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Kraków airporttoKraków city center
To the Old Town around Rynek Główny · One way · 2 adults · All service hoursPrices are whole-party totals. Times are recorded journey durations; no walking or waiting has been added.
All prices are totals for 2 adults. Group fares included.
How do I get from Kraków airport to Kraków city center?
For one traveler the cheapest way is the Bus 300 at PLN 6, 19–25 min; the fastest is the SKA1 train at PLN 20, 17 min. Every option below is priced as a total for your party and says where it leaves you.
4 listed options
Prices marked "from" are starting prices set by the operator.
Not everything runs around the clock, but between them they cover it: the SKA1 train runs 04:17–01:47, and the Bus 300 runs 04:33–23:42, and the Night bus 902 runs 23:21–04:51.
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Bus 300
bus · Komunikacja Miejska w Krakowie (ZTP), operated by MPK
19–25 min rideEvery 10 min04:33–23:42
Stop "Kraków Airport" by the passenger terminal→Muzeum Narodowe at the western edge of the Old Town in 19 minutes
Luggage space
PLN 12total for 2 adultsPLN 6 each2 × PLN 6 adult fareBuy ticketOn Komunikacja Miejska w Krakowie (ZTP), operated by MPK
Hours, tickets & luggage
The PLN 6 single-ride ticket is valid in zones I, II and III, on the vehicle it is validated in until the end of that run, or for 30 minutes with changes; the 60-minute ticket is PLN 8 if changing to a tram. Children ride free until 30 September of the year they turn seven, then pay PLN 3 to sixteen with a photo ID showing date of birth; foreign students under 26 pay PLN 3 with an ISIC card. Buy from the machine in the arrivals hall (level 0), at the bus stop (cash or card) or on the bus (card only), and validate on boarding.
Luggage. Free — "przewóz bagażu i zwierząt nie podlega opłacie" in the city's price order. A city bus with no hold.
Hours. The same timetable every day: 04:33, 05:00, 05:30, 05:45, then every 10 minutes from 06:00 to 23:10, and 23:42 — 109 departures.
PLN 20 to any station named Kraków — Kraków Główny, Łobzów, Bronowice, Grzegórzki, Zabłocie, Płaszów; a return is PLN 40. Children under four travel free; PLN 12.60 for a child from four until school age; pupils and students pay PLN 10.20. The ordinary distance table would price this ride at PLN 7.50, and the PLN 10 joint 70-minute KMK+KMŁ ticket is void at this station. Wieliczka Salt Mine is PLN 24 on the same train, about 45 minutes. Buy from the machine on the train, the KMŁ desk on the airport platform 08:10 to 19:45, kolejemalopolskie.com.pl or the KOLEO and Jakdojade apps; the ticket is valid three hours.
Luggage. Free — "przewóz bagażu: bezpłatnie" on the airport's page. A dog is PLN 3.
Hours. Every day: 04:17, 05:17, 06:17, then at :17 and :47 to 22:17, then 23:17, 00:07, 00:57 and 01:47 — 39 departures, 17 minutes to Kraków Główny on every one. On 24 September the three post-midnight trains run via Kraków Mydlniki and take 37 minutes.
taxi · MPL Services, the airport company's taxi subsidiary
19–35 min rideTraffic dependentRuns all night
The covered Kraków Airport Taxi rank beside the passenger terminal→Any address
24-hour servicePer vehicle
from PLN 89total for 2 adultsfrom PLN 44.50 eachZone 4 (8 to 11.9 km on the meter), sedan or estate · 1 vehicleFind the taxi rank
Hours, tickets & luggage
Prices are fixed by distance band, unrelated to time or day: PLN 29 to 2.9 km, 49 to 4.9, 69 to 7.9, PLN 89 for 8 to 11.9 km, PLN 109 for 12 to 14.9, PLN 129 for 15 to 18.9, up to PLN 169 at 27 km. The airport says the center is 11 km away (PLN 89); the taxi company's own map puts the Rynek in the PLN 109 ring and the station in the PLN 129 ring — expect PLN 109 for the Old Town. The price is per car, seating up to seven in a van; extra passengers ride free. Cards accepted; waiting PLN 35 an hour; beyond 27 km, agree the price in advance at no more than PLN 8 a kilometer.
Luggage. Carried in the boot; the fare is for the ride.
bus · Komunikacja Miejska w Krakowie (ZTP), operated by MPK
24–35 min rideEvery 60 min23:21–04:51
Stop "Kraków Airport" by the passenger terminal→Muzeum Narodowe in 24 minutes
Luggage space
PLN 12total for 2 adultsPLN 6 each2 × PLN 6 adult fareBuy ticketOn Komunikacja Miejska w Krakowie (ZTP), operated by MPK
Hours, tickets & luggage
The same PLN 6 single-ride ticket; the fare rules make it valid on day and night lines alike, with no night supplement.
Luggage. Free; a city bus with no hold.
Hours. Every night: 23:21, 00:16, 01:16, 02:16, 03:16, 03:51 and 04:51 — seven departures, identical on every date in ZTP's timetable dated 7 September 2026.
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Going somewhere specific?
"The center" is not one place, and the answer changes
The station is directly behind the multi-storey car park, joined to the terminal by a covered footbridge, so the walk stays dry in any weather.
Finding the stop
The bus stop is right by the terminal building; live departure times for both buses show on a screen near the information desk in the main hall.
Tickets
Train tickets come from the on-board machine, the conductor, or the Koleje Małopolskie desk on the platform, open 08:10 to 19:45 — all take cash and card. Bus tickets are sold at a machine in the arrivals hall, at the stop, or on board by card only.
The taxi rank
The Kraków Airport Taxi rank is under cover, right next to the terminal, with cars waiting there around the clock. Every vehicle takes cards of any kind, so cash is not the only option.
Uber and Bolt
Uber and Bolt both operate at Kraków airport. Neither publishes a fixed pickup point: watch for the rideshare signs at the terminal, then follow the exact spot the app shows once you request a ride.
Before you travel
Where each one starts, how long it runs, what it carries
regional · Koleje MałopolskieSKA1 train
From
Kraków Lotnisko station, behind the multi-storey car park P1 and joined to the terminal by a covered footbridge
To
Kraków Główny in 17 minutes — Kraków Bronowice in 10 and Kraków Łobzów in 13 for the west of the city — then on across the river to Grzegórzki, Zabłocie and Płaszów, and to Wieliczka
Luggage
Free — "przewóz bagażu: bezpłatnie" on the airport's page. A dog is PLN 3.
Runs
04:17–01:47
Journey
17 min
PLN 20 to any station named Kraków — Kraków Główny, Łobzów, Bronowice, Grzegórzki, Zabłocie, Płaszów; a return is PLN 40. Children under four travel free; PLN 12.60 for a child from four until school age; pupils and students pay PLN 10.20. The ordinary distance table would price this ride at PLN 7.50, and the PLN 10 joint 70-minute KMK+KMŁ ticket is void at this station. Wieliczka Salt Mine is PLN 24 on the same train, about 45 minutes. Buy from the machine on the train, the KMŁ desk on the airport platform 08:10 to 19:45, kolejemalopolskie.com.pl or the KOLEO and Jakdojade apps; the ticket is valid three hours.
The joint 70-MINUTE ticket is not valid here. It covers the train at every station named Kraków "z wyłączeniem Kraków Lotnisko" — the airport is the one exclusion. Only the PLN 20 airport fare boards this train at this station.
The PLN 20 is an airport-only price. Every fare table in KMŁ's tariff says it does not apply to Kraków Lotnisko; the same distance elsewhere on the line is PLN 7.50.
Bus 300 from the forecourt is PLN 6 and, by the authority's stop coordinates, drops you nearer the Rynek than this train does. The train is the right answer for Kraków Główny itself and for anywhere on the line beyond it.
No train between 01:47 and 04:17. Night bus 902 covers those hours at 02:16, 03:16 and 03:51.
The last half-hourly train is 22:17; after that the intervals are 60, 50, 50 and 50 minutes.
Every day: 04:17, 05:17, 06:17, then at :17 and :47 to 22:17, then 23:17, 00:07, 00:57 and 01:47 — 39 departures, 17 minutes to Kraków Główny on every one. On 24 September the three post-midnight trains run via Kraków Mydlniki and take 37 minutes.
bus · Komunikacja Miejska w Krakowie (ZTP), operated by MPKBus 300
From
Stop "Kraków Airport" by the passenger terminal
To
Muzeum Narodowe at the western edge of the Old Town in 19 minutes, Jubilat by the river in 20, Rondo Grunwaldzkie by the ICE Congress Centre and Wawel in 24, Os. Podwawelskie in 25
Luggage
Free — "przewóz bagażu i zwierząt nie podlega opłacie" in the city's price order. A city bus with no hold.
Runs
04:33–23:42
Journey
19–25 min
The PLN 6 single-ride ticket is valid in zones I, II and III, on the vehicle it is validated in until the end of that run, or for 30 minutes with changes; the 60-minute ticket is PLN 8 if changing to a tram. Children ride free until 30 September of the year they turn seven, then pay PLN 3 to sixteen with a photo ID showing date of birth; foreign students under 26 pay PLN 3 with an ISIC card. Buy from the machine in the arrivals hall (level 0), at the bus stop (cash or card) or on the bus (card only), and validate on boarding.
It does not go to Kraków Główny. For the station take the train, or at night the 902; for the Old Town this bus is nearer than either.
The PLN 6 ticket lasts to the end of this bus's run however long it takes. If you change to a tram at Muzeum Narodowe, the 30 minutes will have nearly gone by then — buy the PLN 8 60-minute ticket instead.
A zone-I 24-hour ticket (PLN 20) is not valid on this ride; the airport is in zone II. The all-zones 24-hour ticket is PLN 25.
The route has been "temporarily" diverted via Al. Focha and Królowej Jadwigi since 2 September 2023, and ZTP's own line description still shows the old road through Przegorzały. The times here are the diverted route, which is the one that runs.
The scheduled 19 minutes is a timetable figure. The same road is used by the night bus, which is timed at 24 minutes to the same stop.
Bus 209 also passes the airport about twelve times a day on its way from Mników to Salwator, on the same ticket; Salwator is a tram terminus well short of the Old Town, so the 300 is the one to take.
The same timetable every day: 04:33, 05:00, 05:30, 05:45, then every 10 minutes from 06:00 to 23:10, and 23:42 — 109 departures.
bus · Komunikacja Miejska w Krakowie (ZTP), operated by MPKNight bus 902
From
Stop "Kraków Airport" by the passenger terminal, the same stop as the 300
To
Muzeum Narodowe in 24 minutes, Stary Kleparz in 30, Teatr Słowackiego on the north edge of the Old Town in 32, Dworzec Główny Zachód in 33 and Dworzec Główny Wschód, beside the main station, in 35
Luggage
Free; a city bus with no hold.
Runs
23:21–04:51
Journey
24–35 min
The same PLN 6 single-ride ticket; the fare rules make it valid on day and night lines alike, with no night supplement.
It is the only public transport between the last train at 01:47 and the first at 04:17, and it runs hourly then: 02:16, 03:16, 03:51. Landing at 02:30 means a 46-minute wait.
The on-bus machine takes cards only; the machine in the arrivals hall takes cash.
Since 6 June 2026 it runs a diverted route through the center for the Teatr Bagatela junction works; the stops and times here are the diverted ones.
It is the one bus from the airport that reaches the main station.
Every night: 23:21, 00:16, 01:16, 02:16, 03:16, 03:51 and 04:51 — seven departures, identical on every date in ZTP's timetable dated 7 September 2026.
taxi · MPL Services, the airport company's taxi subsidiaryKraków Airport Taxi, zone fare
From
The covered Kraków Airport Taxi rank beside the passenger terminal, or by phone or online; the dispatch office answers 06:00 to 22:00, the rank works around the clock
To
Any address; the zone is read off the meter at the end of the ride
Luggage
Carried in the boot; the fare is for the ride.
Runs
All night
Journey
19–35 min
Prices are fixed by distance band, unrelated to time or day: PLN 29 to 2.9 km, 49 to 4.9, 69 to 7.9, PLN 89 for 8 to 11.9 km, PLN 109 for 12 to 14.9, PLN 129 for 15 to 18.9, up to PLN 169 at 27 km. The airport says the center is 11 km away (PLN 89); the taxi company's own map puts the Rynek in the PLN 109 ring and the station in the PLN 129 ring — expect PLN 109 for the Old Town. The price is per car, seating up to seven in a van; extra passengers ride free. Cards accepted; waiting PLN 35 an hour; beyond 27 km, agree the price in advance at no more than PLN 8 a kilometer.
PLN 89 is the floor for the center, not necessarily the price. The band is decided by the meter's distance, and the operator's own map puts the Rynek in the PLN 109 band and the station in the PLN 129 band. Ask which band before you get in.
It never beats the bus: eight people in a van and a sedan pay from PLN 178 against PLN 48 on the 300. It does beat the train from five people, if the ride really is zone 4.
No authority states a taxi journey time. The 19 to 35 minutes here are the scheduled times of bus 300 and night bus 902 over the same roads, not a taxi figure.
A larger party should tell the driver 30 minutes ahead; the rules call a bigger group an atypical service. A van is not guaranteed at the rank without notice.
The city's meter ceiling (PLN 9 plus PLN 4 a kilometer by day) is a rule for licensed taxis inside Kraków's limits; the airport is outside them, in gmina Zabierzów, and this tariff is the airport company's own.
It is the only option that runs at every hour with no wait; the 902 is hourly in the dead of night.
What is the cheapest way from Kraków airport to Kraków city center?
For one traveler, the Bus 300 at PLN 6. Per-person fares multiply with the size of your party and per-vehicle fares do not, so check the total for your group rather than the single fare.
How do I get from Kraków airport to Kraków city center by train?
One train reaches the Old Town around Rynek Główny: the SKA1 train, PLN 20 for one traveler, 17 min, to Kraków Główny in 17 minutes. It is not the cheapest way in: the Bus 300 at PLN 6 is. See every option by train →
How do I get from Kraków airport to Kraków city center by bus?
For one traveler the cheapest bus is the Bus 300 at PLN 6, 19–25 min, and it is also the fastest. For one traveler that is the cheapest way into Kraków by any means. The fastest way overall is the SKA1 train, 17 min. See every option by bus →
How do I get from Kraków airport to Kraków city center by taxi?
One taxi reaches the Old Town around Rynek Główny: the Kraków Airport Taxi, from PLN 89 for one traveler, 19–35 min, to Any address. It is not the cheapest way in: the Bus 300 at PLN 6 is. The fastest way overall is the SKA1 train, 17 min. See every option by taxi →
How long does it take to get from Kraków airport to Kraków city center?
Bus 300: 19–25 min. SKA1 train: 17 min. Kraków Airport Taxi, zone fare: 19–35 min. Night bus 902: 24–35 min. Kraków Airport is 11 km from the center of Kraków.
How far is Kraków airport from the city center?
11 km to the center of Kraków. The fastest way in takes 17 min; the cheapest, the Bus 300, 19–25 min.
How much is a taxi from Kraków airport to Kraków city center?
from PLN 89. Journey time 19–35 min.
Where is the train station at Kraków airport?
The station is directly behind the multi-storey car park, joined to the terminal by a covered footbridge, so the walk stays dry in any weather.
Is there Uber or Bolt at Kraków airport?
Uber and Bolt both operate at Kraków airport. Neither publishes a fixed pickup point: watch for the rideshare signs at the terminal, then follow the exact spot the app shows once you request a ride.
Where do I catch the Bus 300 at Kraków airport?
Stop "Kraków Airport" by the passenger terminal. Follow the signs from arrivals. It leaves you at Muzeum Narodowe at the western edge of the Old Town in 19 minutes, Jubilat by the river in 20, Rondo Grunwaldzkie by the ICE Congress Centre and Wawel in 24, Os. Podwawelskie in 25.
Is there a train from Kraków airport to Kraków at night?
The SKA1 train runs 04:17–01:47. The Bus 300 runs 04:33–23:42. The Night bus 902 runs 23:21–04:51. Outside those hours kraków airport taxi, zone fare is what remains, at from PLN 89 for the vehicle. Every day: 04:17, 05:17, 06:17, then at :17 and :47 to 22:17, then 23:17, 00:07, 00:57 and 01:47 — 39 departures, 17 minutes to Kraków Główny on every one. On 24 September the three post-midnight trains run via Kraków Mydlniki and take 37 minutes.
Worth knowing
The train fare is a carve-out: PLN 20 from the airport to any station named Kraków — Kraków Główny in 17 minutes — rather than the ordinary PLN 7.50 for that distance. The PLN 10 joint 70-minute ticket, valid on the train at every other station named Kraków, excludes exactly one: Kraków Lotnisko.
Bus 300 costs PLN 6 and lands closer to the old town. It leaves the stop by the terminal every ten minutes from 06:00 to 23:10, reaching Muzeum Narodowe, at the western edge of the Old Town, in 19 minutes — 0.93 km from the Rynek Główny, nearer than Kraków Główny station at 1.04 km. The ticket is valid on the vehicle you validate it in until the end of that run, and costs the same across all three fare zones. The train costs more than three times as much, saves two minutes, and puts you on the far side of the Old Town.
The airport is in fare zone II, outside the city. Single and timed tickets do not care, but the 24-hour ticket does: PLN 20 for zone I only, PLN 25 for zones I, II and III. Buy the PLN 25 one for a day pass starting at the airport; the 7-day ticket splits the same way, PLN 65 and PLN 80.
The bus is PLN 6 a head, the cheapest option from one traveler to eight — PLN 48 against PLN 160 by train. A 20-person group ticket at PLN 60 only pays off from eleven people. The airport taxi is a fixed price per car — one passenger pays, others ride free — but which zone the center falls in is disputed, so its price here is a floor; even at that floor it never beats the bus, though it does beat the train from five people (five tickets PLN 100, one car from PLN 89).
Kraków Airport Taxi prices every ride by distance, in bands fixed regardless of hour or day: PLN 89 for 8 to 11.9 km, PLN 109 for 12 to 14.9, PLN 129 for 15 to 18.9. The airport says the center is 11 km away, the PLN 89 band; the taxi company's own map puts the Rynek in the PLN 109 ring and the railway station in the PLN 129 ring. Sedans and estates seat four; vans seat seven at the same price, with 30 minutes' notice for a larger group.
The last train leaves at 01:47, the first at 04:17. Night bus 902 fills the gap at 02:16, 03:16 and 03:51, reaching Dworzec Główny Wschód, beside the main station, in 35 minutes on the same PLN 6 ticket, passing Muzeum Narodowe at 24 minutes and Teatr Słowackiego on the edge of the Old Town at 32. It also runs at 23:21, 00:16, 01:16 and 04:51, every night. Bus 300 starts at 04:33.
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