Poznań-Ławica Airport

Poznań-Ławica Airport is one of Poland's largest regional airports and the principal aviation gateway to the Greater Poland Voivodeship (Wielkopolskie), serving the Poznań metropolitan area's roughly 1.1M residents and drawing catchment from western Poland between Warsaw and Berlin. Located just 3.7 mi (6 km) west of Poznań city center at 308 ft (94 m) elevation, POZ is among the closest-in airports to its host city center in Poland. The airport handles 87 routes across 56 destinations through 20 airlines. Ławica is one of the oldest airports in Poland, with origins dating to German military aviation before 1918, and served as a key site during the Greater Poland Uprising of 1918–1919 that brought the region into the restored Polish state. Ryanair and Wizz Air together dominate POZ by departures, operating substantial bases serving Western European labor-migration markets and Mediterranean leisure destinations. LOT Polish Airlines runs the principal full-service connectivity via Warsaw with onward long-haul connections, plus selected direct service to Frankfurt and other European hubs. Additional service is provided by Lufthansa (Frankfurt, Munich), KLM (Amsterdam), Eurowings (Düsseldorf, Stuttgart), Norwegian, easyJet (seasonal), Transavia, TUI Poland, Enter Air, and Smartwings — with the charter carriers supporting significant Greek, Turkish, Spanish, Egyptian, and Tunisian summer-season leisure traffic. The network heavily serves Polish diaspora routes — Dublin, Cork, London–Stansted and Luton, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Eindhoven, Brussels-South Charleroi — reflecting the Greater Poland region's historical and ongoing emigration patterns. The airfield operates a single asphalt runway — 10/28 at 8,215 ft (2,504 m) — capable of full narrowbody and light widebody operations. The current passenger terminal (T1 and T2, connected) underwent major expansion in successive phases through the 2010s and 2020s. Poznań is the headquarters of the Volkswagen Poznań commercial vehicle plant, Allegro (Poland's largest e-commerce platform), and the Poznań International Fair — the largest trade-fair grounds in Central Europe — whose major expos drive significant business-travel volume through POZ, particularly for events including the Poznań Motor Show and ITM Industry trade shows.