John Paul II Airport Krakow-Balice

John Paul II International Airport Krakow-Balice
Characteristics
ICAO code	EPKK
IATA code	CRC
Coordinates	50 ° 4 '40 "  N , 19 ° 47' 5"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 4 '40 "  N , 19 ° 47' 5"  E
Height above MSL	241 m (791  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	11 km from Krakow
Street	A4 / E 40 motorway
train	Train to Krakow Central Station
Local transport	Bus routes 208, 209, 252, 902, long-distance buses
Basic data
opening	December 10, 1968
operator	Międzynarodowy Port Lotniczy Kraków-Balice
Terminals	2
Passengers	4,983,645 (2016)
Air freight	3801 t (2014)
Flight movements	41,902 (2016)
Capacity ( PAX per year)	6 million
Start-and runway
07/25	2550 m × 60 m concrete

Interior view of the departure terminal

Inside view of the arrival terminal

Interior view of the baggage claim

Transfer to the airport train station, parking garage and hotel

Kraków Airport Train Station

Airport bus between the car park and the terminal

The John Paul II. Krakow-Balice airport (Polish Międzynarodowy Port Lotniczy in Jana Pawła II Kraków-Balice. ) Is the international airport of Krakow ( Cracow ).

After Frederic Chopin Airport in Warsaw , it is Poland's second largest airport. It is located eleven kilometers west of the city center of Krakow in the vicinity of the village of Balice on the east-west A4 / E 40 motorway and the north-south expressway S7 . After Katowice is about 70 km to Zakopane km approx 100th Over 8 million people live within a radius of 100 km from the airport. The maximum capacity today is 6.0 million passengers.

One area is used by the Air Force of the Republic of Poland , which calls it the 8th Baza Lotnictwa Transportowego (8th BLTr, 8th Transport Air Base).

history

The first Krakow airport was located east of the city center between Rakowice and Czyżyny from 1912 . From 1923 it was also used civilly. Air traffic at this airport was discontinued in 1963 and transferred to the Balice airport, which had previously been used exclusively for military purposes.

The first civil joint use of the airport was in 1964. The airport terminal was put into operation on December 10, 1968 after around five years of construction. The airport initially had one and later two terminals, one national and one international. The airport is operated by the company Międzynarodowy Port Lotniczy Kraków-Balice , based in Balice. In April 1995 the runway was extended by 150 m to 2,550 m.

On November 30, 1995, the name was extended in honor of Pope John Paul II from Poland while he was still alive. John Paul II landed at the airport on most of the pilgrimages (I, II, III, VI, VII and VIII pilgrimages) to Poland. Even the Popes Benedict XVI. and Francis landed in Balice on their pilgrimages to Poland.

Ryanair has been offering flights from Balice since 2003/2004; the airport has been a hub for the airline since 2012. Since 2017, planes have also been taking off overseas from Balice. A transatlantic connection has been in place since July 3, 2017 . Polskie Linie Lotnicze LOT flies a Boeing 787 to Chicago once a week .

In 2015, the airport published a future strategy for the next 20 years. However, the number of passengers rose significantly faster than forecast.

Transport links

The airport can be reached from Krakow by train, bus, long-distance bus, rental car and taxi.

The Kraków Airport train station opened in 2006 and was initially served by PKP Przewozy Regionalne diesel multiple units. From 2012 the airport was rebuilt. In 2015 the station was electrified . Since September 28, 2015, it has been operated by electric multiple units from Koleje Małopolskie . Travel time to Kraków Central Station is 18 minutes. The route was extended to Wieliczka . The fare to the main train station is around 2 euros.

The journey with the four bus lines 208, 209, 252, 902 to the central bus station at the main train station takes about 40 minutes. The fare to the central bus station is around 1 euro.

Long-distance buses travel across the airport:

Neobus:

• Wroclaw - Katowice - Krakow Airport - Krakow - Rzeszów - Niebylec - Krosno - Iwonicz-Zdrój - Rymanów-Zdrój ;
• Wroclaw - Katowice - Krakow Airport - Krakow - Rzeszów - Niebylec - Brzozów - Sanok / Lesko / Polańczyk / Ustrzyki Dolne

Tiger Express:

• Krakow - Krakow Airport - Katowice - Gliwice - Rybnik - Wodzisław Śląski - Bohumín - Ostrava (Czech Republic)
• Krakow - Krakow Airport - Tvrdošín - Dolný Kubín - Ružomberok - Liptovský Mikuláš - Poprad Tatry - Prešov - Košice (Slovakia)
• Krakow - Krakow Airport - Brzesko - Nowy Sącz - Bardejov - Prešov - Košice (Slovakia)

All major international and national rental car companies ( Sixt , Eurocar , Avis , Sunny Cars , Budget , Hertz etc.) are represented at the airport. The airport is located directly on the A4 motorway exit .

There are taxi stands in front of the terminal. The city center can be reached in 15 to 30 minutes, depending on traffic. The fare to the center is around 15 euros.

There is a central parking garage opposite the terminal. The car park is connected to an airport hotel and the train station. There are numerous private parking spaces away from the airport.

Passenger volume

year Passengers 1982 92,000 1991 65,472 1996 196,516 1997 258.283 1998 353,388 1999 419,487

year Passengers 2000 517.015 2001 549.290 2002 500,852 2003 593.214 2004 841.123 2005 1,586,130

year Passengers 2006 2,367,257 2007 3,068,199 2008 2,923,961 2009 2,661,294 2010 2,864,083 2011 3,014,060

year Passengers 2012 3,438,758 2013 3,647,616 2014 3,817,792 2015 4,221,171 2016 4,983,645 2017 5,835,189

Busiest routes (2015)

position	city	Number of passengers	Change [%]	Airline
1	London , LHR, LGW, STN	448,000	11%	British Airways , EasyJet , Ryanair
2	Warsaw , WAW	300,000	9%	LOT
3	Frankfurt , FRA	282,000	15%	Lufthansa , Ryanair
4th	Oslo , OSL, RYG	246,000	14%	Norwegian , Ryanair
5	Munich , MUC	209,000	1 %	Lufthansa
6th	Paris CDG, BVA	174,000	15%	EasyJet , Ryanair
7th	Dublin , DUB	167,000	26%	Ryanair
8th	Milan , BGY	127,000	10%	Ryanair
9	Berlin , TXL	125,000	2%	air Berlin
10	Brussels , BRU, CRL	125,000	18%	Brussels Airlines , Ryanair
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Airlines

21 airlines are present at the airport, offering a total of 108 passenger connections on four continents.

There are connections in the German-speaking area:

to Austria:

• Vienna ( Austrian Airlines , Laudamotion ),

to Switzerland:

• Zurich ( Swiss ),
• Geneva ( Easyjet ),
• Basel ( Easyjet ),

to Germany:

• Munich ( Lufthansa ),
• Stuttgart ( Eurowings ),
• Nuremberg ( Ryanair ),
• Frankfurt am Main ( Ryanair , Lufthansa ),
• Düsseldorf ( Eurowings ),
• Dortmund ( Ryanair ),
• Hamburg ( Easyjet ),
• and Berlin-Schönefeld ( Ryanair ).

links

airline	Destination
Aegean Airlines	Summer flight schedule: Athens
Austrian Airlines	Vienna
British Airways	London Heathrow
Brussels Airlines	Brussels
EasyJet	Basel , Belfast , Bristol , Edinburgh , Geneva , Hamburg , Liverpool , London Gatwick , Lyon , Manchester , Milan , Naples , Paris Charles de Gaulle , Venice
El Al Israel Airlines	Tel Aviv
Enter Air	Summer flight schedule: Burgas , Heraklion , Palermo , Varna
Eurowings	Dusseldorf Summer flight schedule: Stuttgart
Finnair	Helsinki
Iberia Express	Summer flight schedule: Madrid
Jet2.com	Birmingham , Manchester , Newcastle
KLM	Amsterdam
LOT	Chicago-O'Hare , Gdańsk , Warszawa-Chopin
Lufthansa	Frankfurt am Main , Munich
Norwegian	Mountains , Copenhagen , Oslo , Stavanger , Stockholm , Trondheim
Ryanair	Alicante , Athens , Barcelona-El Prat , Barcelona-Girona , Belfast , Berlin-Schönefeld , Birmingham , Bolonia , Bournemouth , Bristol , Brussels , Cagliari , Dortmund , Dublin , East Midlands , Edinburgh , Eindhoven , Frankfurt am Main , Gdańsk , Glasgow , Gothenburg , Gran Canaria , Leeds , Liverpool , Lisbon , London Stansted , Madrid , Málaga , Malmo , Malta , Manchester , Marrakech , Marseille , Milan Bergamo , Naples , Nuremberg , Oslo , Paris Beauvais , Pisa , Postage , Prague , Rome Ciampino , Seville , Shannon , Stockholm , Tel Aviv , Tenerife South , Trapani , Valencia , Venice Summer flight schedule: Chania , Lamezia Terme , Lourdes Tarbes , Pafos , Palma de Mallorca , Pescara , Winter flight schedule: Ejlat-Ovda
SAS Scandinavian Airlines	Copenhagen , Stockholm
Small Planet Airlines	Summer flight schedule (charter): Burgas , Chania , Heraklion , Rhodes , Zakynthos
Swiss International Air Lines	Zurich
Vueling Airlines	Summer flight schedule: Barcelona El Prat

Military use

The transport air base "Colonel Pilot Stanisław Jakub Skarżyńskie" is currently (2019):

• 12. Eskadra Lotnicza (12. el), transport aircraft squadron, equipped with PZL M-28T
• 13. Eskadra Lotnicza (13. el), transport aircraft squadron, equipped with Airbus C295M
• 3. Grupa Poszukiwawczo-Ratownicza (3.gpr), Mi-8RL , a group of Combat Search and Rescue helicopters. She is subordinate to the 3rd Air Transport Squadron in Powidz.

There are also non-flying formations.

Web links

Commons : John Paul II Airport Krakow-Balice  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website (Polish, English, Slovak)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ACI ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Little Poland gets a connection to the world , accessed on July 6, 2017
3. ↑ Ruszyło połączenie do Międzynarodowego Portu Lotniczego im. Jana Pawła II w Balicach. Koleje Małopolskie website, September 28, 2015, accessed on November 15, 2015.
4. ↑ Kraków Airport: Podsumowanie roku 2015 (pol.).