Warsaw Chopin Airport

Warsaw Chopin Airport

Lotnisko Chopina w Warszawie
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorPolish Airports State Enterprise (PPL)
ServesWarsaw metropolitan area
Location
Opened29 April 1934 (1934-04-29)
Hub forLOT Polish Airlines
Focus city for
Elevation AMSL110 m / 361 ft
Coordinates52°09′57″N 20°58′02″E / 52.16583°N 20.96722°E / 52.16583; 20.96722
Websitelotnisko-chopina.pl
Map
WAW
Location of airport in Poland
WAW
WAW (Warsaw)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
11/29 2,800 9,186 Asphalt
15/33 3,690 12,106 Asphalt
Statistics (2024)
Passengers21 283 973
Passenger change15%
Source: www.lotnisko-chopina.pl

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, 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. 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. 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.

A new and modern terminal was completed in 2015. The Chopin Airport is one of the three airports serving the Warsaw metropolitan area, along with Warsaw Modlin Airport, which opened in 2012, and the Warsaw Radom Airport, which opened in 2023.