
The formal designation of the Krakow Balice airport is Krakow Airport im. Jana Pawla II. This international airport lies approx. 11km from the Krakow’s centre. The company named Miadzynarodowy Port Lotniczy im. Jana Pawła II Krakow - Balice sp. z. o.o. is a present manager of the airport.
It is the second biggest airport in the country, only after the Okecie in the capital city, in case of both – general number of all passengers and connections. There are great hopes for the expansion of the Krkaow Balice airport. About 8mln potential passengers lives about one hundred km from the airport, and additionally it is situated on the very busy communication route. Krakow airport is very well accessible thanks to to numerous of certified companies providing Krakow airport transfers service.
Within next 20 years there is going to be a development of the airport. The previous prognoses were claiming that the airport will develop from 3,5mln passengers in 2015, to 6,5 million 10 years later. At the moment we definitely know that these prognoses are not enough as the pace of the development is definitely faster.