Warsaw Chopin Airport
Warsaw Chopin Airport Lotnisko Chopina w Warszawie | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Polish Airports State Enterprise (PPL) | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Warsaw metropolitan area | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 29 April 1934 | ||||||||||||||
| Hub for | LOT Polish Airlines | ||||||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 110 m / 361 ft | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 52°09′57″N 20°58′02″E / 52.16583°N 20.96722°E | ||||||||||||||
| Website | lotnisko-chopina.pl | ||||||||||||||
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WAW/EPWA Location of airport in Poland WAW/EPWA WAW/EPWA (Warsaw) | |||||||||||||||
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Source: www.lotnisko-chopina.pl[1] | |||||||||||||||
Warsaw Chopin Airport (Polish: Lotnisko Chopina w Warszawie, Polish pronunciation: [lɔtˈɲiskɔ ʂɔˈpɛna]) (IATA: WAW, ICAO: EPWA) is an international airport in the Włochy district of Warsaw, Poland. It is the busiest airport in Poland and the 28th busiest airport in Europe with 21.3 million passengers in 2024,[2] handling approximately 40% of the country's total air passenger traffic. The airport is a central hub for LOT Polish Airlines as well as a base for Enter Air and Wizz Air.
Warsaw Chopin Airport covers 834 hectares (2,060 acres) of land and handles approximately 300 scheduled flights daily, including a substantial number of charters. London, Frankfurt, Paris, and Amsterdam are the busiest international connections, while Kraków, Wrocław, and Gdańsk are the most popular domestic ones.[3] Founded in 1934, the airport was previously known as Warsaw-Okęcie Airport (Port lotniczy Warszawa-Okęcie) and bore the name of its Okęcie neighborhood throughout its history. It was renamed in honour of Polish composer and former Warsaw resident Frédéric Chopin in 2001. Despite the official change, "Okęcie" ("Lotnisko Okęcie") remains in popular and industry use, including air traffic and aerodrome references.
An underground railway station connecting from the airport to Warsaw's suburban rail system was opened in June 2012 in time for the Euro 2012 football championships, and on 25 November 2013, the airport announced accommodating – for the first time in history – its 10 millionth passenger in a single year.[4] The airport would go on and double the amount of passengers 11 years later, welcoming its 20 millionth passenger on 6 December 2024 and 21 millionth on 26 December 2024.[5]
The Chopin Airport is one of the three airports serving the Warsaw metropolitan area, along with Warsaw Modlin Airport, which opened in 2012, and Warsaw Radom Airport, which opened in 2023. In 2024, Chopin Airport announced plans for expansion, boosting passenger capacity to serve over 30 million travelers annually. Construction began in late 2025 and is slated for completion by 2029, ahead of the Central Communication Port’s planned 2032 opening.[6]
- ^ "Warsaw Chopin Airport". www.lotnisko-chopina.pl.
- ^ Frydrykiewicz, Filip (16 January 2024). "Lotnisko Chopina - w 2023 roku prawie 18,5 miliona pasażerów". Rzeczpospolita (in Polish). Retrieved 6 May 2024.
- ^ "Dokładnie 72 lata temu otwarto lotnisko Okęcie", www.tur-info.pl (information originally available from the official airport webpage), 6 June 2006. Retrieved 7 May 2008. (in Polish)
- ^ "Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)". Warsaw-airport.com. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
- ^ "Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)". lotnisko-chopina.pl. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
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