List of airports in Poland

This is a list of airports in Poland, sorted by location, IATA and ICAO airport codes, passenger traffic and runway surface.

An additional airport, slated to open in 2028, is planned for greater Warsaw. Warsaw Solidarity Airport, also known as Central Communication Port/Centralny Port Komunikacyjny Airport, will be 25 miles southwest of the national capital in Baranów.

The most modern terminal of the Warsaw-Radom airport in Poland

Airports with commercial passenger service

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City served Voivodeship Location ICAO IATA Airport name Passengers
(2022)
Passengers
(2023)
Changes
(2022 - 2023)
Warsaw Masovian Okęcie EPWA WAW Warsaw Chopin Airport 14,389,143 18,472,491 28,4%
Kraków Lesser Poland Balice EPKK KRK Kraków John Paul II International Airport 7,386,496 9,399,281 27,2%
Gdańsk Pomeranian Rębiechowo EPGD GDN Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport 4,559,480 5 895 934 29,3%
Katowice Silesian Pyrzowice EPKT KTW Katowice Wojciech Korfanty Airport 4,406,241 5 594 130 27,0%
Wrocław Lower Silesian Strachowice EPWR WRO Wrocław Airport 2,868,012 3 880 957 35,3%
Warsaw Masovian Modlin EPMO WMI Warsaw Modlin Airport 3,124,944 3 399 650 8,8%
Poznań Greater Poland Ławica EPPO POZ Poznań–Ławica Henryk Wieniawski Airport 2,243,337 2 776 893 23,8%
Rzeszów Subcarpathian Jasionka EPRZ RZE Rzeszów–Jasionka Airport 731 141 1 020 189 39,5%
Szczecin West Pomeranian Goleniów EPSC SZZ Solidarity Szczecin–Goleniów Airport 419,872 477 464 13,7%
Lublin Lublin Świdnik EPLB LUZ Lublin Airport 328,516 396 951 20,8%
Bydgoszcz Kuyavian-Pomeranian Szwederowo EPBY BZG Bydgoszcz Ignacy Jan Paderewski Airport 247,008 358 230 45,0%
Łódź Łódź Lublinek EPLL LCJ Łódź Władysław Reymont Airport 179,926 356 878 98,3%
Olsztyn Warmian-Masurian Szymany EPSY SZY Olsztyn-Mazury Airport 111,305 140 444 26,2%
Warsaw/Radom Masovian Radom EPRA RDO Warsaw Radom Airport - 104 770 -
Zielona Góra Lubusz Babimost EPZG IEG Zielona Góra-Babimost Airport 41,543 53,523 28,8%
Total 40,989,122 52,223,805 27,4%

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Defunct passenger airports

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Airports that served commercial passenger traffic in the past.

Airport Location Voivodeship or country IATA ICAO Notes
Białystok-Krywlany Białystok Podlaskie EPBK In 1945, LOT Polish Airlines launched a scheduled route to Warsaw. This service was quickly discontinued.[2]
Częstochowa-Rudniki In 1983, LOT operated scheduled service for just one season.[3]
Gdańsk-Wrzeszcz Operated as a civil airport until the opening of the new airport in Rębiechowo in 1974.[4]
Gdynia-Rumia-Zagórze Scheduled service operated by LOT from 1935 to 1939.[5]
Katowice-Muchowiec Katowice Silesian EPKM Scheduled service operated by LOT from 1929 to 1958.[6]
Koszalin-Zegrze Pomorskie Koszalin West Pomeranian OSZ EPKZ Scheduled and charter service operated by LOT from 1965 to 1991. At its peak, the airport handled 80,000 passengers annually.[7]
Kraków-Rakowice-Czyżyny Kraków Lesser Poland Operated as a civil airport from 1924 until the relocation of the passenger service to Balice in 1963.[8]
Olsztyn-Dajtki Scheduled service served by Lufthansa (from 1926 to 1939) and LOT (after World War II).[9]
Słupsk-Redzikowo Słupsk Pomeranian EPSK From 1920 to early 1930s served by German passenger airlines. From 1975 to early 1990s served by LOT.[10]
Szczecin-Dąbie Szczecin West Pomeranian Passenger flights served from 1921 to 1939. At its peak, the airport had direct and indirect connections with 70 cities in Europe. After World War II, served by Polish airlines until 1968.[11]
Warsaw-Mokotów Served civil passenger traffic from 1920 until the opening of Okęcie Airport in 1934.[12]
Wrocław-Gądów Mały Scheduled flights operated from 1921 to 1942 and, after World War II, from 1946 until the relocation of all passenger service to Strachowice Airport in 1958.[13]
Polish airports in the territories that belonged to Poland before World War II
Lwów-Lewandówka Lviv Ukraine Passenger flights launched in 1922 and were served by Aero, Aerolloyd/Aerolot and LOT Polish Airlines. Closed in 1929.[14]
Lwów-Skniłów Ukraine LWO UKLL Established in 1922. Currently located within the borders of Ukraine (see Lviv Danylo Halytskyi International Airport).
Wilno-Porubanek Vilnius Lithuania VNO EYVI Established in 1932. Currently located within the borders of Lithuania (see Vilnius Airport).
German airports currently within the borders of Poland that have served passenger traffic only before World War II
Elbląg (German: Elbing) Opened in 1915. Operated routes to Gdańsk, Szczecin, Königsberg and Moscow, among others.[15]
Gliwice-Trynek (German: Gleiwitz-Trinneck) Scheduled service began in 1925. Operated routes to many cities in Germany, as well as international destinations like Constantinople.[16]
Gubin (German: Guben) Since 1929 regular connections to Szczecin, Dresden, Nuremberg, Frankfurt (Oder) and Cottbus, among others.[17]
Jelenia Góra (German: Hirschberg) Established in 1927. Before World War II served routes to most major German cities.[18]
Malbork (German: Marienburg) From 1926 to 1934, the airport served seasonal routes to Berlin, Szczecin, Słupsk, Gdańsk, Elbląg, Olsztyn and Königsberg.[19]
Nysa-Radzikowice (German: Neiße-Stephansdorf) From 1927 to 1939, offered passenger flights to Gliwice, Görlitz, Jelenia Góra and Berlin.[20]
Piła (German: Schneidemühl) In 1919, a route Berlin–Piła–Gdańsk–Königsberg was launched, however the service proved to be unprofitable and was very quickly abandoned.[21]
Słupsk-Krzekowo (German: Stolp-Kreckow) From 1920 to 1927, served scheduled connections to Berlin, Gdańsk, Riga, Kaunas and Königsberg.[22]

Airports with paved runways

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Airports with unpaved runways

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Highway strips

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Locations

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Map of Polish airports

References

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  17. ^ Traczyk, Zygmunt (2011). Ziemia Gubińska 1939–1949… (in Polish). Gubin: Stowarzyszenie Przyjaciół Ziemi Gubińskiej. pp. 55–56. ISBN 978-83-88059-54-4.
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  19. ^ Jacek Kmieć (10 March 2010). "O lotniskach w Malborku" (in Polish). starymalbork.blogspot.com. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  20. ^ Krzysztof Stecki (29 December 2013). "Ze Śląska na podbój przestworzy. Oraz kosmosu" (in Polish). Wyborcza.pl. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  21. ^ Robert Kulczyński. "Śladami lotniczej historii Piły" (in Polish). Dawna.Pila.pl. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
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