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WAW Warsaw ⇄ KRK Kraków

Warsaw Chopin Airport (Poland) and Kraków John Paul II International Airport (Poland): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance246 km153 mi133 nautical miles
WAW → KRK1 h 20 minestimated block time
KRK → WAW1 h 20 minestimated block time
Clock change±0 hKraków vs Warsaw, today
Great-circle route from Warsaw (WAW) to Kraków (KRK)WAWWarsawKRKKraków
The shortest path over the Earth’s surface (great circle), drawn on a Natural Earth projection. Real flight paths bend around weather, winds and closed airspace.

Flight time each way

WAW → KRK

1 h 20 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 200° (SSW).

Leave Warsaw Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Kraków Sat 7 Nov, 11:20 local.

KRK → WAW

1 h 20 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 19° (NNE).

Leave Kraków Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Warsaw Sat 7 Nov, 11:20 local.

The two directions differ by 1 minute in our estimate: this route runs mostly north–south, so the prevailing westerly winds make little difference. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance246 km · 153 mi · 133 nmi
Initial heading200° (SSW) from WAW; 19° (NNE) from KRK
Farthest from the equator52.2°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip1% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

WAWEurope/Warsaw — UTC+1 now; UTC+1 standard time, UTC+2 during daylight saving time
KRKEurope/Warsaw — UTC+1 now; UTC+1 standard time, UTC+2 during daylight saving time
DifferenceKraków is on the same clock as Warsaw today.

Jet lag, flying WAW → KRK. No time-zone change, so no jet lag from the clock — only the usual tiredness of travel.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

WAW Warsaw Chopin AirportWarsaw, Poland · longest runway 12,106 ft3,690 m KRK Kraków John Paul II International AirportKraków, Poland · longest runway 8,366 ft2,550 m

More routes from WAW and KRK

LHRWAW London – Warsaw 1,469 km913 mi · 2 h 35 min

Routes of a similar length

LHRMAN London – Manchester 243 km151 mi · 1 h 20 min SYDCBR Sydney – Canberra 236 km147 mi · 1 h 20 min ATHJTR Athens – Santorini 218 km136 mi · 1 h 15 min BCNPMI Barcelona – Palma de Mallorca 202 km125 mi · 1 h 15 min

Need a different pair? The flight-time calculator works for any two of 3,245 airports. Not covered: which airlines fly this route, schedules, fares and live status — that data is proprietary and we don’t guess it.

Photos on airport pages are credited there. Estimates are rounded to 5 minutes; typical error about 13 minutes (validation).