Katowice International Airport Międzynarodowy Port Lotniczy Katowice-Pyrzowice
Terminal B at the Katowice International
IATA: KTW – ICAO: EPKT
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner/Operator		GTL (Górnośląskie Towarzystwo Lotnicze)
Serves		Katowice
Location		Pyrzowice
Hub for		LOT Polish Airlines Wizz Air
Elevation AMSL		304 m / 304 metres (997 ft) ft
Coordinates		50°28′27″N 019°04′48″E / 50.47417°N 19.08°E / 50.47417; 19.08 (Katowice International Airport)Coordinates: 50°28′27″N 019°04′48″E / 50.47417°N 19.08°E / 50.47417; 19.08 (Katowice International Airport)
Website		www.katowice-airport.com
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
09/27	2,800	9,186	Concrete
Statistics (2008)
Number of Passengers			2,426,942 (+21,59% from 2007)
Aircraft Movements			27,030 (+10,37% from 2007)
Sources: Polish AIP at EUROCONTROL[1] Statistics from Office of Civil Aviation[2]

Katowice International Airport (Polish: Międzynarodowy Port Lotniczy Katowice-Pyrzowice) (IATA: KTW, ICAO: EPKT) is an international airport, located in Pyrzowice, 30 km (19 mi) north northwest^[1] of Katowice, Poland.

The airport features two passenger terminals A and B (completed in 2007) and a cargo terminal. Its concrete runway is 2,800 by 60 m (9,186 by 197 ft) and can accommodate aircraft as large as Boeing 747 or Boeing 777, albeit not at Maximum Takeoff Weight.^[3] Heavy transports such as Antonov An-124 or An-225 also land there from time to time.

Contents 1 Getting to and from the airport 1.1 By car 1.2 By bus 2 Terminals 3 Airlines and destinations 3.1 Terminal A 3.2 Terminal B 3.3 Cargo Operations 4 Accidents and Incidents 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Getting to and from the airport

[edit] By car

In 2006 express road S1 was opened between the Podwarpie junction and the airport. Passengers travelling by car from Katowice city centre should take the S86 express road and follow the signs to Pyrzowice.

[edit] By bus

There is an hourly bus service between Katowice city centre and the airport. The bus leaves every full hour from Katowice Main Railway Station and stops near Qubus Hotel Katowice, Novotel Katowice and in Sosnowiec. It takes approximately 50 minutes to get from Katowice to the airport. The ticket costs zł20 (€5.5) one way.

Direct bus connections to other cities, such as Kraków and Częstochowa are also available.

[edit] Terminals

Katowice International Airport has two terminals. Terminal A handles all non-Schengen flights, while Terminal B handles all Schengen flights. The longest airport observation deck in Poland can be found inside Terminal B

[edit] Airlines and destinations

[edit] Terminal A

Airlines	Destinations
Air Italy Polska	Antalya, Hurghada, Monastir, Sharm el-Sheikh [seasonal]
Ryanair	Birmingham, Dublin, London-Stansted
Wizz Air	Burgas, Cork, Doncaster/Sheffield, Liverpool, London-Luton
Wizz Air Ukraine	Kiev-Boryspil

[edit] Terminal B

Airlines	Destinations
Air Italy Polska	Chania [seasonal]
LOT Polish Airlines	Munich, Turin, Warsaw
Lufthansa Regional operated by Cirrus Airlines	Frankfurt
Lufthansa Regional operated by Eurowings	Düsseldorf
Ryanair	Bologna
Wizz Air	Barcelona, Bergen [begins 28 March], Bourgas [begins 12 June], Brussels South-Charleroi, Cologne/Bonn, Dortmund, Eindhoven, Forli, Hahn, Heraklion, Madrid [begins 30 March], Hamburg-Lübeck [begins 30 March], Memmingen, Malmö-Sturup, Milan-Orio al Serio, Kiev-Borispol, Oslo-Torp, Paris-Beauvais, Pisa [begins 29 March], Rome-Ciampino, Stockholm-Skavsta, Venice-Treviso

• Lotus Air - Sharm el-Sheikh (seasonal)
• AMC Airlines - Sharm el-Sheikh (seasonal)
• Sky Airlines - Antalya (seasonal)
• Nouvelair - Monastir (seasonal)

[edit] Cargo Operations

Airlines	Destinations
PLL LOT	Hamilton - Wet-lease Operated by Cargojet Airways [4]
TNT	Basel, Berlin, Erfurt, Liege, Warsaw
Farnair	Cologne/Bonn
Exin	Leipzig
SprintAir	Warsaw

[edit] Accidents and Incidents

• On 27 October 2007, a Boeing 737-800 chartered by the UN destroyed dozens of approach and landing lights whilst making a low approach.^[5] No passengers were injured, but the approach lights were out of service for three weeks.

[edit] See also

• Katowice-Muchowiec Airport

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Katowice-Pyrzowice Airport

• Official website (English) (German) (French) (Czech) (Ukrainian) (Polish)
• Current weather for EPKT at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for KTW at Aviation Safety Network