WRO · Wrocław, Poland
Copernicus Wrocław Airport.
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Wrocław Airport
Airport in Wrocław, Poland
Verification trail
Source-backed facts for WRO
This section separates stable airport identifiers from live operating data. Codes, coordinates, timezone, elevation, source identifiers, and accepted reference links are retained here; live arrivals, departures, gates, delays, NOTAMs, and airline schedule changes must still be checked with the airport or carrier.
Airport catalog
OurAirports ID 2638; ident EPWR; scheduled service listed.
Cached airports.csv snapshot: 2026-04-25; runways.csv snapshot: 2026-05-21.
Official airport source
airport.wroclaw.pl
Used as the preferred live-reference handoff for terminals, gates, alerts, and airport notices.
Open sourceReference summary
Wrocław Airport
Airport-shaped reference summary from en.wikipedia.org; summary snapshot 2026-05-20.
Open sourceManual / derived signals
19 source-backed signals
Merged from OurAirports cached airports.csv, OurAirports cached runways.csv, Wikidata airport entity snapshot, airport-shaped Wikipedia summary snapshot; facts generated 2026-05-21.
IATA / ICAO
WRO / EPWR
OurAirports ident
EPWR
GPS / local code
EPWR
ISO region
PL-DS
Scheduled service
Listed in source snapshot
Role
large scheduled-service airport
Official host
airport.wroclaw.pl
Reference host
en.wikipedia.org
Wikidata entity
Q1107152
Snapshot generated
2026-05-21
Airport lookup keys
Stable codes
Regional keys
Alternate names
Nearby airport codes
Route reference codes
Accepted citation URLs
Last updated May 21, 2026. Stable airport identifiers and timezone facts are content-reviewed; clocks render live in the browser, while weather and time-difference notes are page-snapshot aids rather than permanent airport records.
Live values rendered at Nov 5, 8:21 PM UTC.
What you need to know now
Local airport time
--:--:--CEST · UTC+02:00
Time zone
CEST
Europe/Warsaw · UTC+02:00
Airfield conditions
Live airport weather is temporarily unavailable.
Surface access
10 km
Approximate distance to central Wrocław.
Airport Snapshot
Country capital
Warsaw
Languages
Polish
Currency
PLN (zł)
Country area
312,679 km²
Passenger volume
3.8 million passengers
Terminals
Not clearly stated
Runways
1 runway
Longest runway
8,212 ft / 2,503 m
Runway surface
conc-asph
Opened / operator
1938
Owner / entity
Q1107152
Hub airlines
Mixed or not clearly stated
Airport role
large scheduled-service airport
Scheduled service
Listed
Fact coverage
19 source-backed signals
Copernicus Wrocław Airport is a large scheduled-service airport for Wrocław, Poland. Wrocław's built-up core sits roughly 10 km from the terminal area. Operations run on Europe/Warsaw (UTC+02:00, CEST). Live weather is temporarily unavailable. With 5 other indexable airports in its surrounding network, it works well as a reference point for regional flight planning and timezone checks.
Copernicus Wrocław Airport (WRO / EPWR) is at 51.1037° N, 16.8821° E, elevation 404 ft (123 m), serving Wrocław, Poland.
The accepted reference summary is used as supporting context for the airport identity and operating notes; the timed facts here still come from the airport catalog, timezone database, country snapshot, and linked source trail.
Wrocław is in Poland (capital Warsaw); on Europe/Warsaw (CEST, UTC+02:00); working languages: Polish; currency: PLN (zł).
Distance from central Wrocław: 10 km.
Airport context brief
A compact traveler-facing brief from the airport catalog, country snapshot, route geometry, city anchors, peer airports, and source trail for WRO.
Name and identity cues
Primary airport name
Copernicus Wrocław Airport (WRO / EPWR)
Wrocław Airport · Airport in Wrocław, Poland
Known label 1
Strachowice
Alternate airport-name cue retained for WRO, not a separate indexable duplicate page.
Known label 2
Breslau
Alternate airport-name cue retained for WRO, not a separate indexable duplicate page.
Known label 3
Wroclaw
Alternate airport-name cue retained for WRO, not a separate indexable duplicate page.
Source identifiers
EPWR · EPWR · PL-DS
airport.wroclaw.pl · en.wikipedia.org · scheduled service yes
Source-specific airport notes
Location cue
The airport is located ten kilometres west of the city centre, at ul.
Used to make the airport page location-specific beyond the code, coordinate, and timezone record.
Closest mapped city anchors
1. Osiedle Kosmonautów
osiedle-kosmonautow · 6.2 km from WRO
Poland · Europe/Warsaw · +0h · population 19,048 · city coordinates 51.1275, 16.9619
2. Gądów-Popowice Południowe
gadow-popowice-poludniowe · 6.7 km from WRO
Poland · Europe/Warsaw · +0h · population 24,508 · city coordinates 51.1272, 16.9703
3. Pilczyce-Kozanów-Popowice Północne
pilczyce-kozanow-popowice-polnocne · 7.3 km from WRO
Poland · Europe/Warsaw · +0h · population 31,320 · city coordinates 51.1309, 16.9765
4. Kozanów
kozanow · 7.6 km from WRO
Poland · Europe/Warsaw · +0h · population 15,901 · city coordinates 51.1445, 16.9694
5. Gajowice
gajowice · 8.4 km from WRO
Poland · Europe/Warsaw · +0h · population 21,781 · city coordinates 51.0963, 17.0020
6. Szczepin
szczepin · 9.0 km from WRO
Poland · Europe/Warsaw · +0h · population 18,488 · city coordinates 51.1161, 17.0102
Airport alternatives in the retained graph
1. PED LKPD
Pardubice Airport · Pardubice
145 km from WRO · Europe/Prague · +0h · elevation 741 ft (226 m) · airport coordinates 50.0150, 15.7398
2. KTW EPKT
Katowice Wojciech Korfanty International Airport · Katowice
170 km from WRO · Europe/Warsaw · +0h · elevation 995 ft (303 m) · airport coordinates 50.4760, 19.0807
3. LCJ EPLL
Łódź Władysław Reymont Airport · Łódź
188 km from WRO · Europe/Warsaw · +0h · elevation 604 ft (184 m) · airport coordinates 51.7219, 19.3981
4. PRG LKPR
Václav Havel Airport Prague · Prague
216 km from WRO · Europe/Prague · +0h · elevation 1,247 ft (380 m) · airport coordinates 50.1009, 14.2599
5. DRS EDDC
Dresden Airport · Dresden
217 km from WRO · Europe/Berlin · +0h · elevation 755 ft (230 m) · airport coordinates 51.1341, 13.7678
Route-time reference set
1. WRO-PED
Pardubice · 145 km · 1h 1m
Europe/Prague · +0h from WRO; reference route only, not a live schedule.
2. WRO-KTW
Katowice · 170 km · 1h 3m
Europe/Warsaw · +0h from WRO; reference route only, not a live schedule.
3. WRO-LCJ
Łódź · 188 km · 1h 4m
Europe/Warsaw · +0h from WRO; reference route only, not a live schedule.
4. WRO-PRG
Prague · 216 km · 1h 6m
Europe/Prague · +0h from WRO; reference route only, not a live schedule.
5. WRO-DRS
Dresden · 217 km · 1h 7m
Europe/Berlin · +0h from WRO; reference route only, not a live schedule.
Runway source evidence
Published runway count
1 runway
Longest runway 8,212 ft / 2,503 m. 1 lighted runway in the runway snapshot.
Runway surface mix
conc-asph
Surface labels are normalized from the OurAirports runway rows for WRO.
Runway identifiers
11/29
Identifier pairs are retained as airport-specific runway cues, not live operational availability claims.
Same-country airport context
1. KTW EPKT
Katowice Wojciech Korfanty International Airport · Katowice · 170 km from WRO
large airport · Europe/Warsaw · poland · 995 ft (303 m) · 50.4760, 19.0807
2. LCJ EPLL
Łódź Władysław Reymont Airport · Łódź · 188 km from WRO
large airport · Europe/Warsaw · poland · 604 ft (184 m) · 51.7219, 19.3981
3. KRK EPKK
Kraków John Paul II International Airport · Balice · 235 km from WRO
large airport · Europe/Warsaw · poland · 791 ft (241 m) · 50.0777, 19.7848
4. WMI EPMO
Warsaw Modlin Airport · Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki · 299 km from WRO
large airport · Europe/Warsaw · poland · 341 ft (104 m) · 52.4511, 20.6518
5. WAW EPWA
Warsaw Chopin Airport · Warsaw · 306 km from WRO
large airport · Europe/Warsaw · poland · 362 ft (110 m) · 52.1657, 20.9671
Accepted operational notes
Source note 1
It is Poland's 5th busiest airport.
Retained as a source-backed local role note for WRO.
Source note 2
In 2023, it handled over 3.8 million passengers.
Retained as a source-backed local role note for WRO.
Source note 3
It has one runway, one passenger terminal, one cargo terminal and one general aviation terminal.
Retained as a source-backed local role note for WRO.
Country and authority
WRO sits in Poland (Republic of Poland), whose capital is Warsaw. No specific civil-aviation authority label is attached in the current map, so this page avoids inventing one. Country context: Europe, Central Europe.
Traveler context
Common country-language signals: Polish. Currency context: PLN (zł). WRO is listed with scheduled service in the airport source snapshot.
Names and local labels
WRO is also associated in the airport facts snapshot with Strachowice, Breslau, Wroclaw. These labels help catch alternate airport names without creating separate duplicate airport pages.
Reference description
Airport in Wrocław, Poland. This description is used only as identity context; live flight status, terminal assignment, and airport alerts still belong to the official airport or airline source.
Source-specific cues
Location cue: The airport is located ten kilometres west of the city centre, at ul.
Entity fingerprint
Wikidata airport entity: Q1107152 · Wrocław – Copernicus Airport. Administrative area: Wrocław. Named after: Nicolaus Copernicus · Wrocław. Entity official-site cross-check: airport.wroclaw.pl
Field and clock profile
Copernicus Wrocław Airport is a low-elevation field at 404 ft (123 m), positioned at 51.1037° N, 16.8821° E in the Northern high mid-latitudes. The runway snapshot lists 1 runway and a longest runway of 8,212 ft / 2,503 m. The airport clock uses Europe/Warsaw (CEST, UTC+02:00), so cross-date arrivals should be checked against this zone rather than the airline origin city.
City and airport alternatives
Osiedle Kosmonautów is the closest retained city-time anchor at 6.2 km. PED Pardubice is the closest retained airport alternative at 145 km.
Country airport peers
WRO is compared with KTW Katowice at 170 km, LCJ Łódź at 188 km, KRK Balice at 235 km, WMI Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki at 299 km, WAW Warsaw at 306 km inside the retained Poland airport set, which is useful when backup airports share the same country context but differ by city, route network, and clock behavior.
Route geometry
WRO-PED Pardubice: 145 km, about 1h 1m, +0h. WRO-KTW Katowice: 170 km, about 1h 3m, +0h. WRO-LCJ Łódź: 188 km, about 1h 4m, +0h. WRO-PRG Prague: 216 km, about 1h 6m, +0h. These are distance and timezone references, not live flight availability claims.
Source trail
OurAirports ident EPWR backs the stable code, coordinate, elevation, and timezone record. airport.wroclaw.pl is attached as the official airport website. en.wikipedia.org is used only as supporting reference context. Snapshot date: 2026-05-21.
Operational Profile
Traffic profile
3.8 million passengers
Airline role
Mixed commercial service
Terminal footprint
See operational notes
Runway footprint
1 runway · longest 8,212 ft / 2,503 m
Runway identifiers
11/29
OurAirports classifies WRO as a large airport with scheduled service, which gives it stronger planning value than a code-only lookup.
WRO (EPWR) is one of the curated airport pages with a real traffic signal attached: 3.8 million passengers, operating from a low-elevation field at 404 ft (123 m).
WRO sits in a broader regional network with 5 nearby curated alternatives, so airline choice and connection strategy are part of the planning story here.
WRO's runway record lists 1 runway, with the longest runway at 8,212 ft / 2,503 m and source surfaces recorded as conc-asph.
A specific operator or management record for WRO is not currently in our source set, so this page leans on regulator and country context rather than inventing one.
- It is Poland's 5th busiest airport.
- In 2023, it handled over 3.8 million passengers.
- It has one runway, one passenger terminal, one cargo terminal and one general aviation terminal.
These operational notes prefer the structured airport facts snapshot, then fall back to the accepted airport reference at airport.wroclaw.pl, then blend that with local timezone, route, and city-access data already on this page.
Decision matrix for WRO
These are the specific situations where this airport page earns its keep: time-zone conversion, city transfer planning, nearby airport backup logic, and source-confidence checks before acting.
When the clock matters
WRO uses Europe/Warsaw (CEST, UTC+02:00). Use this before overnight arrivals, cross-date departures, and same-day connections.
When surface access matters
Copernicus Wrocław Airport is about 10 km from central Wrocław; build that transfer into arrival and check-in planning.
When alternates matter
PED Pardubice is the closest retained alternate at 145 km, time difference +0h.
When source checks matter
airport.wroclaw.pl is listed as the official airport website in the airport facts snapshot; live schedules, gates, routes, terminals, and NOTAM-sensitive operations still need official airport or airline verification.
How this airport compares nearby
These comparisons place WRO inside the retained airport graph by country, timezone, elevation, and coordinate neighbors. They are deterministic dataset facts, not generated flight claims.
Country-rank position
WRO ranks #6 in the curated Poland airport set when large airports are listed before medium airports, then sorted by IATA code. The retained country set has 6 airports.
Same-zone airport cohort
WRO shares Europe/Warsaw with KRK Balice PL · KTW Katowice PL · LCJ Łódź PL · WAW Warsaw PL · WMI Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki PL. This helps separate same-clock airports by city, country, code, and geography.
Elevation-neighbor cohort
WRO is 404 ft (123 m). Closest elevation peers in the retained airport set include MUX 403 ft (123 m) (1 ft delta) · FKB 408 ft (124 m) (4 ft delta) · RMO 399 ft (122 m) (5 ft delta) · KZN 411 ft (125 m) (7 ft delta) · ADB 412 ft (126 m) (8 ft delta).
Coordinate-neighbor check
WRO's nearest retained coordinate neighbors are PED 145 km +0h · KTW 170 km +0h · LCJ 188 km +0h · PRG 216 km +0h.
Flight Path Arc
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Arriving From / Departing To
| Destination | Route code | Distance | Estimated window | Time difference | Destination clock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pardubice | PED | 145 km | 1h 1m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Katowice | KTW | 170 km | 1h 3m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Łódź | LCJ | 188 km | 1h 4m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Prague | PRG | 216 km | 1h 6m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Dresden | DRS | 217 km | 1h 7m | +0h | --:--:-- |
WRO to PED
Pardubice
Distance 145 km; estimated travel window 1h 1m; destination zone Europe/Prague is +0h from WRO. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
WRO to KTW
Katowice
Distance 170 km; estimated travel window 1h 3m; destination zone Europe/Warsaw is +0h from WRO. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
WRO to LCJ
Łódź
Distance 188 km; estimated travel window 1h 4m; destination zone Europe/Warsaw is +0h from WRO. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
Airport Details
Timezone
Ground Transport and Nearby Context
Central Wrocław is close enough that taxi, ride-hail, and rail or shuttle links are usually the fastest arrival options.
Wrocław is the nearest mapped city anchor in the current dataset, which makes it the cleanest companion page when travelers want to switch from airport timing into local city timing.
Copernicus Wrocław Airport has 5 nearby indexed airport alternatives, which makes backup departures and diversion logic part of real planning instead of a theoretical edge case.
Nearby city time anchors
Airport pages are most useful when they bridge into real city clocks. These city anchors are ranked by distance from WRO, then shown with their own timezone, local time, and time difference from the airport clock.
Osiedle Kosmonautów
osiedle-kosmonautow · 6.2 km · Europe/Warsaw
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Gądów-Popowice Południowe
gadow-popowice-poludniowe · 6.7 km · Europe/Warsaw
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Pilczyce-Kozanów-Popowice Północne
pilczyce-kozanow-popowice-polnocne · 7.3 km · Europe/Warsaw
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Kozanów
kozanow · 7.6 km · Europe/Warsaw
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Gajowice
gajowice · 8.4 km · Europe/Warsaw
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Szczepin
szczepin · 9.0 km · Europe/Warsaw
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Krzyki-Partynice
krzyki-partynice · 9.5 km · Europe/Warsaw
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Osiedle Powstańców Śląskich
osiedle-powstancow-slaskich · 9.7 km · Europe/Warsaw
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Wrocław
wroclaw · 10 km · Europe/Warsaw
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Różanka-Polanka
rozanka-polanka · 11 km · Europe/Warsaw
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Nadodrze
nadodrze · 11 km · Europe/Warsaw
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Rejon placu Świętego Macieja
rejon-placu-swietego-macieja · 11 km · Europe/Warsaw
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Airlines and Network Role
Copernicus Wrocław Airport does not have a long carrier list in the current source trail, so this page emphasizes the durable pieces travelers can safely use here: local time, field identifiers, nearby airports, and timezone differences.
The route timing references show the first cross-timezone planning burden after this airport: Pardubice (PED), Katowice (KTW), Łódź (LCJ). Treat them as distance and clock cues, then verify flight availability with the carrier.
Planning checkpoints
- Traffic signal: 3.8 million passengers.
- Terminal footprint: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Runway footprint: 1 runway; longest runway 8,212 ft / 2,503 m; identifiers 11/29.
- Runway surfaces: conc-asph; 1 lighted runway in the source snapshot.
- Operator / management: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Opened / inaugurated: 1938.
- Network role: mixed or not clearly stated in the source trail.
Nearby Airports
Nearby airports are ranked by coordinate distance from WRO. The time difference column is computed from IANA zones against the page snapshot, while the local clocks update in the browser.
Pardubice AirportPED
Pardubice · large airport
- Distance
- 145 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 741 ft (226 m)
Compare against PED when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Katowice Wojciech Korfanty International AirportKTW
Katowice · large airport
- Distance
- 170 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 995 ft (303 m)
Compare against KTW when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Łódź Władysław Reymont AirportLCJ
Łódź · large airport
- Distance
- 188 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 604 ft (184 m)
Compare against LCJ when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Václav Havel Airport PraguePRG
Prague · large airport
- Distance
- 216 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 1,247 ft (380 m)
Compare against PRG when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Dresden AirportDRS
Dresden · large airport
- Distance
- 217 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 755 ft (230 m)
Compare against DRS when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Questions
FAQ
What timezone is Copernicus Wrocław Airport (WRO) in?▾
Copernicus Wrocław Airport is in the Europe/Warsaw timezone (UTC+02:00, CEST).
What are the codes for Copernicus Wrocław Airport?▾
Copernicus Wrocław Airport uses IATA code WRO and ICAO code EPWR.
Where is Copernicus Wrocław Airport located?▾
Copernicus Wrocław Airport is located in Wrocław, Poland at coordinates 51.1037° N, 16.8821° E, with an elevation of 404 ft (123 m) (low-elevation field in the high mid-latitudes).
How far is Copernicus Wrocław Airport from central Wrocław?▾
Copernicus Wrocław Airport sits roughly 10 km from the nearest mapped city center for Wrocław.
Which route reference is most useful from WRO?▾
Pardubice (PED) is one of the closest route references on this page, with an estimated travel window of 1h 1m, destination timezone Europe/Prague, and a +0h difference from WRO.
What other airports in Poland are close peers to WRO?▾
WRO's curated peers in Poland on this site include KTW Katowice, LCJ Łódź, KRK Balice, plus 2 more.
How many runways does Copernicus Wrocław Airport have?▾
Copernicus Wrocław Airport's source-backed operational summary lists 1 runway, with the longest runway recorded at 8,212 ft / 2,503 m; identifiers include 11/29.