Katowice Wojciech Korfanty International Airport

Compiled by Bill Gao

Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship (Poland)

IATA: KTW ICAO: EPKT

Longest Active Runway

10,499 ft

3,200 meters

Field Elevation

995 ft

303 m MSL

Runway Inventory

1 active

Lighted / Paved

Coordinates & Class

50.4760°, 19.0807°

LARGE AIRPORT

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Multi-Universe Rankings & Statistical Standing

How ranks work →

RunwayFacts Published Dataset

tied #456 of 650

In curated primary commercial index

Global Commercial Universe

#745 of 7558

Top 10.4% percentile worldwide

For airports with equal runway length, the worldwide order does not indicate a length difference.

National Standing (Poland)

#2 of 3 in PL

#2 of 15 in full national registry

vs Large Airport Median

+5%

Compared to 10,000 ft baseline

💡 KTW in numbers: 10,499 ft longest runway · tied #456 of 650 published · #745 of 7,558 worldwide (top 10.4%) · #2 in Poland.

🔬 Operational & Aerodrome Engineering Comparative Analysis

Longest runway 8,000–10,499 ft

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Elevation & National Context

Lowland Aerodrome (<2,000 ft)

KTW lies at 303 m (995 ft), #196 of 650 published airports by elevation and 66.5 percentile among 7,558 worldwide. It is 302 ft above the Poland median (693 ft, 3 airports) and the highest published airport in the country.

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Regional Density & Alternates (100 NM)

1 Qualifying Aerodrome in Vicinity

Closest of 1 paved-runway (≥5,000 ft) neighbour within 100 NM: Leoš Janáček Airport Ostrava (OSR), 59.9 NM, 11,484 ft. OSR has the radius's longest runway, 985 ft more than KTW.

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Runway Inventory & National Standing

Primary Runway: 10,499 ft (3,200 m)

KTW runway: 08/26 10,499 × 148 ft concrete (con). National standing: #2 of 3 in Poland; WAW leads by 1,607 ft (12,106 ft). +5% vs the 10,000 ft baseline.

🛫 Physical Runway Inventory & Surface Engineering

Runway Designator	Length (ft / m)	Width (ft / m)	Surface Material	Lighting	Status
08/26	10,499 ft (3200 m / 3.200 km)	148 ft (45m)	`Concrete (CON)`	✅ Lighted	✅ Active

🧭 Comparative Aerodromes (100 NM Radius, ≥5,000 ft Paved)

Great-circle Haversine spatial proximity matching for commercial facilities with paved runway capacity within 100 NM.

Aerodrome Name	IATA	Distance	Longest Runway	Lighting
Leoš Janáček Airport Ostrava (Mošnov)	`OSR`	59.9 NM (110.9 km)	11,484 ft	✅ Lighted

🛡️ Source: OurAirports Open Aviation Database, snapshot 2026-09-01 · Provenance →