Main Airports in Poland: List and Travel Guide
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Where are the airports in Poland? Which are the main airports with international flights? All the information in this blog post.
Poland is quite a big country (it’s 9th in Europe looking at the land area). So obviously, it has more international airports. A few are bigger, with many different airlines and connections, others are very regional, with limited connections.
Let’s look at the details.
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How many international airports are there in Poland?
In Poland, at the moment, there are 15 international airports with passenger services.
3 in and around Warsaw, the capital city. Other major airports with a larger number of connections are: Kraków, Katowice, Gdańsk, Wrocław, and Poznań.
There are also local airports in Rzeszów, Lublin, and Olsztyn (in the east of Poland), in Szczecin and Zielona Góra (cities in the west of Poland), Łódź, and Bydgoszcz.
At all airports, you can find low-cost connections, for example, to the UK, charters during the summer months, and domestic flights with LOT Polish Airlines.
At the biggest airports, you can find many connections with low-cost and standard airlines to European and other cities.
There were plans to build a new, big, and modern airport a bit further from Warsaw. It was quite a controversial idea, treated more as political. As there was a government change in Poland last autumn, the project seems to be on hold. Even if they continue with a project, it will still be many years, so for now, look at the airports below.
Main Airports in Poland: Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport
Okęcie, Warsaw Chopin Airport, with the code WAW, is the largest and busiest Polish airport. It has many international connections with many different airlines, including KLM, British Airways, and Qatar. If you are flying to Poland from non-European destinations, most likely you will land in Warsaw. It’s also a hub for Polish Airlines, and you can get from there to almost all other domestic airports.
In 2022, the airport had reached over 14 million passengers.
I have to admit, I’m not the biggest fan of Warsaw Airport, mostly because of its business. From the other side, it has so many connections, plus it’s easily reachable from the city centre. You can take a train, which leaves almost from the terminal, or a public bus (number 175 takes you to the Central Station and the old town).
If you have a very early or late flight, you can stay in hotels at the airport: Renaissance Warsaw Airport or Courtyard by Marriott.
Other airports around Warsaw
There are two more airports in close proximity to the Polish capital. The first one, Warsaw-Radom, is probably not the airport you would be interested in. It’s mostly for charters for now; it’s also pretty far from Warsaw city. The second airport, called Warsaw Modlin Airport (WMI), is a ‘typical low cost airlines airport’. It’s small and not really comfortable. It’s also a bit further and with less comfortable transport from Warsaw than Chopin. To get there, you need to take private shuttle buses or the train. The train goes to Modlin town station, and from there it is a short bus ride to the airport. You may be interested in this airport if you are planning to fly Ryanair. Ryanair is the only airline that flies to Modlin at the moment, but it has quite a few destinations on the list.
Main Airports in Poland: Kraków Airport
The second busiest airport in Poland (with over 7 million passengers in 2022) is the airport in Kraków. Its code is KRK, and its full name is Kraków John Paul II International Airport.
It’s a good destination airport for visiting Kraków itself and important places around, like Auschwitz or Wieliczka Salt Mine, but also, the Tatra Mountains with Zakopane. Apart from European destinations, you can fly to Kraków directly from Chicago, Abu Dhabi, or Dubai.
Krakow Airport has a quite good location in the village of Balice. Without traffic, it takes around 20 minutes to get from the airport to the city centre by car. You can also take the train to Kraków Główny station or a public bus.
For early or late flights, you can just opposite the terminal in the Hilton Garden Inn or in Hampton by Hilton, which is around a 10-minute walk from the terminal and cheaper.
Main Airports in Poland: Katowice Airport
Not so far from Kraków is another busy airport, Katowice. It’s usually in fourth place on the list of the busiest airports in Poland, sometimes exchanging with Gdańsk. There are mostly European Ryanair and Wizz Air flights, but there are also quite many charter flights outside Europe.
Transporting from the airport to the city centre is a bit tougher. It’s at least 30 minutes by car and around 45 minutes by bus. There is a train close to the terminal, but at the moment it doesn’t go to Katowice but to other cities.
Check out Hotel Moxy Katowice Airport if you want to stay close to the airport.
Main Airports in Poland: Gdańsk Airport
Let’s move to the north of Poland and describe my favourite airport, Gdańsk. I’m not really objective, as I live close by and fly from here the most often, but I really think it’s a nice airport (where else can you find toilets with seaside sounds?).
People from Tricity used to complain about airport connections, as these were mostly UK and Scandinavian destinations that were more ‘work-oriented’ and not typical holiday destinations. Since some time, the number of destinations has increased and you can reach many, also sunny, cities. In 2022, the airport reached over 4.5 million passengers, making it the 3rd busiest airport in Poland.
Its exact code is GDN, and its full name is Gdansk Lech Walesa Airport. I like it also because it’s quite easy to reach it from Gdańsk and Gdynia centres. Taxi, private transfer, bus, or train directly from the terminal. Check out details of how to get from Gdańsk Airport to Gdańsk City Centre here.
If you need to stay close to the airport, check out the Hampton by Hilton Hotel.
Gdańsk is a beautiful city worth a visit. Lech Wałęsa Airport is also a gateway to the Polish seaside and to the Hel Peninsula, so it’s really worth looking at it as a destination airport.
Main Airports in Poland: Wrocław Airport
Now let’s move to two airports in the western part of Poland. Wrocław is a beautiful city in the south-west with the 6th busiest airport in the country, reaching a new record in number of passengers, almost 4 million in 2023. It has many Ryanair and Wizz Air connections, but also LOT, Lufthansa, or Swiss. You can also get to Warsaw or Gdańsk from Wrocław Airport.
There is no train from the airport; to the city centre, you need to take a bus, which takes around 40-50 minutes.
Main Airports in Poland: Poznań Airport
And the last one, from these most known airports, is Poznań-Ławica Henryk Wieniawski Airport. For 5 years during my studies (I studied in Poznań), I lived really close to this airport. It wasn’t problematic at all; there were flights, but really not so many. Since then, the airport has developed quite a lot. Again, it’s mostly European destinations, but there are also flights to Dubai and charters.
It’s not some really big airport; it’s quite compact. It’s pretty easy to reach it from the city centre; it’s actually a straight-forward road. It takes around 20 minutes by bus and 15 by car (if there is no traffic jam).
Other airports in Poland
Other Poland airports have a significantly smaller number of passengers, although almost all are developing and increasing. As connections, they have charters to typical holiday destinations like Turkey or Greece. They also have low-cost airlines, so you can get to all of them via London.
They also have domestic connections to Warsaw.
From them, I very much recommend looking at the city of Bydgoszcz with a regional airport as a weekend trip destination; here you can find details on why.
You could also hear somewhere the name Rzeszów Jasionka Airport. It’s a city in the southeast of Poland, and the airport has an increasing role because of its proximity to the border with Ukraine, so it has welcomed many world leaders since the war started.
Here you can find links to all the airport websites:
Bydgoszcz Ignacy Jan Paderewski Airport
Olsztyn-Mazury Airport, which is the gateway to Masurian Lake District.
Łódź Władysław Reymont Airport in central Poland
As you can see, there are many options for where you could fly in Poland. Obviously, Warsaw and a few more airports are the most used ones. If you are looking at domestic connections, it’s LOT and Ryanair that offer them.
I hope you will find a good flight connection to visit Poland!
Interested in reading a little bit more about Poland?
Check out the Polish section of the blog.
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