Airports / Poland / KRK
Kraków John Paul II International Airport
EPKK / KRKBalice, PolandELEV 791 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
36 nm
To the nearest alternate
Katowice Wojciech Korfanty International Airport (KTW).
Overview
Kraków John Paul II International Airport (EPKK / KRK) sits in Balice, Poland, where it functions as a large commercial airport. The airport sits 791 feet above sea level. Alongside scheduled airline service, the airport handles a steady flow of private and charter traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into KRK for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Katowice Wojciech Korfanty International Airport (KTW, 36 nm), Poprad-Tatry Airport (TAT, 63 nm), and Žilina-Dolný Hričov Airport (ILZ, 68 nm).
Charter pricing from KRK depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. In directories and search listings it also appears under Krakov. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Balice.
Field capability
ICAO
EPKK
IATA
KRK
FAA / Local
EPKK
Elevation
791 ft
Coordinates
50.0777° N · 19.7848° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Large
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs Poland fields
state range 16–995 ft
At 791 ft, KRK sits higher than 93% of the 27 Poland fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 36nmKTWKatowice Wojciech Korfanty International AirportKatowice
- 63nmTATPoprad-Tatry AirportPoprad
- 68nmILZŽilina-Dolný Hričov AirportDolný Hričov
- 69nmOSRLeoš Janáček Airport OstravaMošnov
- 86nmRZERzeszów-Jasionka AirportJasionka
- 90nmSLDSliač AirportSliač
Location
Open the full mapEPKK · Kraków John Paul II International Airport · Balice, Poland