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Kraków John Paul II International Airport

Coordinates: 50°04′40″N 019°47′05″E / 50.07778°N 19.78472°E / 50.07778; 19.78472
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For the airport in Ponta Delgada, see João Paulo II Airport.
Kraków John Paul II International Airport

Kraków Airport im. Jana Pawła II
Summary
Airport typeMilitary/Public
OperatorLHC/KRK Airport Services
ServesKraków
LocationBalice, Poland
Focus city forRyanair, LOT Polish Airlines
Elevation AMSL241 m / 791 ft
Coordinates50°04′40″N 019°47′05″E / 50.07778°N 19.78472°E / 50.07778; 19.78472
Websitekrakowairport.pl
Map
EPKK is located in Lesser Poland Voivodeship
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Location in Lesser Poland Voivodeship
EPKK is located in Poland
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EPKK (Poland)
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
07/25 2,550 8,366 Concrete
07L/25R (emergency) 2,550 8,366 Grass
Statistics (2017)
Passenger volume5,835,189[1] Increase 17%
Aircraft movements46,264 Increase 10%

Kraków John Paul II International Airport (Template:Lang-pl since 4 September 2007; earlier in Template:Lang-pl) (IATA: KRK, ICAO: EPKK) is an international airport located near Kraków, in the village of Balice, 11 km (6.8 mi) west[2] of the city centre, in southern Poland. It is the second busiest airport of the country in terms of the volume of passengers served annually.

History

Early years

The airport opened for civil aviation in 1964. The Balice airport was a military site until 28 February 1968. Four years later the first passenger terminal was built there.

In 1988 the authorities decided to build a new terminal that was opened for public use in 1993. In 1995, the entire apron was modernized.

In 1995 the airport's name was changed from Kraków–Balice Airport to John Paul II International Airport Kraków–Balice, to honor Pope John Paul II, who spent many years of his life in Kraków and had served as Archbishop of Kraków from 1963 until his elevation to the Papacy in 1978. For marketing reasons, the official name was further "streamlined" on 4 September 2007 as Kraków Airport im. Jana Pawła II.

Development since the 2000s

The airport was modernized once more in 2002, and since then new international connections have been established.

In 2003, when Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair became interested in starting a service from the John Paul II International Airport, the airport authorities refused to reduce the landing fees. In response, the regional authorities of Kraków and Lesser Poland Voivodeship decided to build a new airport near the existing one, using the infrastructure of the military airbase adjacent to the shared runway. Finally an agreement was reached, and the existing airport was opened to Ryanair and other low-cost carriers such as Germanwings, EasyJet, and Centralwings.

On 1 March 2007, a separate domestic terminal (T2) was opened. At that time, plans were underway to begin construction of a new terminal.

A seven-story parking garage opposite T1 became fully operational in May 2010.[3]

On 12 December 2012, Irish low cost carrier Ryanair announced they would be opening their second Polish base in Kraków basing two Boeing 737-800 aircraft at the airport from 31 March 2013, which allows the carrier to increase the number of the routes from Kraków to 31. As of September 2013, a new modern Hilton hotel has been built near the airport terminal.hilton.com Kraków Airport is the second busiest airport in the country after Warsaw Chopin Airport. The airport has good growth prospects, as almost 8 million people live within 100 km (62 mi) of it. The airport also has a favorable location on the network of existing and planned motorways in this region of Poland, but it faces stiff competition from the nearby Katowice International Airport in Pyrzowice, as well as other Polish airports.

Facilities

Terminal

11 April 2013 saw the beginning of construction works of a new airport terminal, which is adjacent to the existing old terminal building. The works on the new terminal were completed in December 2016. The terminal serves all-year-round, 24 hours a day, both domestic as well as international flights. The expected maximum capacity of the terminal is up to 8 million passengers handled in a year (over twice as much as the airport served in 2012). It is also possible to handle transfer passengers irrespective of the routes (Schengen/Non-Schengen destinations). The terminal has a new luggage handling system and a roofed footbridge connecting the terminal to a hotel, a multi-level parking lot and the railway station, with direct railway link to Kraków Główny by Koleje Małopolskie.

Runway

The airport has one concrete runway, number 07/25, 2,550 m × 60 m (8,366 ft × 197 ft).

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Aegean Airlines Seasonal: Athens
Austrian Airlines Vienna
Blue Air Turin (begins 16 December 2018)
British Airways London–Heathrow
Brussels Airlines Brussels
easyJet Belfast–International, Bristol, Edinburgh, Liverpool, London–Gatwick, London–Luton (resumes 29 October 2018)[4], Lyon, Manchester, Milan–Malpensa, Naples, Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Seasonal: Venice[5]
easyJet Switzerland Geneva,[6] Basel/Mulhouse
El Al Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion
Enter Air Seasonal charter: Antalya (begins 12 June 2019),[7] Palermo[8]
Eurowings Düsseldorf
Seasonal: Stuttgart
Finnair Helsinki
FlydubaiDubai-International[9]
Iberia Express Seasonal: Madrid
Jet2.com Birmingham, Leeds/Bradford (begins 9 November 2018), Manchester, Newcastle Upon Tyne
KLM Amsterdam
Laudamotion Stuttgart (begins 2 April 2019), Vienna (begins 30 October 2018)
LOT Polish Airlines Budapest,[10] Chicago-O'Hare,[11] Gdańsk, Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion (begins 25 February 2019),[12] Warsaw–Chopin
Lufthansa Frankfurt, Munich
Norwegian Air Shuttle Bergen, Copenhagen, Helsinki,[13] Oslo–Gardermoen, Stavanger, Stockholm–Arlanda, Trondheim
Ryanair Alicante, Amman–Queen Alia (begins 29 October 2018), Athens, Barcelona, Beauvais, Belfast-International, Bergamo, Berlin-Schönefeld,[14] Birmingham, Bologna, Bordeaux (begins 1 April 2019), Bournemouth, Bristol, Charleroi, Cagliari, Dortmund, Dublin, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Eindhoven, Frankfurt,[15] Gdańsk, Glasgow,[14] Gothenburg, Gran Canaria, Girona, Hamburg (begins 2 April 2019), Kiev-Boryspil (begins 29 October 2018), Leeds/Bradford, Lisbon, Liverpool, London-Stansted, Lviv (begins 30 October 2018), Madrid, Málaga, Malmö,[14] Malta, Manchester, Marseille, Naples, Nuremberg,[14], Paphos, Pisa, Porto, Prague, Rome-Ciampino, Sandefjord, Seville,[14] Shannon, Stockholm-Skavsta, Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion,[14] Tenerife-South, Treviso, Valencia
Seasonal: Burgas, Chania, Lamezia, Eilat-Ovda, Marrakesh, Palma de Mallorca, Pescara, Tarbes-Lourdes
Scandinavian Airlines Copenhagen, Stockholm-Arlanda
Sun d'Or Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion
Swiss International Air Lines Zürich
Transavia Eindhoven
Travel Service Polska Seasonal charter: Chania,[8] Corfu[8]
Ukraine International Airlines Kiev–Boryspil[16]
Vueling Seasonal: Barcelona

Statistics

Annual traffic

Year Passenger Count Percent Change
2003 593,214
2004 841,123 Increase 42%
2005 1,586,130 Increase 89%
2006 2,367,257 Increase 49%
2007 3,068,199 Increase 30%
2008 2,923,961 Decrease 5%
2009 2,680,322 Decrease 8%
2010 2,863,996 Increase 7%
2011 3,014,060 Increase 5%
2012 3,439,758 Increase 14%
2013 3,647,616 Increase 6%
2014 3,817,792 Increase 5%
2015 4,221,171 Increase 11%
2016 4,983,645 Increase 18%
2017 5,835,189 Increase 17%
2018 5 055 194 (Jan-Sep) Increase 16%

It was the 77th busiest airport in Europe in 2017.

Ground transportation

In addition to road access by private car or taxi, other options are:

Train

Train at "Krakow Lotnisko" station

The SKA1 suburban line operates from the Airport to Kraków Główny (Main railway station) and further to Wieliczka. The service resumed in September 2015. It takes about 17 minutes to get to the city centre,[17] and further 20 minutes to Wieliczka (for Salt Mine). The railway line ultimately reaches the terminal building, rather than the previous temporary stop located 250 m (820 ft) from the terminal.[18] The price to the city is 9 PLN. Tickets can be bought from ticket machines (located in the arrival hall, on the platform, or - sometimes - in the train) or from the staff onboard (cash only).

Bus

Public buses link the airport during the day (lines 208, hourly, and 252, every 30 minutes) and during the night (line 902) with the main railway station in Kraków (Kraków Główny railway station) and the central bus station (Kraków Główny RDA). Normal city tariffs apply (2 zones) thus making it by far the cheapest public transport connection to the city centre, at 4 PLN (without transfers) or 5 PLN (allowing for bus/tram transfers within 60 min from boarding). Public buses can be used after purchasing tickets from a ticket machine located in the arrival hall, at the bus stop (with cash or credit card) or from ticket machines that can be found in most buses (sometimes with coins only). All tickets have to be validated after getting on a bus. It is also possible to use private-owned bus and minibus services connecting the airport with the city center or other cities in Poland. Tickets require bookings in advance.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Wysokie loty krakowskiego lotniska".
  2. ^ "EAD Basic". Ead.eurocontrol.int. Retrieved 2012-09-06.
  3. ^ "Na lotnisku w Krakowie powstaje wielopoziomowy parking" (in Polish). www.2012.org.pl. 2009-12-18. Archived from the original on 2010-01-11. Retrieved 2011-09-11.
  4. ^ "Choose your flights - easyJet.com". www.easyjet.com.
  5. ^ "Nie tylko Wizz Air zamyka trasy na zimę. easyJet tnie 32 połączenia, na liście są też loty z Polski - Fly4free.pl - tanie loty i sposoby na tanie bilety lotnicze".
  6. ^ "Pasazer.com: Cztery nowe trasy easyJet z Krakowa". Pasazer.com. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  7. ^ "Charter flights". Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  8. ^ a b c "air and charter tickets". itaka.pl. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  9. ^ "Flydubai to begin flights to Krakow, Catania in 2018". 6 December 2017.
  10. ^ "Nowa trasa LOT z Krakowa! I więcej lotów do Chicago! - Fly4free.pl - tanie loty i sposoby na tanie bilety lotnicze".
  11. ^ 2017, UBM (UK) Ltd. "LOT resumes Krakow - Chicago service from July 2017". Retrieved 15 November 2017. {{cite web}}: |last= has numeric name (help)
  12. ^ 2018, Jim (13 July 2018). "LOT Polish Airlines plans Krakow – Tel Aviv launch from Feb 2019". Routesonline. Retrieved 13 July 2018. {{cite news}}: |last1= has numeric name (help)
  13. ^ Norwegian opens the route from Helsinki to Krakow - more flights to Malaga, Alicante and Rhodes lentoposti.fi (in Finnish) 26 January 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018
  14. ^ a b c d e f 2017, UBM (UK) Ltd. "Ryanair W17 new routes as of 05MAR17". Retrieved 15 November 2017. {{cite web}}: |last= has numeric name (help)
  15. ^ "Official Ryanair website - Book direct for the lowest fares - Ryanair.com". www.ryanair.com. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  16. ^ "МАУ полетит из Киева в Краков с 26 декабря" (Press release). Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  17. ^ "By train". Krakow Airport. Retrieved 2013-09-10.
  18. ^ "Train station". Krakow Airport. Retrieved 2013-09-10.

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