Polish airports handled 66.3 million passengers in 2025
Poland’s airports closed 2025 with 66,258,004 passengers. That was a new record and a 14.4% year-on-year increase, while the average growth rate across Europe stood at 4.4%. ACI Europe says the continent’s airports handled 2.6 billion passengers last year.
Regional airports accounted for most of that traffic. They handled 41,984,570 passengers, or 63% of the market. Airports managed by Polish Airports State Enterprise, namely Warsaw Chopin, Warsaw-Radom and Zielona Góra-Babimost, served a combined 24,273,434 travellers.
Poland outpaced the European market
ACI Europe’s annual traffic report shows that the European airport market moved into a more stable growth phase after the post-pandemic rebound. In 2025, passenger traffic across Europe rose by 4.4%, while domestic traffic was broadly flat. International traffic drove almost all of the increase.
Against that backdrop, Poland remained one of Europe’s fastest-growing aviation markets. Industry summaries for 2025 confirm traffic above 66 million passengers and describe the year as the third straight annual record for Polish airports.
Regional airports now carry most passengers
For airlines and airport operators, that split matters. More than six out of ten passengers now use airports outside Warsaw. The growth story is no longer concentrated in one gateway. It is spread across the regional network.
At the same time, Warsaw Chopin remains the country’s largest single airport. Available year-end summaries put its 2025 traffic at more than 24 million passengers, another record that leaves limited room for further growth without additional infrastructure.
Forecasts point to another step up
The figures quoted in the source material point to continued expansion. In the base-case scenario, Polish airports are expected to handle 73.3 million passengers in 2026 and move past 100 million a year by the middle of the next decade. Reports published in March 2026, based on comments by government plenipotentiary for CPK Maciej Lasek, also point to the 100 million mark in 2035.
The capacity debate also brings Port Polska back into focus. Government materials and the project website say the first phase of the new airport is designed for 34 million passengers a year. Older materials based on IATA forecasts referred to 40 million passengers in the first stage and cargo throughput rising to around 1.5 million tonnes by 2060.
What it means for the market
The main takeaway from the 2025 data is clear: Polish airports are growing much faster than the European average, but that growth is running up against infrastructure limits. That puts pressure on investment plans in Warsaw and across the regional airport system, which already handles most of the country’s traffic.
Cargo is also part of the long-term growth story. Available IATA forecasts for the CPK project indicate that cargo and mail volumes at the new airport could rise from about 128,000 tonnes in 2024 to nearly 1.5 million tonnes in 2060.
