WAW
Warsaw Chopin Airport
Warsaw Chopin Airport (IATA: WAW, ICAO: EPWA) is a large airport in Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland. It opened on 29 Apr 1934. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,690 m (12,106 ft). In 2025 it handled 24.1 million passengers.
Timeline
7 events · 1934–201129 APR 1934
OpenedWarsaw Chopin Airport opens.
11 NOV 1937
DisasterQ16565869.4 killed
19 DEC 1962
Disaster1962 LOT Vickers Viscount Warsaw crash.33 killed
14 MAR 1980
DisasterLOT Polish Airlines Flight 007.87 killed
09 MAY 1987
DisasterLOT Polish Airlines Flight 5055.183 killed
14 SEP 1993
DisasterLufthansa Flight 2904.2 killed
01 NOV 2011
DisasterLOT Polish Airlines Flight 16.No deaths
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026
Runways & airfield
Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap15/33152° / 332° · LIT
LENGTH3,690 m12,106 ftWIDTH60 m196 ftSURFACEAsphalt
11/29115° / 295° · LIT
LENGTH2,800 m9,186 ftWIDTH50 m164 ftSURFACEAsphalt
Passengers per year
2014–202510.6M
11.2M
12.8M
15.8M
17.8M
18.9M
5.5M
7.4M
14.4M
18.5M
21.3M
24.1M
141516171819202122232425
Routes
174 destinations · 70 countriesYear-round114
LUZLublin AirportPoland · LOT Polish Airlines158 km98 miBZGIgnacy Jan Paderewski Bydgoszcz AirportPoland · LOT Polish Airlines227 km141 miKTWKatowice Wojciech Korfanty International AirportPoland · LOT Polish Airlines229 km142 miRZERzeszów-Jasionka AirportPoland · LOT Polish Airlines240 km149 miKRKKraków John Paul II International AirportPoland · LOT Polish Airlines246 km153 miGDNGdańsk Lech Wałęsa AirportPoland · LOT Polish Airlines297 km185 miWROCopernicus Wrocław AirportPoland · LOT Polish Airlines306 km190 miOSRLeoš Janáček Airport OstravaCzechia · LOT Polish Airlines340 km211 miIEGZielona Góra-Babimost AirportPoland · LOT Polish Airlines353 km219 miKSCKošice International AirportSlovakia · LOT Polish Airlines390 km242 miVNOVilnius International AirportLithuania · LOT Polish Airlines396 km246 miSZZSolidarity Szczecin–Goleniów AirportPoland · LOT Polish Airlines436 km271 miBERBerlin Brandenburg AirportGermany · LOT Polish Airlines508 km316 miBTSM. R. Štefánik AirportSlovakia · Wizz Air518 km322 miPRGVáclav Havel Airport PragueCzechia · LOT Polish Airlines521 km324 miBUDBudapest Liszt Ferenc International AirportHungary · LOT Polish Airlines, Wizz Air541 km336 miVIEVienna International AirportAustria · Ryanair, LOT Polish Airlines, Austrian Airlines549 km341 miRIXRiga International AirportLatvia · LOT Polish Airlines563 km350 miOMROradea International AirportRomania · LOT Polish Airlines576 km358 miCLJAvram Iancu Cluj International AirportRomania · LOT Polish Airlines629 km391 miCPHCopenhagen Kastrup AirportDenmark · Scandinavian Airlines, LOT Polish Airlines, Wizz Air666 km414 miHAMHamburg Helmut Schmidt AirportGermany · LOT Polish Airlines753 km468 miMUCMunich AirportGermany · LOT Polish Airlines, Lufthansa777 km483 miNYOStockholm Skavsta AirportSweden · Wizz Air779 km484 miZAGZagreb Franjo Tuđman International AirportCroatia · LOT Polish Airlines798 km496 miLJULjubljana Jože Pučnik AirportSlovenia · LOT Polish Airlines812 km505 miRMOChişinău International AirportMoldova · LOT Polish Airlines817 km508 miBEGBelgrade Nikola Tesla AirportSerbia · LOT Polish Airlines818 km508 miGOTGöteborg Landvetter AirportSweden · LOT Polish Airlines825 km513 miTLLLennart Meri Tallinn AirportEstonia · LOT Polish Airlines841 km523 miARNStockholm-Arlanda AirportSweden · LOT Polish Airlines853 km530 miBLLBillund AirportDenmark · LOT Polish Airlines867 km539 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · LOT Polish Airlines, Lufthansa897 km557 miDTMDortmund AirportGermany · Wizz Air919 km571 miOTPBucharest Henri Coandă International AirportRomania · LOT Polish Airlines925 km575 miBBUBucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International AirportRomania · Wizz Air932 km579 miHELHelsinki Vantaa AirportFinland · Finnair939 km583 miVCEVenice Marco Polo AirportItaly · LOT Polish Airlines, Wizz Air971 km603 miDUSDüsseldorf AirportGermany · Eurowings, LOT Polish Airlines981 km610 miTRFSandefjord Airport, TorpNorway · Wizz Air1,027 km638 miZRHZürich AirportSwitzerland · LOT Polish Airlines1,031 km641 miLUXLuxembourg-Findel International AirportLuxembourg · LOT Polish Airlines1,071 km665 miEINEindhoven AirportNetherlands · Wizz Air1,073 km667 miOSLOslo-Gardermoen International AirportNorway · LOT Polish Airlines, Norwegian Air Shuttle1,079 km670 miDBVDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković AirportCroatia · LOT Polish Airlines1,087 km675 miBSLEuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–FreiburgFrance · Wizz Air1,087 km675 miBGYIl Caravaggio International AirportItaly · Wizz Air1,093 km679 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · KLM, LOT Polish Airlines1,101 km684 miBLQBologna Guglielmo Marconi AirportItaly · LOT Polish Airlines, Wizz Air1,108 km688 miBRUBrussels AirportBelgium · Brussels Airlines, LOT Polish Airlines1,146 km712 miMXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · LOT Polish Airlines, Wizz Air1,150 km715 miCRLBrussels South Charleroi AirportBelgium · Ryanair, Wizz Air1,160 km721 miTIATirana International Airport Mother TeresaAlbania · Ryanair1,199 km745 miSVGStavanger Airport, SolaNorway · LOT Polish Airlines1,215 km755 miPSAPisa International AirportItaly · Ryanair, Wizz Air1,226 km762 miGVAGeneva International AirportSwitzerland · LOT Polish Airlines1,261 km784 miSKGThessaloniki Macedonia International AirportGreece · LOT Polish Airlines1,304 km810 miFCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · LOT Polish Airlines, Wizz Air1,326 km824 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · Air France, LOT Polish Airlines1,342 km834 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · LOT Polish Airlines, Turkish Airlines1,346 km836 miNAPNaples International AirportItaly · Ryanair, Wizz Air1,353 km841 miLYSLyon Saint-Exupéry AirportFrance · LOT Polish Airlines1,358 km844 miORYParis-Orly AirportFrance · Wizz Air1,368 km850 miNCENice-Côte d'Azur AirportFrance · LOT Polish Airlines, Wizz Air1,390 km864 miLTNLondon Luton AirportUnited Kingdom · Wizz Air1,455 km904 miLHRLondon Heathrow AirportUnited Kingdom · LOT Polish Airlines, British Airways1,469 km913 miLBALeeds Bradford AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair, Wizz Air1,519 km944 miSUFLamezia Terme Sant'Eufemia International AirportItaly · Wizz Air1,519 km944 miMANManchester AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair1,563 km971 miATHAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International AirportGreece · Sky Express (Greece), LOT Polish Airlines, Aegean Airlines1,599 km994 miLPLLiverpool John Lennon AirportUnited Kingdom · Wizz Air1,601 km995 miESBEsenboğa International AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines1,623 km1,008 miCTACatania-Fontanarossa AirportItaly · Ryanair, Wizz Air1,698 km1,055 miBCNJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat AirportSpain · Wizz Air1,870 km1,162 miMLAMalta International AirportMalta · LOT Polish Airlines, Wizz Air1,885 km1,171 miKUTDavid the Builder Kutaisi International AirportGeorgia · Wizz Air1,958 km1,217 miPMIPalma de Mallorca AirportSpain · Ryanair1,979 km1,230 miBIOBilbao AirportSpain · Wizz Air2,026 km1,259 miPFOPaphos International AirportCyprus · Ryanair2,145 km1,333 miVLCValencia AirportSpain · Wizz Air2,164 km1,345 miLCALarnaca International AirportCyprus · LOT Polish Airlines, Wizz Air2,169 km1,348 miEVNZvartnots International AirportArmenia · LOT Polish Airlines2,229 km1,385 miALCAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández AirportSpain · Ryanair, Wizz Air2,270 km1,411 miMADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · LOT Polish Airlines, Wizz Air2,270 km1,411 miTLVBen Gurion International AirportIsrael · LOT Polish Airlines, Wizz Air, Sun d'Or International Airlines2,508 km1,558 miOPOFrancisco de Sá Carneiro AirportPortugal · Ryanair, LOT Polish Airlines2,541 km1,579 miGYDHeydar Aliyev International AirportAzerbaijan · LOT Polish Airlines2,559 km1,590 miCAICairo International AirportEgypt · LOT Polish Airlines2,597 km1,614 miAGPMálaga-Costa del Sol AirportSpain · Ryanair, LOT Polish Airlines, Wizz Air2,632 km1,635 miSVQSeville AirportSpain · Ryanair, Wizz Air2,654 km1,649 miLISLisbon Humberto Delgado AirportPortugal · LOT Polish Airlines, TAP Air Portugal2,749 km1,708 miKEFKeflavik International AirportIceland · LOT Polish Airlines, Wizz Air2,804 km1,742 miNQZNursultan Nazarbayev International AirportKazakhstan · LOT Polish Airlines3,419 km2,124 miRUHKing Khalid International AirportSaudi Arabia · LOT Polish Airlines3,721 km2,312 miTASTashkent International AirportUzbekistan · LOT Polish Airlines3,798 km2,360 miTFSTenerife Sur AirportSpain · Wizz Air4,094 km2,544 miDXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · flydubai, Emirates4,156 km2,582 miSHJSharjah International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Air Arabia4,158 km2,584 miAUHZayed International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Etihad Airways4,190 km2,604 miALAAlmaty International AirportKazakhstan · LOT Polish Airlines4,193 km2,605 miADDAddis Ababa Bole International AirportEthiopia · Ethiopian Airlines5,067 km3,148 miDELIndira Gandhi International AirportIndia · LOT Polish Airlines5,263 km3,270 miBOMChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International AirportIndia · LOT Polish Airlines5,780 km3,592 miJFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportUnited States · LOT Polish Airlines6,848 km4,255 miEWRNewark Liberty International AirportUnited States · LOT Polish Airlines6,867 km4,267 miYYZToronto Pearson International AirportCanada · LOT Polish Airlines6,935 km4,309 miPEKBeijing Capital International AirportChina · Air China6,945 km4,315 miORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · LOT Polish Airlines7,519 km4,672 miICNIncheon International AirportSouth Korea · LOT Polish Airlines7,726 km4,801 miHANNoi Bai International AirportVietnam · LOT Polish Airlines7,816 km4,857 miBKKSuvarnabhumi AirportThailand · LOT Polish Airlines8,116 km5,043 miMIAMiami International AirportUnited States · LOT Polish Airlines8,490 km5,275 miNRTNarita International AirportJapan · LOT Polish Airlines8,613 km5,352 miLAXLos Angeles International AirportUnited States · LOT Polish Airlines9,658 km6,001 miSeasonal36
GHVBrașov-Ghimbav International AirportRomania · Wizz Air791 km492 miTLLLennart Meri Tallinn AirportEstonia · Wizz Air841 km523 miINNInnsbruck AirportAustria · Austrian Airlines880 km547 miBZOBolzano AirportItaly · Sky Alps943 km586 miSJJSarajevo International AirportBosnia & Herzegovina · LOT Polish Airlines948 km589 miZADZadar AirportCroatia · Wizz Air988 km614 miSPUSplit Saint Jerome AirportCroatia · LOT Polish Airlines, Wizz Air1,020 km634 miSXBStrasbourg AirportFrance · LOT Polish Airlines1,027 km638 miVRNVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo AirportItaly · Wizz Air1,053 km654 miTGDPodgorica Airport / Podgorica Golubovci AirbaseMontenegro · LOT Polish Airlines1,098 km682 miSKPSkopje International AirportNorth Macedonia · LOT Polish Airlines1,136 km706 miTIATirana International Airport Mother TeresaAlbania · Wizz Air1,199 km745 miGOAGenoa Cristoforo Colombo AirportItaly · Wizz Air1,241 km771 miTRNTurin AirportItaly · LOT Polish Airlines, Wizz Air1,244 km773 miGNBGrenoble Alpes Isère AirportFrance · Wizz Air1,369 km851 miCFUCorfu Ioannis Kapodistrias International AirportGreece · Wizz Air1,399 km869 miOLBOlbia Costa Smeralda AirportItaly · Wizz Air1,525 km948 miADBAdnan Menderes International AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines, SunExpress1,616 km1,004 miRVNRovaniemi AirportFinland · LOT Polish Airlines1,623 km1,008 miDUBDublin AirportIreland · Aer Lingus1,825 km1,134 miAYTAntalya International AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines, SunExpress, Corendon Airlines1,864 km1,158 miCHQChania International AirportGreece · Wizz Air1,867 km1,160 miMAHMenorca AirportSpain · Wizz Air1,874 km1,164 miHERHeraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis AirportGreece · LOT Polish Airlines1,901 km1,181 miTOSTromsø AirportNorway · LOT Polish Airlines1,951 km1,212 miPMIPalma de Mallorca AirportSpain · LOT Polish Airlines, Wizz Air1,979 km1,230 miBEYBeirut Rafic Hariri International AirportLebanon · LOT Polish Airlines2,347 km1,458 miOPOFrancisco de Sá Carneiro AirportPortugal · Wizz Air2,541 km1,579 miLISLisbon Humberto Delgado AirportPortugal · Wizz Air2,749 km1,708 miFAOFaro - Gago Coutinho International AirportPortugal · Wizz Air2,813 km1,748 miRAKMarrakesh Menara AirportMorocco · LOT Polish Airlines3,275 km2,035 miAGAAl Massira AirportMorocco · Wizz Air3,468 km2,155 miFNCCristiano Ronaldo International AirportPortugal · Wizz Air3,714 km2,308 miTFSTenerife Sur AirportSpain · LOT Polish Airlines4,094 km2,544 miDXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · LOT Polish Airlines4,156 km2,582 miSFOSan Francisco International AirportUnited States · LOT Polish Airlines9,418 km5,852 miCharter3
MXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · Neos1,150 km715 miBKKSuvarnabhumi AirportThailand · Neos8,116 km5,043 miKBVKrabi International AirportThailand · Neos8,481 km5,270 miSeasonal charter41
TIVTivat AirportMontenegro · Smartwings1,098 km682 miBOJBurgas AirportBulgaria · Enter Air1,174 km729 miTIATirana International Airport Mother TeresaAlbania · Enter Air, Smartwings1,199 km745 miKVAKavala Alexander the Great International AirportGreece · Smartwings1,282 km797 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Smartwings1,346 km836 miSUFLamezia Terme Sant'Eufemia International AirportItaly · Smartwings1,519 km944 miGPAPatras Araxos Agamemnon AirportGreece · Smartwings1,559 km969 miADBAdnan Menderes International AirportTürkiye · Enter Air, Smartwings, LOT Polish Airlines1,616 km1,004 miPMOFalcone–Borsellino AirportItaly · Smartwings1,671 km1,038 miCTACatania-Fontanarossa AirportItaly · Smartwings1,698 km1,055 miBJVMilas Bodrum International AirportTürkiye · Enter Air, LOT Polish Airlines1,739 km1,081 miKGSKos International Airport "Ippokratis"Greece · Enter Air1,775 km1,103 miGROGirona-Costa Brava AirportSpain · Smartwings, LOT Polish Airlines1,782 km1,107 miDLMDalaman International AirportTürkiye · Enter Air1,825 km1,134 miAYTAntalya International AirportTürkiye · Enter Air, Smartwings, LOT Polish Airlines1,864 km1,158 miHERHeraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis AirportGreece · Enter Air, Smartwings1,901 km1,181 miKUTDavid the Builder Kutaisi International AirportGeorgia · Smartwings1,958 km1,217 miNBEEnfidha - Hammamet International AirportTunisia · Enter Air1,972 km1,225 miTCPTaba International AirportEgypt · Smartwings2,754 km1,711 miFAOFaro - Gago Coutinho International AirportPortugal · Smartwings2,813 km1,748 miSSHSharm El Sheikh International AirportEgypt · Enter Air2,911 km1,809 miHRGHurghada International AirportEgypt · Enter Air2,977 km1,850 miRMFMarsa Alam International AirportEgypt · Enter Air3,173 km1,972 miFUEFuerteventura AirportSpain · Enter Air3,894 km2,420 miLPAGran Canaria AirportSpain · Enter Air4,031 km2,505 miTFSTenerife Sur AirportSpain · Smartwings4,094 km2,544 miMCTMuscat International AirportOman · Smartwings4,476 km2,781 miZNZAbeid Amani Karume International AirportTanzania · LOT Polish Airlines6,720 km4,176 miMLEVelana International AirportMaldives · LOT Polish Airlines, Neos7,178 km4,460 miCMBBandaranaike International Colombo AirportSri Lanka · Smartwings7,296 km4,534 miNOSNosy Be International AirportMadagascar · LOT Polish Airlines7,741 km4,810 miPUJPunta Cana International AirportDominican Republic · LOT Polish Airlines8,343 km5,184 miPOPGregorio Luperon International AirportDominican Republic · LOT Polish Airlines8,388 km5,212 miHKTPhuket International AirportThailand · LOT Polish Airlines8,434 km5,241 miKBVKrabi International AirportThailand · LOT Polish Airlines8,481 km5,270 miPQCPhú Quốc International AirportVietnam · LOT Polish Airlines8,642 km5,370 miLGKLangkawi International AirportMalaysia · LOT Polish Airlines8,686 km5,397 miPMVDel Caribe Santiago Mariño International AirportVenezuela · LOT Polish Airlines8,707 km5,410 miMRUSir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International AirportMauritius · LOT Polish Airlines8,822 km5,482 miCUNCancún International AirportMexico · LOT Polish Airlines9,317 km5,789 miDPSDenpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International AirportIndonesia · LOT Polish Airlines11,061 km6,873 miMost destinationsLOT Polish Airlines 111Wizz Air 56Smartwings 18Ryanair 14Enter Air 14Neos 4
Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from WAW. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Warsaw Chopin Airport” (revision of 23 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Records & rankings
Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · countryScale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record
Radio frequencies
12 channelsAPPWarszawa APPROACH (H24 - commonly used)128.805
ATISWarszawa ATIS ARRIVAL (H24)120.455
CLDOkęcie DELIVERY (H24)121.605
GNDOkęcie GROUND (0330-2200)121.905
TWROkęcie TOWER (H24)118.305
ATISWarszawa ATIS DEPARTURE (H24)123.430
APPWarszawa APPROACH (H24)125.055
APPWarszawa APPROACH (H24)129.380
APPWarszawa APPROACH (H24)135.930
INFWarszawa INFORMATION118.775
INFWarszawa INFORMATION128.575
VOLMETWarszawa RADAR VOLMET (H24)127.600