Drzewiecki Design has recently released their rendition of Copernicus Airport Wrocław (EPWR) for Microsoft Flight Simulator, an international civil-military airport serving the city of Wrocław, in Poland, with a yearly average of 2.8 million passengers.

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It was built by the Germans for military purposes in 1938 when the city was still part of Germany. It used to host a military aviation school, the Lufkstriegskule 5. 

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After a brief post-war Soviet occupation, it saw civil use as early as 1945, with four domestic service routes. 

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International service started in 1993 with a flight to Frankfurt, followed by many airport upgrades, including a new international departures terminal in 1997 and a domestic terminal in 1998.

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Further expansion happened in 2005, along with a name change: from Wrocław Airport to Copernicus Airport Wrocław, after the famous astronomer. The passenger terminal had been expanded to accommodate up to 750,000 passengers a year, and they soon had to increase the terminal’s size again because the airport’s yearly average had neared a million passengers by 2007.

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In the mid-2000s, the administration contracted the architectural firm JSK to design a major expansion for the entire airport, including a larger terminal and apron, runway improvements, and more. The first stage opened six years later, bringing the passenger handling capabilities up to 3.5 million passengers a year.

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The airport is one of the Polish hubs for Ryanair (Buzz), flying passengers all over Europe. Enter Air, European Air Charter, Eurowings, Finnair, KLM, LOT, Lufthansa, Swiss, and WizzAir also serve it.

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The scenery features an accurate rendition of the airport, with custom ground textures, a performance-friendly design, custom-animated people and vehicles, modeled interiors, custom-animated jetways, high-quality static aircraft, city landmarks, and more.

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It’s available on SimMarket for roughly $15.89, requiring at least 1.64 GB of free hard disk space to install.

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