Krakow Airport im. Jana Pawla II – that’s the official name of the airport in Krakow. This international airport is located about 11km from the city centre. The concern called Miadzynarodowy Port Lotniczy im. Jana Pawła II Krakow – Balice sp. z. o.o. is a present administrator of the airport.
In terms of the total amount of people and flights it’s the second biggesy airport in the country, just behind the one in the capital city. Polish officials have great hopes for the expansion of the Krkaow Balice airport. Approx. 8mln potential passengers lives about 100km from the airport, and additionally it is located on the extremely busy communication route. Krakow airport is really well reachable due to numerous of licensed firms providing Krakow airport shuttle service.
Within forthcoming 20 years there is going to be an expansion of the airport. The previous predictions were claiming that Balice will develop from 3,5mln users in 2015, to 6,5 million ten years later. Right now it is obvious that these prognoses are not enough since the pace of the development is definitely quicker.