The Upper Silesian metropolitan area is a polycentric metropolitan area in southern Poland and northeastern Czech Republic, centered on the cities of Katowice and Ostrava, and has around 5 million inhabitants. Geographically, it is located mainly in Upper Silesia, with small parts of the area also in the historical regions of Moravia and Lesser Poland. Administratively, it is located in the three administrative units : mainly Silesian Voivodeship and a small western part of Lesser Poland Voivodeship in Poland, and also a small eastern part of Moravian-Silesian Region in the Czech Republic.
Katowice in Silesian Voivodeship (Poland), the biggest city of the largest urban area in the Upper Silesian metropolitan area.
Lower Vítkovice in Ostrava (Czech Republic), a former mining complex, today a national site of industrial heritage including Bolt Tower
Katowice Airport
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Katowice Wojciech Korfanty Airport is an international airport, located in Pyrzowice, 30 km (19 mi) north of Katowice, Poland. It is the fourth-busiest airport in Poland by passenger volumes, with 5.6 million passengers in 2023. It is also the second-busiest airport in the country by cargo volume and the largest origin of charter flights in Poland.
Terminals A & B at night
Terminal B seen from Car Park P1
Wing view before departure with Terminal B