Warsaw Airport is named after Chopin

One of the two, the largest airport in Warsaw is located within the city limits, just ten kilometers from the center. These are the largest air international gates in Poland.

History of creation

Warsaw Airport was built in 1933. It was from this time he began to take the first aircraft. The land on which it is erected is located in the vicinity of the village of Okęcie. That is why it is often called by the name of this settlement.

During World War II, the Okęcie airfield was completely destroyed, as heavy fighting between German and Polish forces was taking place on its territory.

Therefore, after the war, LOT Polish Airlines had to fly using pre-war infrastructure.

But already in 1969 a new passenger terminal was put into operation. Then the Warsaw airport was able to serve more than one million passengers per year.

Domestic flights in those years were carried out from the building built on the site of the pre-war air terminal. And since 1992, when a completely new and modern terminal with a capacity of three and a half million people began to operate, the old structure stopped servicing.

Since 2001, these air gates of Poland bear the name of composer Frederic Chopin, who Warsaw is so proud of.

Airport: how to get here

This city is not only very beautiful, but also quite large. Those who are allowed money go by taxi, especially since there are quite a lot of services in the Polish capital that offer customers a variety of carrier services. However, an uninformed traveler can spend a lot of money going to the airport. This means of transportation is convenient for those tourists who have a map of Warsaw on their hands. The airport of the Polish capital is served by licensed taxi services, whose cars are at the exit from the terminals. The cost of their services to the city center is twenty euros. But they can safely, and most importantly, reliably reach the airport.

Warsaw, the address of which is the following: Zwirkrand Wigury Str. 1, is a favorite place for so many tourists. There are many hotels here, both expensive and economy class. Therefore, for those who do not have the means to travel by taxi, special hotel shuttles that are sent from the hotels Jan III Sobieski, Marriott and Bristol are perfect. At the same time, they are free for the clients living in them.

Those who are uncomfortable with this can use buses operating on routes 188 or 175. They leave every fifteen minutes from the railway station. The cost of the ticket is approximately 0.5 euros. The duration of the trip is twenty minutes to the center.

Those who prefer to go to the Warsaw airport in their own car, can use the parking lot, designed for three and a half thousand places. The cost of parking depends on the type of parking and time.

Terminals

Warsaw Airport is very spacious, yet compact enough without swirling "labyrinths". Its first and second terminals together form a single international system having a joint zone for departures or arrivals. Between them there is a convenient transition. The third terminal - Etude - is provided for low-budget flights. The departure area for aircraft flying to countries outside the Schengen area is located in the right pier.

For those passengers who have a docking in Warsaw, it is important to take into account the existence of air security control points installed in the transit zone. This takes a certain amount of time.

Currently, another terminal is under construction.

Meals at the airport in Warsaw

Catering establishments in the building of the Frederic Chopin airport terminal are located at the first level in the zone of registration of the first terminal, at zero in the second terminal, and also in the transition between them.

The cost of a sandwich is ten zł and above. In addition, in the terminal Etiuda there are vending machines selling drinks.

check in

Aircraft more than sixty airlines fly to the airport named after Frederic Chopin. Registration of passengers and luggage clearance for domestic flights must be completed in two hours. It ends forty minutes before departure. For passengers flying on international lines, registration is started in two and a half hours. Information on the time of departure, as well as on what exit leads to the landing, you can see on the information monitors.

additional information

Warsaw Airport has exchange offices and ATMs on its territory. His staff speaks fluent English. Lost and found offices and information windows for tourists are located in the arrivals hall. There are also five rooms for the free service of the mother with the child. Banking and post offices work in the departure hall.

The main stores operating on the system Duty Free, are in the central pier of the first terminal. Here, access for passengers is open regardless of the direction of their departure and the place of passage of control for aviation security.

Near the airport there is a small four-star hotel called Courtyard Warsaw Airport. All rooms are equipped with TVs, internet access and cable TV.