Československá města v sítích letecké dopravy meziválečného období

In the 1920s, civil aviation began to flourish. Initially, single-engine airplanes carried a few kilos of mail, whereas twenty years later, there were comfortable passenger airplanes in operation that travelled hundreds, even thousands, of kilometres. Locating an airport far away from a city was a problem, as it significantly increased transport times to the city centre. Therefore, proposals were put forward to place airports on buildings in the city centre, such as on Masaryk Railway Station in Prague. For many reasons, especially security, this concept was not developed, which enabled the creation of a civil airport network located in large Czechoslovak cities, intended for both domestic flights and international connections to Western countries. This paper aims to analyse the position of airports in relation to cities, their layouts, equipment and occupancy by regular transport airlines.