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Airport maintenance facilities seen from runway.

Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport (IATA: WAW, ICAO: EPWA) (Polish: Port Lotniczy im. Fryderyka Chopina) is an airport located in the Okęcie borough of Warsaw, Poland. It was formerly called Okęcie International Airport. Named after Poland's famous composer Frédéric Chopin, it is the country's largest airport.

History and future

The land was used for aviation since 1910, while in 1927 it was decided that Okęcie would become the city's primary airport. After the completion of technical buildings and the passenger terminal in 1934, the airport took over the handling of all traffic from the Pole Mokotowskie airfield. Except LOT Polish Airlines, Okęcie was also home to four squadrons of the Polish Air Force and to aircraft manufacturer Doświadczalne Zakłady Lotnicze.

During World War II the airport infrastructure was almost completely destroyed. In 1969 a new international terminal was opened; domestic flights continued to operate from the facilities built on the site of the pre-war terminal. The current two story Terminal One was constructed in 1992 to replace the separate domestic and international terminals. The latter has since been mostly torn down with the arrivals hall being adapted in 2003 to form the temporary Etiuda Terminal for low cost carriers.

The construction of a second terminal to deal with rising traffic is currently under way. The addition of Terminal 2 will triple the airport's capacity. It was scheduled for spring 2006, but the completion date has slipped. As of October 2006, the following time table applies:[2]

There are also plans to move the low cost carrier flights to the former military airfield in Modlin north of Warsaw, as well as a longer-term vision of building a completely new airport to serve the city -- with Modlin, Sochaczew and Mszczonów among the likeliest locations.

Airlines and destinations

Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport has scheduled passenger service to nine domestic and 76 international destinations in Europe, Africa, Asia and North America.

Passenger airlines

Cargo Airlines

References

  1. ^ Data from Poland's Office of Civil Aviation (Urząd Lotnictwa Cywilnego): [1] (accessed October 24 2006)
  2. ^ Warsaw Airport's website, section: News, item: "New Terminal 2 will be opened in November" [2] (accessed 24 October 2006)
  3. ^ Warsaw Airport's website, section: News, item: "Ryanair launches new flights to Dublin from Warsaw" [3] (accessed October 24 2006)

See also

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