WAW — Warsaw Chopin Airport
- IATA code
- WAW
- ICAO code
- EPWA
- Size
- large
- OurAirports class
- Passengers
- 24,079,757
- 2025 · +13.3% on the year before
- Nonstop routes
- 117
- With open traffic data
- Time zone
- UTC+1 / UTC+2
- Europe/Warsaw
- Elevation
- 110 m
- 361 ft
- Runways
- 2
- Longest 3,690 m
Jan–Jun 2026: 11,840,716 passengers, +7.5% on the same months of 2025 (Eurostat).
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About WAW
Warsaw Chopin Airport is a large airport serving Warsaw, Poland. It opened in 1934. 24,079,757 passengers used it in 2025. Open traffic data shows 117 nonstop routes from WAW.
Wikidata (CC0) · Eurostat. Sources
Busiest nonstop routes from WAW
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| WAW → AYT | 1,864 km | 647,287 |
| WAW → AMS | 1,105 km | 599,184 |
| WAW → LHR | 1,474 km | 579,372 |
| WAW → CDG | 1,346 km | 536,985 |
| WAW → FRA | 900 km | 526,916 |
| WAW → CPH | 667 km | 461,210 |
| WAW → LTN | 1,460 km | 459,108 |
| WAW → VIE | 550 km | 418,353 |
| WAW → FCO | 1,327 km | 407,741 |
| WAW → DXB | 4,158 km | 400,411 |
| WAW → MUC | 779 km | 393,496 |
| WAW → IST | 1,347 km | 378,556 |
| WAW → BCN | 1,873 km | 370,331 |
| WAW → ZRH | 1,034 km | 366,021 |
| WAW → BUD | 541 km | 339,184 |
| WAW → KRK | 247 km | 333,403 |
| WAW → WRO | 306 km | 291,249 |
| WAW → VNO | 397 km | 287,412 |
| WAW → GDN | 297 km | 285,233 |
| WAW → BRU | 1,150 km | 278,623 |
| WAW → ATH | 1,598 km | 269,598 |
| WAW → MAD | 2,274 km | 269,527 |
| WAW → DOH | 3,945 km | 266,080 |
| WAW → JFK | 6,867 km | 255,498 |
| WAW → YYZ | 6,955 km | 250,223 |
| WAW → BGY | 1,094 km | 234,254 |
| WAW → TLV | 2,507 km | 233,502 |
| WAW → PRG | 522 km | 232,719 |
| WAW → ALC | 2,273 km | 227,991 |
| WAW → OTP | 926 km | 227,803 |
| WAW → RMF | 3,170 km | 220,724 |
| WAW → OSL | 1,081 km | 212,883 |
| WAW → TLL | 842 km | 205,171 |
| WAW → RZE | 240 km | 204,944 |
| WAW → PMI | 1,982 km | 204,767 |
| WAW → LCA | 2,169 km | 202,540 |
| WAW → HRG | 2,975 km | 198,055 |
| WAW → ORD | 7,540 km | 196,638 |
| WAW → CRL | 1,164 km | 188,616 |
| WAW → HEL | 941 km | 186,042 |
Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports. Routes outside these are not counted.
Airlines at WAW on flights to and from the US
- LO Polskie Linie Lotnicze · 3,273 flights
Departures and arrivals on scheduled passenger flights, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Sources
Other airports in Warsaw
| Code | Airport | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| WMI | Warsaw Modlin Airport | 38 km |
Airports within 150 km
| Code | Airport | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| RDO | Warsaw Radom Airport | 88 km |
| LCJ | Łódź Władysław Reymont Airport | 118 km |
| SZY | Olsztyn-Mazury Airport | 146 km |
Distance from WAW to the major hubs
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| WAW → LHR | 1,474 km | 579,372 |
| WAW → DXB | 4,158 km | 400,411 |
| WAW → CDG | 1,346 km | 536,985 |
| WAW → FRA | 900 km | 526,916 |
| WAW → IST | 1,347 km | 378,556 |
| WAW → AMS | 1,105 km | 599,184 |
| WAW → JFK | 6,867 km | 255,498 |
| WAW → ATL | 8,073 km | — |
| WAW → LAX | 9,682 km | — |
| WAW → SIN | 9,414 km | — |
| WAW → HND | 8,625 km | — |
| WAW → DOH | 3,945 km | 266,080 |
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 3,690 m | 60 m | Asphalt |
| 11/29 | 2,800 m | 50 m | Asphalt |
OurAirports (public domain). Sources
Location
Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland · 52.1657, 20.9671
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