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John Paul II International Airport Kraków-Balice

Kraków Airport im. Jana Pawła II
John Paul II International Airport Kraków-Balice; Kraków Airport im. Jana Pawła II
	IATA: KRK; ICAO: EPKK;
Summary
Airport type	Military/Public
Operator	LHC/KRK Airport Services
Serves	Kraków
Location	Balice
Hub for	LOT Polish Airlines; euroLOT; OLT Express;
Elevation AMSL	241 m / 791 ft
Coordinates	50°04′40″N 019°47′05″E / 50.07778°N 19.78472°E
Website	www.lotnisko-balice.pl, www.krakowairport.pl
Map
	EPKK Location in Poland
Runways
Statistics (2011)
Passenger Volume
Passenger Volume	3,014,060
	Source: Polish AIP at EUROCONTROL; Statistics from Civil Aviation Office of Poland

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John Paul II International Airport Kraków-Balice (Polish: Kraków Airport im. Jana Pawła II since 4 September 2007; earlier in Polish: Międzynarodowy Port Lotniczy im. Jana Pawła II Kraków-Balice) (IATA: KRK, ICAO: EPKK) is an international airport located near Kraków, in the village of Balice, 11 km (6.8 mi) west^[1] of the city centre, in southern Poland.

History and present circumstances

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 1998 it was decided that Pope John Paul II would be the official patron of the airport. It was modernized once more in 2002, and since then new international connections have been established.

Kraków Airport is the second busiest airport in the country after Warsaw Frederic 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.

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. For marketing reasons, the official name was further "streamlined" on 4 September 2007 as Kraków Airport im. Jana Pawła II.

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 airport fee. 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. Plans are underway to begin construction of a terminal expansion adjacent to the existing International Terminal (T1).

Expansion plans

The main terminal building (T1) is currently being expanded to cater to the growth in passengers the airport has experienced in the last two years. The terminal is being extended towards the apron, with five jet ways being added and separate facilities prepared for Schengen and non-Schengen passengers.

A seven story parking garage opposite T1 became fully operational in May 2010.^[3] It is also expected that the railway line will ultimately reach the terminal building, rather than the current temporary stop 250 m (820 ft) from terminal T1.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations	Terminal
Aeroflot	Moscow-Sheremetyevo [begins 26 April]	1
Aerosvit Airlines	Kiev-Boryspil [resumes 26 March 2012]	1
Aer Lingus	Dublin	1
Air Berlin	Berlin-Tegel [ends 2 June 2012], Berlin-Brandenburg [begins 3 June 2012]	1
Austrian Airlines operated by Tyrolean Airways	Vienna	1
Brussels Airlines	Brussels	1
Czech Airlines	Prague	1
EasyJet	Belfast-International, Bristol, Edinburgh, Liverpool, London-Gatwick, Paris-Charles de Gaulle	1
Enter Air^[4]	Seasonal: Antalya, Las Palmas	1
EuroLOT	Gdańsk, Poznań, Szczecin	2
Finnair	Seasonal: Helsinki	1
Germanwings	Stuttgart	1
Iceland Express operated by Holidays Czech Airlines	Seasonal: Reykjavik-Keflavik	1
Jet2.com	Newcastle-upon-Tyne	1
LOT Polish Airlines	Athens [resumes 1 June 2012], Frankfurt, Tel Aviv, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Warsaw-Chopin	1
LOT Polish Airlines operated by EuroLOT	Warsaw-Chopin	2
LOT Polish Airlines operated by EuroLOT	Vienna	1
Lufthansa	Frankfurt	1
Lufthansa operated by Augsburg Airways	Munich	1
Lufthansa operated by Eurowings	Düsseldorf [begins 25 March]	1
Lufthansa Regional operated by Lufthansa CityLine	Munich	1
OLT Express	Gdańsk [begins 7 may], Wrocław [begins 16 april], Poznań [begins 16 april]	2
Norwegian Air Shuttle	Bergen, Copenhagen, Oslo-Gardermoen, Stavanger, Stockholm-Arlanda [begins 30 March]	1
Ryanair	Alicante, Billund [begins 22 March 2012], Bologna, Budapest, Brussels South-Charleroi, Dublin, Edinburgh, Eindhoven, East Midlands, Girona [begins 27 March 2012], Leeds/Bradford, Liverpool, London-Stansted, Milan-Orio al Serio, Madrid, Palma de Mallorca [begins 25 March 2012], Paris-Beauvais, Paphos [begins 6 April 2012], Rome-Ciampino, Oslo-Rygge, Stockholm-Skavsta Seasonal: Cagliari, Malaga, Malta, Pisa, Reus, Trapani	1
Trawel Fly	Seasonal: Naples	1
WOW air	Seasonal: Reykjavik-Keflavik [begins 12 June 2012]	1
Volotea	Venice-Marco Polo [begins 24 April 2012]	1

Traffic

Figures in Millions

Year	Passengers
2003	0.593
2004	0.841
2005	1.586
2006	2.367
2007	3.068
2008	2.923
2009	2.680
2010	2.863
2011	3.014

The busiest international routes are to London (Stansted and Gatwick) and Munich.

Getting there

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

By train

The "Balice Ekspres" operates between Kraków Główny (Main railway station) and the Kraków-Balice Airport railway station. It takes ca. 20 minutes to get to the city centre and costs 10 PLN.

By bus

Public buses link the airport with the main railway station in Kraków (Kraków Główny) and the central bus station (Kraków Główny RDA).

Runway

The airport has one concrete runway, number 07/25, 2,550 m × 60 m (8,366 ft × 197 ft). Runway 07 is open for landing only between sunrise and sunset.

Incidents

On 28 August 2007, a Ryanair flight from Shannon suffered a bird strike on its final approach and blew its front tires during landing, resulting in an airport closure for a few hours and requiring an emergency evacuation of the aircraft. There were no injuries and the aircraft sustained no further damage.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b EAD Basic
^ Data from The Civil Aviation Office of Poland (Urząd Lotnictwa Cywilnego). Template:Pl icon
^ "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.
^ Enter Air Routes
^ "Incident: RyanAir B738 at Krakow on Aug 28th 2007, bird strike upon landing, both tires on NLG blown". Avherald.com. 2007-08-28. Retrieved 2011-09-11.

External links

Media related to John Paul II Airport in Balice-Kraków at Wikimedia Commons

[AIP-1] EAD Basic

[2] Data from The Civil Aviation Office of Poland (Urząd Lotnictwa Cywilnego). Template:Pl icon

[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] Enter Air Routes

[5] "Incident: RyanAir B738 at Krakow on Aug 28th 2007, bird strike upon landing, both tires on NLG blown". Avherald.com. 2007-08-28. Retrieved 2011-09-11.

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 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 1998 it was decided that Pope John Paul II would be the official patron of the airport. It was modernized once more in 2002, and since then new international connections have been established.
-Kraków Airport is the second busiest airport in the country after [[Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport]]. The  airport has good growth prospects, as almost 8 million people live within {{convert|100|km|abbr=on}} of it. The airport also has a favorable location on the network of existing and planned [[motorway]]s in this region of Poland, but it faces stiff competition from the nearby [[Katowice International Airport]] in Pyrzowice, as well as other Polish airports.
+Kraków Airport is the second busiest airport in the country after [[Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport]]. The airport has good growth prospects, as almost 8 million people live within {{convert|100|km|abbr=on}} of it. The airport also has a favorable location on the network of existing and planned [[motorway]]s in this region of Poland, but it faces stiff competition from the nearby [[Katowice International Airport]] in Pyrzowice, as well as other Polish airports.
 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. For marketing reasons, the official name was further "streamlined" on 4 September 2007 as '''Kraków Airport im. Jana Pawła II'''.
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 The main terminal building (T1) is currently being expanded to cater to the growth in passengers the airport has experienced in the last two years. The terminal is being extended towards the apron, with five jet ways being added and separate facilities prepared for [[Schengen Agreement|Schengen]] and non-Schengen passengers.
-A seven story parking garage opposite T1 became fully operational in May 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.2012.org.pl/pl/miasta-gospodarze/krakow/aktualnoci/14111-na-lotnisku-w-krakowie-powstaje-wielopoziomowy-parking.html |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20100111054249/http://www.2012.org.pl/pl/miasta-gospodarze/krakow/aktualnoci/14111-na-lotnisku-w-krakowie-powstaje-wielopoziomowy-parking.html |title=Na lotnisku w Krakowie powstaje wielopoziomowy parking |language=Polish |publisher=www.2012.org.pl |date=2009-12-18 |archivedate=2010-01-11 |accessdate=2011-09-11}}</ref> It is also expected that the railway line will ultimately reach the terminal building, rather than the current temporary stop {{convert|250|m|ft|abbr=on}} from terminal T1.
+A seven story parking garage opposite T1 became fully operational in May 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.2012.org.pl/pl/miasta-gospodarze/krakow/aktualnoci/14111-na-lotnisku-w-krakowie-powstaje-wielopoziomowy-parking.html |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20100111054249/http://www.2012.org.pl/pl/miasta-gospodarze/krakow/aktualnoci/14111-na-lotnisku-w-krakowie-powstaje-wielopoziomowy-parking.html |title=Na lotnisku w Krakowie powstaje wielopoziomowy parking |language=Polish |publisher=www.2012.org.pl |date=2009-12-18 |archivedate=2010-01-11 |accessdate=2011-09-11}}</ref> It is also expected that the railway line will ultimately reach the terminal building, rather than the current temporary stop {{convert|250|m|abbr=on}} from terminal T1.
 ==Airlines and destinations==
-[[File:Port Lotniczy Krakow Balice w swieta.jpg|thumb|right|Entrance to the international terminal (2009)]]
+[[File:Port Lotniczy Krakow Balice w swieta.jpg|thumb|Entrance to the international terminal (2009)]]
-[[File:Kraków airport (KRK) - Boeing 747.jpg|thumb|right|[[El Al]] [[Boeing 747]]-458 at stand]]
+[[File:Kraków airport (KRK) - Boeing 747.jpg|thumb|[[El Al]] [[Boeing 747]]-458 at stand]]
-[[File:LOT aircraft at Balice Airport in Kraków.JPG|thumb|right|LOT Polish Airlines [[Boeing 767-300]] at stand]]
+[[File:LOT aircraft at Balice Airport in Kraków.JPG|thumb|LOT Polish Airlines [[Boeing 767-300]] at stand]]
-[[File:Balice - samolot 01.JPG|thumb|right|Easyjet [[Airbus 319]] at stand]]
+[[File:Balice - samolot 01.JPG|thumb|Easyjet [[Airbus 319]] at stand]]
-[[File:Balice - samolot na pasie 19.JPG|thumb|right|Lufthansa [[Avro RJ85]] at stand]]
+[[File:Balice - samolot na pasie 19.JPG|thumb|Lufthansa [[Avro RJ85]] at stand]]
-[[File:Balice - samolot na pasie 04.JPG|thumb|rught|Ryanair [[Boeing 737-800]] at stand]]
+[[File:Balice - samolot na pasie 04.JPG|thumb|Ryanair [[Boeing 737-800]] at stand]]
 {{Airport-dest-list
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 | [[Aer Lingus]] | Dublin|1
 | [[Air Berlin]] | Berlin-Tegel [ends 2 June 2012], Berlin-Brandenburg [begins 3 June 2012]|1
-| [[Austrian Airlines]] <br><small>operated by [[Tyrolean Airways]]</small> | Vienna|1
+| [[Austrian Airlines]] <br>operated by [[Tyrolean Airways]] | Vienna|1
 | [[Brussels Airlines]] | Brussels|1
 | [[Czech Airlines]] | Prague|1
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 | [[Finnair]] | '''Seasonal:''' Helsinki |1
 | [[Germanwings]] | Stuttgart|1
-| [[Iceland Express]] <br><small>{{nowrap|operated by [[Holidays Czech Airlines]]}}</small> | '''Seasonal''': Reykjavik-Keflavik |1
+| [[Iceland Express]] <br>{{nowrap|operated by [[Holidays Czech Airlines]]}} | '''Seasonal''': Reykjavik-Keflavik |1
 | [[Jet2.com]] | Newcastle-upon-Tyne|1
 | [[LOT Polish Airlines]] |Athens [resumes 1 June 2012], Frankfurt, Tel Aviv, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Warsaw-Chopin |1
-| {{nowrap|LOT Polish Airlines}}<br><small>operated by [[EuroLOT]]</small> | Warsaw-Chopin|2
+| {{nowrap|LOT Polish Airlines}}<br>operated by [[EuroLOT]] | Warsaw-Chopin|2
-| LOT Polish Airlines <br><small>operated by [[EuroLOT]]</small> | Vienna|1
+| LOT Polish Airlines <br>operated by [[EuroLOT]] | Vienna|1
 | [[Lufthansa]] | Frankfurt|1
-| Lufthansa <br><small>operated by [[Augsburg Airways]]</small> | Munich|1
+| Lufthansa <br>operated by [[Augsburg Airways]] | Munich|1
-| Lufthansa <br><small>operated by [[Eurowings]]</small> | Düsseldorf [begins 25 March]|1
+| Lufthansa <br>operated by [[Eurowings]] | Düsseldorf [begins 25 March]|1
-| Lufthansa Regional <br><small>operated by [[Lufthansa CityLine]]</small> | Munich|1
+| Lufthansa Regional <br>operated by [[Lufthansa CityLine]] | Munich|1
 | [[OLT Express]] |Gdańsk [begins 7 may], Wrocław [begins 16 april], Poznań [begins 16 april]|2
 | {{nowrap|[[Norwegian Air Shuttle]]}}| Bergen, Copenhagen, Oslo-Gardermoen, Stavanger, Stockholm-Arlanda [begins 30 March]|1
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 ==Getting there==
-[[File:PESA SA133 Kraków-Balice.jpg|thumb|right|"Balice Ekspres" train]]
+[[File:PESA SA133 Kraków-Balice.jpg|thumb|"Balice Ekspres" train]]
 In addition to road access by private car or taxi, other options are:
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 == Runway ==
-The airport has one concrete [[runway]], number 07/25, 2550 x 60 m. Runway 07 is open for landing only between sunrise and sunset.
+The airport has one concrete [[runway]], number 07/25, 2550x60m. Runway 07 is open for landing only between sunrise and sunset.
 ==Incidents==