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.
Warsaw Chopin Airport is not a large airport so there are not many flights departing here. There are only a few destinations that you can reach from Warsaw Chopin Airport, most of these are operated by LOT Polish Airlines. Many people take a flight to Amsterdam and transfer to another flight there.
Amsterdam (AMS)