AirportsWarsaw Chopin Airport is a large airport serving Warsaw, in Masovian Voivodeship, Poland. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is WAW.
Key facts
- IATA code
- WAW
- ICAO code
- EPWA
- City
- Warsaw
- State or region
- Masovian Voivodeship
- Country
- Poland
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 52.1657° N, 20.9671° E
- Elevation
- 110 m (362 ft)
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 3,690 m (12,106 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, WAW means Warsaw Chopin Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: EPWA. ICAO codes that begin with E belong to northern Europe. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 52.1657° N, 20.9671° E. It stands 110 metres (362 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone Europe/Warsaw, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Warsaw Chopin Airport has 2 runways in the data. The longest is 3,690 metres (12,106 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 15 airports of Poland on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 1.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 3,690 m 12,106 ft | 60 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 11/29 | 2,800 m 9,186 ft | 50 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Warsaw Modlin AirportNowy Dwór Mazowiecki | WMI | 38 km |
| Warsaw Radom AirportRadom | RDO | 88 km |
| Łódź Władysław Reymont AirportŁódź | LCJ | 118 km |
| Olsztyn-Mazury AirportSzymany | SZY | 146 km |
| Lublin AirportLublin | LUZ | 158 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 5,263 km | 6 h 50 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 5,780 km | 7 h 30 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 4,156 km | 5 h 30 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 1,469 km | 2 h 15 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 6,848 km | 8 h 45 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 9,658 km | 12 h 10 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 9,414 km | 11 h 50 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 8,603 km | 10 h 50 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 15,602 km | 19 h 20 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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