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City to airport · One way · All prices are totals for 1 adult · All service hours

5 ways to the airport

Check-in usually opens about two hours before departure. First departures

Recommended

14 minutes quicker than the Bus AP, for about the same starting price.

FlixBus to Katowice

FlixBus · FlixBus
35 min rideAt your booked time
Katowice SądowaStand 7 on car park P1
Non-stopPre-bookLuggage space
from PLN 7.99total for 1 adultfrom PLN 7.99 eachBuy ticketOn FlixBus
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Boards at. Katowice Sądowa, the international coach station, stands 2 to 6

A floor — "od 7,99 zł" — and the price moves with the date, the departure and how early you book. Compare it with the PLN 7 bus, which runs at every hour.

Luggage. One hold bag and one hand bag free; extra or special luggage is booked as an add-on.

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Bus

Bus AP

AP · Transport GZM (ZTM), operated by PKM Katowice
49 min rideEvery 30 min04:00–23:30
Katowice SądowaThe Pyrzowice Port Lotniczy stop on car park P1
Non-stopLuggage space
PLN 7total for 1 adultPLN 7 eachBuy ticketOn Transport GZM, operated by PKM Katowice
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Boards at. Katowice Sądowa, stand 2B at the coach station, then Katowice Dworzec, stand 10, five minutes later

The 120-minute ticket: PLN 7 on paper from a machine or kiosk, PLN 6.60 in the Transport GZM app or from the validator with a card. Cheapest is to tap a contactless bank card on the validator boarding and again alighting: PLN 5.70 for a ride of 41 to 60 minutes by the timetable; skip the second tap and it is PLN 6.60. The 40-minute ticket does not cover 48 minutes. Reduced fares are half.

Luggage. Free — the tariff charges nothing for luggage or animals. A city bus with no hold.

Hours. Every 30 minutes at :00 and :30 from 04:00 to 23:30, then 00:30, 01:30, 02:30 and 03:30 — around the clock, every day. 49 minutes from Sądowa, 44 from the station.

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Shuttle

Matuszek coach to Katowice

Matuszek · Matuszek (Airport Bus Service)
35 min rideAt your booked time03:15–17:00
Katowice SądowaThe forecourt in front of Terminal C
Non-stopPre-bookLuggage space
PLN 20total for 1 adultPLN 20 eachBuy ticketOn Matuszek
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Boards at. Katowice Sądowa, the international coach station, stand 17

PLN 20 booked online, PLN 40 return; children up to 12 half price. Paid in cash on board or at the payment terminal at the airport it is PLN 10 more each way — PLN 30. Online booking closes two hours before departure; after that, the call centre.

Luggage. One bag of up to 32 kg and 55 × 80 × 30 cm in the hold free, plus a 10 kg hand bag; each further piece PLN 25, and only if there is room.

Hours. Set to the day's departures — seven coaches on the day read: 00:45, 03:15, 08:00, 09:30, 12:30, 15:00 and 17:00, the last for flights around 20:00. Nothing later; for an evening flight take bus AP.

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Regional

S9 train, then the S1 from Chorzów Batory

S9S1 · Koleje Śląskie
55 min rideEvery 120 min05:21–20:15
KatowicePyrzowice Lotnisko station
1 changeLuggage space
PLN 20.50total for 1 adultPLN 20.50 eachBuy ticketOn Koleje Śląskie
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Boards at. Katowice, the main station, on an S1 towards Gliwice, changing at Chorzów Batory onto the S9 towards Częstochowa

One ticket for the whole journey, priced by distance: 52 km to Katowice is PLN 20.50. Children under four travel free; the statutory reductions apply. A Transport GZM 24-hour Metrobilet (PLN 24) is valid on this train as well as every bus and tram. Buy in the KOLEO or Koleje Śląskie app, or from the crew at the front of the train, who take cash, contactless cards and BLIK.

Luggage. Free; a regional train with racks, no hold.

Hours. Nine connections a day: from Katowice at 05:21, 07:29, 09:28, 11:29, 12:08, 14:24, 16:28, 18:30 and 20:15, every day, 64 to 76 minutes to the airport station with the change at Chorzów Batory.

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Pre-booked

Pre-booked private transfer

Driver meets you in arrivals
40 min rideTraffic dependentRuns all night
Any address in KatowiceKatowice Airport
Non-stop24-hour servicePer vehiclePre-book
€73total for 1 adult€73 each · about PLN 317 in allBook transferPartner link · through Kiwitaxi
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Boards at. Any address in Katowice; the driver collects you at the door

Charged in euros: €73 for the sedan, €130 for the minibus. Converted at the European Central Bank's reference rate of 15 September 2026 only to compare it with the local fares; your card's rate will differ a little.

Luggage. The sedan seats four with three bags; the minibus seven with seven. Choose by luggage as well as seats.

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Fares are the same ticket ridden the other way; the boarding points, hours and, where a ride differs by direction, the ride time are read for this direction. Also runs to the airport, boarding point and hours in town not recorded yet: Private transfer to Kraków. Every way from Katowice airport into Katowice

How do I get from Katowice city centre to Katowice airport?

For one traveler the FlixBus to Katowice is the way we recommend: from PLN 7.99 in total, 35 min, boarding at Katowice Sądowa. Check-in usually opens about two hours before departure, and the airport suggests being in the departure hall at least 45 minutes before the scheduled time; the gate closing time is the airline's. Non-Schengen flights leave from Terminal A, Schengen flights from Terminal B.

First departures

Earliest at the airport first
Pre-booked private transfer

Any hour.

Matuszek coach to Katowice

First 03:15 from Katowice Sądowa, at the airport by about 03:50.

Bus AP

First 04:00 from Katowice Sądowa, at the airport by about 04:49.

S9 train

First 05:21 from Katowice, at the airport by about 06:16.

Arrival times add the recorded ride time to the first departure; no walking or waiting is added.

Early flight?

Bus AP runs all night from Katowice Sądowa: every 30 minutes at :00 and :30 from 04:00 to 23:30, then 00:30, 01:30, 02:30 and 03:30, 49 minutes to the airport. The first train with a connection leaves Katowice at 05:21.

Before you leave for Katowice Airport

From the centre to each way out
How early to be there

Check-in usually opens about two hours before departure, and the airport suggests being in the departure hall at least 45 minutes before the scheduled time; the gate closing time is the airline's. Non-Schengen flights leave from Terminal A, Schengen flights from Terminal B.

Early flights

Bus AP runs all night from Katowice Sądowa: every 30 minutes at :00 and :30 from 04:00 to 23:30, then 00:30, 01:30, 02:30 and 03:30, 49 minutes to the airport. The first train with a connection leaves Katowice at 05:21.

Where the bus leaves from

Bus AP boards at Katowice Sądowa, stand 2B, and five minutes later at Katowice Dworzec, stand 10, outside the station. Matuszek's coach leaves the same Sądowa coach station from stand 17, and FlixBus from stands 2 to 6.

Tickets

Book Matuszek online up to two hours before the coach — PLN 20 to the airport — or pay PLN 30 in cash on board; changes are free until an hour before, and the coach may leave early once everyone booked is aboard, so be at the stand five minutes before. The bus ticket is the same as on the way in.

Questions

How early should I be at Katowice airport?

Check-in usually opens about two hours before departure, and the airport suggests being in the departure hall at least 45 minutes before the scheduled time; the gate closing time is the airline's. Non-Schengen flights leave from Terminal A, Schengen flights from Terminal B.

Where does the Bus AP leave from in Katowice?

Katowice Sądowa, stand 2B at the coach station, then Katowice Dworzec, stand 10, five minutes later. First departure 04:00, last 23:30.

My flight is early. What runs before the first train?

Bus AP runs all night from Katowice Sądowa: every 30 minutes at :00 and :30 from 04:00 to 23:30, then 00:30, 01:30, 02:30 and 03:30, 49 minutes to the airport. The first train with a connection leaves Katowice at 05:21.

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