Kraków’s regional hub handled 13.25 million travellers in 2025, a 25 % jump on the previous year and the highest total in its history, the airport authority announced on 3 January 2026. The figure cements Kraków as Poland’s second-busiest airport after Warsaw and underscores the city’s rise as a Central European business-travel magnet.
The airport operated 176 routes to 135 destinations across 38 countries last year, served by 29 airlines. Management attributes growth to the tech and business-services boom in Lesser Poland, which has attracted thousands of expatriate specialists and boosted year-round demand. Christmas travel was particularly strong, with the 13-million-passenger threshold crossed on 25 December.
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For international visitors keen to turn these new flights into real itineraries, VisaHQ can streamline the paperwork. Its online portal (https://www.visahq.com/poland/) lets travellers check Polish entry requirements, assemble documents and submit visa applications entirely digitally—saving valuable time for both holiday-makers and the growing number of business passengers heading to Kraków.
For mobility planners, the data confirm Kraków’s increasing viability as an alternative entry point to Poland. More direct flights mean fewer domestic connections via Warsaw, reducing total journey time for North-American and Western-European assignees heading to plant sites in Katowice or Rzeszów.
The airport is expanding capacity further: construction of a new pier and automated baggage system is slated for completion in Q4 2026, raising peak-hour throughput by 30 %. Ground transport links will also improve when the A4 expressway upgrade finishes later this year, cutting transfer time to the city centre to under 20 minutes.
The airport operated 176 routes to 135 destinations across 38 countries last year, served by 29 airlines. Management attributes growth to the tech and business-services boom in Lesser Poland, which has attracted thousands of expatriate specialists and boosted year-round demand. Christmas travel was particularly strong, with the 13-million-passenger threshold crossed on 25 December.
For international visitors keen to turn these new flights into real itineraries, VisaHQ can streamline the paperwork. Its online portal (https://www.visahq.com/poland/) lets travellers check Polish entry requirements, assemble documents and submit visa applications entirely digitally—saving valuable time for both holiday-makers and the growing number of business passengers heading to Kraków.
For mobility planners, the data confirm Kraków’s increasing viability as an alternative entry point to Poland. More direct flights mean fewer domestic connections via Warsaw, reducing total journey time for North-American and Western-European assignees heading to plant sites in Katowice or Rzeszów.
The airport is expanding capacity further: construction of a new pier and automated baggage system is slated for completion in Q4 2026, raising peak-hour throughput by 30 %. Ground transport links will also improve when the A4 expressway upgrade finishes later this year, cutting transfer time to the city centre to under 20 minutes.
