Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport
Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport
Rzeszów Jasionka Airport (Polish: Port lotniczy Rzeszów-Jasionka) (IATA: RZE, ICAO: EPRZ), officially Rzeszów Ulma Family Airport, is an international airport serving Rzeszów, a city in southeastern Poland. It is located in the village of Jasionka, approximately 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) north of Rzeszów city center. On 24 March 2024, Polish President Andrzej Duda renamed the airport after the Ulma Family, who were Polish citizens executed by the Nazi Army during World War II after they were discovered hiding Jews.
Location
50.110°N, 22.024°E · 211 m s. n. m. (693 ft)
General data
Runways · 4
Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.
Radio frequencies · 3
Tower
Clearance delivery
ATIS (automatic information)
Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.
History
Foundation and early years
Passenger domestic services to Rzeszów–Jasionka Airport began on 30 November 1945 with the opening of the circular domestic airline route Warsaw – Łódź –Kraków – Rzeszów – Lublin – Warsaw. The airport was rebuilt and opened for commercial traffic in 1949 after the first facilities built in 1940 were destroyed in 1944.
In 1999, the Polish Air Force, which had a presence at Rzeszów–Jasionka Airport since its opening, permanently closed its Rzeszów–Jasionka air base as part of an agreement by the Polish Ministry of Defence.
On 2 June 2007, LOT Polish Airlines commenced seasonal services to New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport and Newark's Newark Liberty International Airport. Service to JFK has since ceased operations. As of January 2008, the airport has had scheduled international flights to Dublin and London–Stansted, in addition to its domestic connection with Warsaw.
Development since 2010
In 2009–10, it registered an 18.66% increase in passenger traffic serving 451,720 passengers in 2010. Coupled with the September 2006 start of construction on a new passenger terminal, this means that the airport is undergoing a rapid expansion, albeit in fits and starts, owing to delays in setting up the management company and obtaining financing and routes. The new passenger terminal opened in May 2012. As of 2014, Rzeszów Airport had been cited as an airport with below-forecast passenger numbers and an inefficient usage of EU subsidies. The airport, however, underwent a European Court of Auditors audit in 2014 and among 20 other European airports – its marks were positive in terms of efficiency and legitimacy using EU funds on airports' modernisation.
During the Russo-Ukrainian war, the airport has been used as a trans-shipment hub for Ukraine's supporters to with medical aid, weapons and supplies. It is also widely used for air travel to Ukraine, due to its proximity to the Ukrainian border during the closure of Ukrainian Air Space. Supplies are flown to the airport and then driven along the A4 autostrada to the Polish-Ukrainian border. On 9 March 2022, the United States deployed two MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missile systems to the airport in what it called a "precautionary defensive move." On 5 March 2022, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken landed in Rzeszów to meet with Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba in Ukraine. The President of the United States Joe Biden landed on Air Force One in Rzeszów twice, on 25 March 2022 to meet American troops, and on 19 February 2023, on the way to Kyiv. On 22 March 2023, William, Prince of Wales, landed in Rzeszów to meet British and Polish troops.
Airlines operating here · 9
Other airlines with direct routes
Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).
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BibTeX
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