# Ignacy Jan Paderewski Bydgoszcz Airport (BZG / EPBY)

**Ignacy Jan Paderewski Bydgoszcz Airport** (IATA: BZG, ICAO: EPBY) is a medium airport in Bydgoszcz, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. It opened in 1916. It has one runway, 2,500 m (8,202 ft) long, concrete. In 2025 it handled 439 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/epby

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BZG / EPBY
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Bydgoszcz, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
- Opened: 1916
- Elevation: 72 m / 235 ft
- Coordinates: 53.0968, 17.9777
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,500 m / 8,202 ft
- Passengers: 439,397 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Warsaw
- Website: http://www.bzg.aero
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bydgoszcz_Airport (20 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1407275
- Weather station: EPBY
- Ident: EPBY

## Timeline

- 1916: Ignacy Jan Paderewski Bydgoszcz Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 2,500 m / 8,202 ft | 60 m / 196 ft | Concrete | 082° / 262° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 316,771 | Eurostat |
| 2015 | 338,503 | Eurostat |
| 2016 | 333,760 | Eurostat |
| 2017 | 328,533 | Eurostat |
| 2018 | 410,250 | Eurostat |
| 2019 | 424,984 | Eurostat |
| 2020 | 127,657 | Eurostat |
| 2021 | 99,207 | Eurostat |
| 2022 | 253,119 | Eurostat |
| 2023 | 365,620 | Eurostat |
| 2024 | 366,061 | Eurostat |
| 2025 | 439,397 | Eurostat |

## Routes

7 destinations in 4 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (7)

- [FRA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddf.md) Frankfurt Main Airport · Germany · 734 km / 456 mi · Lufthansa
- [STN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egss.md) London Stansted Airport · United Kingdom · 1,206 km / 749 mi · Ryanair
- [LTN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eggw.md) London Luton Airport · United Kingdom · 1,246 km / 774 mi · Ryanair
- [BHX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egbb.md) Birmingham Airport · United Kingdom · 1,325 km / 823 mi · Ryanair
- [BRS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eggd.md) Bristol Airport · United Kingdom · 1,417 km / 880 mi · Ryanair
- [DUB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eidw.md) Dublin Airport · Ireland · 1,605 km / 997 mi · Ryanair
- [ALC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/leal.md) Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport · Spain · 2,175 km / 1,351 mi · Ryanair

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from BZG, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (2)

- FR [Ryanair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ryanair) · 6
- LH [Lufthansa](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/lufthansa) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 439K (2025) | #1,177 of 3,974 | #266 in Europe | #12 in PL |
| Longest runway | 2,500 m / 8,202 ft | =2,333 of 29,858 | =390 in Europe | =14 in PL |
| Elevation | 72 m / 235 ft | =33,062 of 43,403 | =4,159 in Europe | #208 in PL |
| Age | Opened 1916 | =108 of 15,079 | =88 in Europe | =4 in PL |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =26 in PL |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| INFO | INFO | 128.500 |
| TWR | BYDGOSZCZ TWR | 131.000 |

## Nearby airports

- [EPIR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epir.md) Inowroclaw Military Air Base · 38 km / 24 mi
- [EPPW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eppw.md) Powidz Military Air Base · 80 km / 50 mi
- [POZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eppo.md) Poznań-Ławica Airport · 108 km / 67 mi
- [EPKS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epks.md) Krzesiny Military Air Base · 109 km / 68 mi
- [EPMB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epmb.md) Malbork Królewo Air Base · 129 km / 80 mi
- [EPMI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epmi.md) Miroslawiec Military Air Base · 130 km / 81 mi

## In collections

- [Oldest airports still open](https://dromopedia.com/collections/oldest) #70

## Sources

- [Eurostat](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/avia_paoa/default/table): Source: Eurostat (avia_paoa) (Eurostat reuse policy (CC BY 4.0))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Bydgoszcz Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bydgoszcz_Airport&oldid=1363023514), revision of 7 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/epby/data