- IATA
- WAW
- the code on your bag tag
- ICAO
- EPWA
- used by air traffic control
- Opened
- 1934
- per Wikidata
- Passengers
- 21.3M
- in 2024
History & name
Warsaw Chopin Airport opened in 1934 and honours the Polish composer and pianist Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849); it also takes its name from Okęcie. It lies 8 km from Warsaw, has two runways up to 3,690 m and served 21.3 million passengers in 2024.
Named afterFrédéric Chopin — Polish composer and pianist (1810–1849)
Read more: Wikipedia ↗ · Wikidata ↗
At a glance
- Full name
- Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Serves
- Warsaw, Poland
- City centre
- 8 km from Warsaw
- Opened
- 1934
- Passengers
- 21.3 million in 2024
- Runways
- 2 runways, longest 3,690 m
- Elevation
- 362 ft (110 m)
- Website
- lotnisko-chopina.pl ↗
Where it sits
52.2°N, 21.0°E puts WAW in the northern hemisphere, 5,801 km from the equator and 4,207 km from the North pole.
Of the 661 airports on this site it is the 47th most northerly, which makes it the 615th most southerly.
Straight through the middle
Straight down through the centre of the Earth comes out at 52.2°S, 159.0°W. The nearest airport on this site to that point is Wellington (WLG) in New Zealand, still 2,310 km away — most of the planet's antipodes are ocean.
What’s near it
The closest other airport on this site is Katowice Wojciech Korfanty (KTW), 229 km away in a straight line. Nothing else on this site is within 100 km.
Distances from WAW
Great circle distance and an estimated time in the air.
| To | Distance | Estimated | |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | LHR | 1,469 km | 2h 20m |
Where these facts come from
The profile is looked up, not written from memory: type, runways, elevation and the official website from OurAirports (public domain); opening year, namesake, operator and passenger count from Wikidata (CC0); the city centre from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Where a source has nothing, the line is left out. Distances, neighbours and the antipode are computed from the coordinates.
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