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=== Airports === [[File:John Paul II Airport in Balice-Kraków night november 2017(3).jpg|thumb|[[Kraków John Paul II International Airport]], the busiest airport in Lesser Poland]] Within borders of historical Lesser Poland, there are four airports – [[John Paul II International Airport]] Kraków–Balice, [[Lublin Airport]], [[Warsaw Radom Airport]] and [[Katowice International Airport]], which is located in the village of [[Pyrzowice]], on the border between Lesser Poland and Upper Silesia. Pyrzowice is part of [[Gmina Ożarowice]], which after [[Partitions of Poland]], and [[Congress of Vienna]] belonged to [[Będzin County]] of the [[Russian Empire]]. In the interbellum, the area of future airport belonged to Lesser Poland's [[Kielce Voivodeship (1919–1939)|Kielce Voivodeship]], and in 1945, was transferred to Katowice Voivodeship (initially ''Silesian-Dąbrowa Voivodeship''). In 1998, Ożarowice, together with the airport, was attached to [[Tarnowskie Góry County]], despite the fact that it is not located in Upper Silesia<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.starostwo.bedzin.pl/default.aspx?docId=2144 |title=History of Będzin County |publisher=Starostwo.bedzin.pl |access-date=8 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003010804/http://www.starostwo.bedzin.pl/default.aspx?docId=2144 |archive-date=3 October 2011}}</ref> Further airports in Lesser Poland will be opened in the future – Kielce – Obice.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.constructionpoland.com/40816/Local-authorities-begin-buying-up-real-estate-for-Kielce-Obice-airport.shtml |title=Local authorities begin buying up real estate for Kielce-Obice airport – Public investments – Construction market in Poland and Eastern Europe |publisher=Constructionpoland.com |date=6 September 2006 |access-date=8 October 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315153856/http://www.constructionpoland.com/40816/Local-authorities-begin-buying-up-real-estate-for-Kielce-Obice-airport.shtml |archive-date=15 March 2012}}</ref> Also, [[Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport]] is located on eastern border of the province.
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