🛬 MSPO Guest Charter Flights Mostly Land in Warsaw, Kielce Handles Very Small Local Volume
With Poland's Kielce International Defence Industry Exhibition (MSPO) 2026 about to open and no Avi-Go data yet for this edition, MSPO 2025, which opened on September 2, 2025, serves as the baseline: Avi-Go data shows that Kielce EPKA, the exhibition venue, handled only 4 movements on opening day (2 departures, 2 landings). Against the airport's September daily average of 0.77 movements this is a clear relative amplification, yet the absolute volume is negligible. During the same period, Warsaw Chopin EPWA recorded 13 movements on opening day (6 departures, 7 landings), up about 25% from the September daily average of 10.4 movements. This pattern indicates that most business jets attending prefer to land in Warsaw and then transfer overland to the Kielce exhibition venue.
Impact: For Kielce's local FBO and ground services, the defence exhibition brings limited direct aviation business volume, with revenue more concentrated in the ground handling and shuttle chain on the Warsaw side. Warsaw operators, meanwhile, must cope with short-term pressure from concentrated arrivals during the exhibition period.
Recommendation: With MSPO 2026 about to open, FBOs at Warsaw EPWA should lock in parking slots and shuttle fleet capacity one week before the exhibition. Kielce EPKA can proactively connect with the overland transfer needs of charter flights landing in Warsaw, moving the handling window forward to before the first day of the exhibition. Data must be reviewed day by day after the exhibition.