Warsaw Chopin Airport is the largest Polish airport with connections to the main European cities as well as to domestic cities like Gdansk, Krakow and Wroclaw. The airport was named Warsaw-Okecie Airport until 2001 in which year it was renamed in honor of Polish composer Frederic Chopin. The former name Okecie is still used sometimes.
The airport was opened in 1934 but was destroyed when the Germans invaded Poland. During the war the German repaired the airport and build the first concrete runway but, at the end of the war, when the Soviets were approaching Warsaw, the Germans destroyed the runway and all the buildings before they left. It took several years to repair the runway and build new terminals but by the end of the 1940s the airport had flights to the main Polish cities and several international destinations by the new LOT Polish Airlines.
Most flights from Warsaw Chopin Airport are to Amsterdam and to Dusseldorf but there are many more flights to other destinations as well, most of them by LOT Polish Airlines. These are the most popular destinations from Warsaw Chopin Airport:
Amsterdam (AMS)
Dusseldorf (DUS)
Istanbul (ISTA)
Paris (PARA)
Dubai (DXB)
Doha (DOH)
Madrid (MAD)
