aerodrome. The doors on the ground floor led to the taxiway. Offices are located along corridors on the upper two floors of the round hall.
Offices and control rooms were set up on the second floor. From here, a spiral staircase leads to the airport tower, which is a small steel frame construction on the roof.
The hangar northwest of the main building with a length of 141 metres is supported by only three pillars so that the aeroplanes have a largely free moving path.
History
When the airport was planned in 1935, Budaörs had not yet been incorporated into Budapest. However, the airport is organically orientated towards the capital. The construction started in 1936 and was finished on 20 June 1937. Today it is the oldest surviving international airport in Hungary. In 1936 a seperate competition was started to built the hangar next to the round hall. The construction was done by the two engineers László Czakó and György Méhes. It was back than the biggest hangar in Eurpope and still exists.
At no point is the airport's developer explicitly named. As Malert, Hungary's largest airline at the time, relocated its base to Budaörs, they do not appear to have been the main client. The opening was celebrated by the Hungarian state, so it was probably the Hungarian state that commissioned the construction of the airport.
Because the runway was unpaved and too short, construction of Ferihegy Airport (today Ferenc Liszt International Airport), later to become the main airport in Budapest, began as early as 1939.
During World War II the other airports in Budpaest were destroyed and only Budaörs could be used. Ferihegy became Budapest's main airport in 1950. This meant that after 14 years this airport lost its international character and agricultural and sports flights were carried out at Budaörs, today private aviation.
The airport's round hall is a listed building.
History
When the airport was planned in 1935, Budaörs had not yet been incorporated into Budapest. However, the airport is organically orientated towards the capital. The construction started in 1936 and was finished on 20 June 1937. Today it is the oldest surviving international airport in Hungary. In 1936 a seperate competition was started to built the hangar next to the round hall. The construction was done by the two engineers László Czakó and György Méhes. It was back than the biggest hangar in Eurpope and still exists.
At no point is the airport's developer explicitly named. As Malert, Hungary's largest airline at the time, relocated its base to Budaörs, they do not appear to have been the main client. The opening was celebrated by the Hungarian state, so it was probably the Hungarian state that commissioned the construction of the airport.
Because the runway was unpaved and too short, construction of Ferihegy Airport (today Ferenc Liszt International Airport), later to become the main airport in Budapest, began as early as 1939.
During World War II the other airports in Budpaest were destroyed and only Budaörs could be used. Ferihegy became Budapest's main airport in 1950. This meant that after 14 years this airport lost its international character and agricultural and sports flights were carried out at Budaörs, today private aviation.
The airport's round hall is a listed building.
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