The tourist attractiveness of the country is evidenced by its air harbor. If there are many airports, especially international ones, then we can conclude that this state is often visited by foreign citizens. And you can talk as much as you like about the development of the tourism industry, but if there is no air gate, no one will come to this country in our century of aircraft and high speeds. In this article we will consider the airports of Poland. How many are large among them? What cities accept planes from abroad? We suggest you familiarize yourself with this information. In general, we can say that Poland is an attractive country for tourists. Many travelers consider its air harbors as transit points of transfers, which is also not bad - after all, airport taxes replenish the state budget.
Okecie (Warsaw)
In general, Poland has twelve major airports. Of these, only six have international status. Airports in Poland serve passengers in various directions. Many flights are carried out to Russia. Passengers from the Russian Federation are mainly met by the Warsaw Chopin Airport. Since the hub is located in Okecie, it used to be called by the name of the outskirts. Now he is named after the famous composer. Aeroflot liners fly from Moscow to the main air gate of the country. From St. Petersburg to Warsaw you can go on comfortable cars of the carrier company “Let”. Okecie has long entered the city limits of the capital of Poland. Therefore, from the center (including the main railway station) ordinary buses No. 175 and 188 run there. A traveler who arrives late at night does not need to call a taxi. At this time, the route is served by bus number 611. It is very comfortable to get there. The terminals were updated for Euro 2012, so there the traveler will find all kinds of comfort and amenities, especially in the paid lounge. Building A (International) has free Wi-Fi. From there, you can get to the city by train, which arrives at the Warsaw Central Station.
Modlin (airport, Poland)
Okecie accepts planes of famous airlines arriving in Warsaw. However - and few people know about it - the capital of Poland has another airport. It is called Modlin - by the name of the town, which is thirty-five kilometers northwest of the center of Warsaw. The airport was built specifically for Euro 2012 to receive numerous low cost airlines. The World Cup has passed, but the hub has remained. Low-cost airlines, the demand for which is now only growing, have not gone anywhere. Given the Spartan conditions on board low-cost airlines, you should not count on more at the airport that serves them. The small terminal, however, is connected to the center of the capital of Poland by numerous public transport routes. This is a bus and train. The fare is nine zloty (about 2 US dollars, i.e. approximately 115 Russian rubles at the current rate) and 17 - by train. If you consider Warsaw as a transit point, arrive in Okecie and fly off from Modlin (or vice versa), then it will be interesting for you to find out that these airports in Poland are connected by the OKBus bus route and the suburban train line.
Baltic Sea Air Gate
Many tourists are attracted to the country's sea resorts - primarily Gdynia and Sopot. These towns are located just a few kilometers from the largest settlement and port - Gdansk. Its airport terminal serves tourists arriving on a beach holiday on the Baltic coast. It is named after Lech Walesa and is located in the town of Rembekhovo, 12 kilometers west of Gdansk. Transport connections from this airport are very well established. Buses and an electric train connect it not only with the center and railway station of Gdansk, but also with resort towns on the coast. This hub for low-cost services like low cost airlines. Wizz Air, Scandinavian Airlines and other low-cost airlines land here.
Krakow-Balice
This is Poland’s second largest and largest passenger traffic. It bears the name of John Paul II. The hub is located eleven kilometers west of the center of Krakow. Like all other international airports in Poland, Balice is equipped with everything necessary for comfortable waiting for a flight and passing post-departure procedures. There is one terminal for international flights. It has Wi-Fi, duty-free shops and a VAT refund point. All the famous airlines of the Old World fly from the airport, including low-cost flights. The board of regular routes includes many cities of Western and Central Europe. In the tourist season, flights to the UAE, Egypt, Greece and the tropical countries of Southeast Asia are added to them. The air harbor is connected to the center of the beautiful old city of Krakow by shuttle train (about fifteen minutes on the way) and bus routes No. 208, 192 (daytime) and 602 (nighttime).
Katowice Pyrzowice
You can see the architectural monuments of Krakow included in the UNESCO list if you fly to this city of the Silesian Voivodeship. Katowice is the center of mining agglomeration of towns. Therefore, in front of the two terminals of the airport there is a whole small bus station. From here you can leave not only in the center of Katowice, but also in Krakow, Bytom, Mezhenczyce, Tarnowska Góra and Zawiercie. Due to its location in the south of the country, near the border, the hub also serves residents of neighboring Slovakia and the Czech Republic. The airport in Katowice (Poland) is equipped with everything necessary to wait for a flight. There is even free Wi-Fi. The only thing passengers complain about is the lack of a left-luggage office. Many travelers regard Katowice as a transit point (a large number of regular and seasonal flights depart to warm countries from here) and are forced to sit on their suitcases, waiting for the next liner).
Wladyslaw Reymont Airport
Lodz is the second most populated city in Poland. Therefore, the flow of travelers to this industrial city is also not scanty. True, these are mainly not tourists, but people arriving in Lodz on business. Like other airports in Poland with international status, the Vladislav Reymont hub is connected to the city by numerous bus routes. You can get to the center by bus L. Route No. 55 leaves for the train station. Bus No. 65 delivers passengers to the ód Fabryczna district.
Wroclaw-Strahovice
All international airports in cities in Poland bear the names of some prominent people. The Wroclaw Hub is located in the village of Strahovice, which is ten kilometers from the capital of the province of Lower Silesia. The airport is named after Mikolaj Copernicus, who lived and worked in the city. It was built relatively recently, but is rapidly gaining momentum. Now he takes the fifth place in Poland in the number of passengers. And this is not surprising. After all, Wroclaw is a very beautiful city with amazing architecture. From the airport to the city center and the train station, express bus number 406 runs.
Other air harbors of the country
Poland, by Western European standards, is a rather large country. Therefore, domestic transportation is popular here. Among such hubs, the largest are Szczecin (Poland, Goleniow Airport) and Poznan (Lawica). The air harbors from where planes fly from Warsaw have cities like Radom, Rzeszow, Zielona Gora and Bydgoszcz. Despite the status of domestic airports, the conditions for passengers there are quite comfortable.