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Copernicus Airport Wrocław Port Lotniczy Wrocław im. Mikołaja Kopernika
IATA: WRO ICAO: EPWR
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Wrocław Airport Company
Serves	Wroclaw
Location	Wroclaw, Poland
Hub for	Wizz Air Ryanair
Elevation AMSL	123 m / 404 ft
Coordinates	51°06′10″N 016°53′09″E
Website	wwww.airport.wroclaw.pl
Map
Copernicus Airport Wrocław
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 11/29 2,500 8,202 Concrete/Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
Number of Passengers 1,657,472 Aircraft Movements 25,339
Source: polish AIP at EUROCONTROL

Copernicus Airport Wrocław (Polish: Port Lotniczy Wrocław im. Mikołaja Kopernika) (IATA: WRO, ICAO: EPWR) is an international commercial airport in Wrocław in southwestern Poland. The airport is located 10 km (6.2 mi) southwest of the city centre. It has one runway and two passenger terminals and one cargo terminal. The new terminal started its operations on 11.03.2012.

History

The airport was built in 1938 for German military purposes before World War II. It was operated briefly by Soviet forces following the war before being used for civilian purposes in 1945. Services were operated to Warsaw, Łódź, Poznań and Katowice. By 1992 destinations also included Krakow, Rzeszów, Gdańsk, Szczecin and Koszalin.

'Port Lotniczy Wrocław S. A.' was established as a company in January 1992 and Wrocław airport assets operated by the state owned Polish Airports authority were transferred to the company in January 1993.

The first international flights were inaugurated in January 1993, serving Frankfurt, Germany. Significant airport improvements have been completed in recent years. A new international departures terminal was opened in May 1997 followed by a new domestic terminal in November 1998. A cargo terminal, international arrivals hall, and installation of a new meteorological system were completed in 1999; new fire station and apron extensions in 2000; new air traffic control tower and duty free area in 2001.

On December 6, 2005 the airport was renamed after the famous astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (in Polish: Mikołaj Kopernik). The airport's new name is Copernicus Airport Wrocław (Port Lotniczy Wrocław im. Mikołaja Kopernika). Terminal extensions were officially opened on the same day, increasing the airport's capacity to 750,000 passengers per year. This capacity was quickly exceeded by several hundred thousand (in the first 9 months of 2007 the airport served 972,505 passengers) so the existing terminal space was expanded by 1,900 m² to alleviate some of the congestion, but more importantly make the terminal facilities conform to the requirements of the Schengen Agreement, which was implemented at Poland's airports on 31 March 2008.

Development plans

On 19 July 2006 the architectural firm JSK was chosen to design a significant airport expansion. This includes plans for a new passenger terminal (eventually, after several stages of expansion, the airport will be able to handle 7 million passengers yearly), a runway extension to 3,000 m (9,843 ft), and assorted taxiway, apron and navigation equipment improvements. Also, car parking will be expanded to 1,000 spaces, and a conference centre with a hotel will be built on site. The first stage, increasing the passenger capacity to 3,5 million yearly, officially opened on February 29, 2012. However, the new terminal opened to passengers on Sunday March 11, 2012.

Statistics

Interior of the airport's modern terminal.

Terminal T1 entrance

Following are the official airport annual traffic levels

Year	Passengers	Cargo (tonnes)	Air operations
1998	174 202	871	9 558
1999	191 502	628	10 333
2000	210 873	2 548	11 858
2001	237 705	1 172	7 430
2002	236 151	1 571	6 594
2003	284 334	1 183	12 384
2004	355 431	823	18 509
2005	454 047	1 378	20 556
2006	857 931	1 510	25 002
2007	1 270 825	1 458	26 948
2008	1 486 442	1 462	32 000
2009	1 365 456	1 031	25 472
2010	1 654 439	946	23 627
2011	1 657 472	957	25 339

Airport facilities

Terminals

The airport operates modern domestic, international and cargo terminals. The international terminal contains a duty free area in the international departures hall. The cargo terminal, located beside the fire station and air traffic control tower, west of the passenger terminals, has a storage area of 3,300 m² (36,000 sq ft), a bonded warehouse, freezer and radioactive materials warehouse.

Airlines and destinations

Wizz Air Airbus 320 at old terminal stand

Airlines	Destinations
Air Cairo	Sharm El-Sheikh, Hurghada
Enter Air	Seasonal: Bodrum, Funchal, Hurghada, Málaga, Monastir
EuroLOT	Gdańsk, Lviv
LOT Polish Airlines	Warsaw-Chopin
LOT Polish Airlines operated by EuroLOT	Frankfurt, Munich, Warsaw-Chopin
Lufthansa Regional operated by Augsburg Airways	Munich
Lufthansa Regional operated by Eurowings	Düsseldorf
Lufthansa Regional operated by Lufthansa CityLine	Frankfurt, Munich, Düsseldorf
Nesma Airlines	Seasonal: Sharm El-Sheikh, Hurghada
Ryanair	Beauvais, Bergamo, Bournemouth, Bristol, Chania, Charleroi, Dublin, Glasgow-Prestwick, Liverpool, London-Stansted, Malmö, Malta, East Midlands, Oslo-Rygge, Pisa, Rome-Ciampino, Shannon, Treviso Seasonal: Alicante, Bologna, Girona, Málaga
Scandinavian Airlines	Copenhagen
Scandinavian Airlines operated by Cimber Sterling	Copenhagen
Sky Airlines	Seasonal: Antalya
SkyTaxi Poland	Barcelona, Belfast-International, Edinburgh, Gdansk, Leeds/Bradford, Lublin, Madrid, Manchester, Milan-Orio al Serio, Warsaw-Chopin
Sun d'Or operated by El Al	Seasonal: Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion
Wizz Air	Beauvais, Cork, Doncaster/Sheffield, Dortmund, Eindhoven, London-Luton, Oslo-Torp

A Panorama view of T2 Terminal

See also

• List of airports in Poland

References

3. http://www.skyairlines.net/

External links

• Copernicus Airport Wrocław website

Copernicus Airport Category:Airports in Poland Category:Buildings and structures in Lower Silesian Voivodeship