Editing Transport in Poland (section)

== Air transport ==
[[Image:Poland airports 2016.svg|thumb|250px|Location of main airports in Poland, with number of passengers served in 2016]]
[[File:Warsaw Airport.jpg|thumb|Terminal 2 of the [[Warsaw Chopin Airport]]]]
[[Image:Terminal T2 we Wrocławiu - landside.jpg|right|thumb|[[Wrocław Airport]] - interior of the terminal T2]]
[[File:Gdansk-Lotnisko-Terminal2 5.JPG|thumb|New terminal at [[Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport]]]]
{{Main|List of airports in Poland}}
The most important airport in Poland is [[Warsaw Chopin Airport|Warsaw 'Frederic Chopin' International Airport]]. Warsaw's airport is the main international hub for [[LOT Polish Airlines]].

In addition to Warsaw Chopin, [[Wrocław Airport|Wrocław]], [[Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport|Gdańsk]], [[Katowice International Airport|Katowice]], [[John Paul II International Airport Kraków-Balice|Kraków]] and [[Poznań-Ławica Airport|Poznań]] all have international airports.

In preparation for the [[Euro 2012]] football championships jointly hosted by Poland and [[Ukraine]], a number of airports around the country were renovated and redeveloped. This included the building of new terminals with an increased number of jetways and stands at both [[Wrocław Airport]] and [[Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport|Lech Wałęsa Airport in Gdańsk]].

===Airports===
The Polish airline market was until 2004 a closed market, with bilateral agreements between countries served from the national hub – Warsaw. The regional airports were mostly serving as spokes, and were controlled by PPL, the state-owned airport authority. However, in the 1990s it was decided to deregulate the airport market and abolish the dominant position of PPL. Nearly all local airports (apart from Zielona Góra airport) became separate companies, with local governments involved in their management, which led to the partial decentralisation. Soon after opening of Polish sky for competition, flights "avoiding" the Warsaw hub became more common.

There are twelve passenger airports in operation, and there is also an airport Heringsdorf in German village Garz, 7 kilometers from Polish seaside spa Świnoujście.

===International airports===
[[List of airports in Poland]]
The following are the largest airports in Poland (In descending order for 2013):
* [[Warsaw Chopin Airport]]
* [[Kraków John Paul II International Airport]]
* [[Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport|Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa International Airport]]
* [[Katowice Airport]]
* [[Wrocław Airport]]
* [[Poznań–Ławica Airport|Poznań International Airport]]
* [[Rzeszów–Jasionka Airport]]
* [[Łódź Władysław Reymont Airport]]
* [[Solidarity Szczecin–Goleniów Airport]]
* [[Warsaw Modlin Airport]]
* [[Bydgoszcz Ignacy Jan Paderewski Airport]] 
* [[Lublin Airport]]
* [[Warsaw Radom Airport]]
* [[Olsztyn-Mazury Airport]]

Domestic:
* [[Zielona Góra Airport|Zielona Góra-Babimost Airport]]

'''Airports with paved runways:'''
Total: 84 (2005)
* over 3,047 m: 4
* 2,438 to 3,047 m: 29
* 1,524 to 2,437 m: 41
* 914 to 1,523 m: 7
* under 914 m: 3

'''Airports – with unpaved runways:'''
Total: 39 (2005)
* 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
* 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
* 914 to 1,523 m: 13
* under 914 m: 21

'''Heliports:''' 2 (2005)