Lublin Airport (Świdnik): construction of a new regional airport
Lublin Airport in Świdnik, near Lublin, was Poland's first entirely new (greenfield) civilian regional airport in decades, built from scratch for the transport-underinvested Lublin region and eastern Poland. Efforts to secure the airport were finalised on 21 December 2007, when the President of the Civil Aviation Authority signed a promise of a permit to establish a commercial airport in Świdnik. The investment was carried out under the so-called airport special act, which eased land acquisition and deforestation. In June 2008 the European Commission approved the allocation of PLN 296.6 million in public funds for the airport's construction; the airport company's own contribution amounted to 24% of the investment cost, with the remaining funds coming from the state budget and local government. Construction work began in autumn 2010 and was completed at the end of 2012; the first flight took place on 17 December 2012. A 2,520 m runway was built, along with a passenger terminal whose area was reduced, at the request of EU experts, from 24,000 to 11,000 m². The total cost of the investment came to around PLN 475 million, of which just under PLN 20 million came from the state budget and around PLN 160 million from an EU grant (the Regional Operational Programme 2007–2013); it had originally been assumed that the airport, with its infrastructure, would cost half a billion złoty. The owner and operator is Port Lotniczy Lublin S.A., whose shareholders are local-government units: the City of Lublin (majority shareholder, around 60% of shares), the Lublin Voivodeship, the town of Świdnik and Świdnik County. The airport has consistently posted financial losses: the cumulative loss since it began operating has exceeded PLN 350 million, and passenger traffic (471,101 passengers in 2025) remains below the original forecasts.
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- Current
- 471 101 pasażerów w 2025 (ponad 188 tys. w pierwszym roku działalności wobec prognozowanych 500 tys.)
- Capacity or target
- prognoza 500 tys. pasażerów w pierwszym roku i ok. 1 mln do 2016
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- pasażerowie
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Significance
The construction of Lublin Airport was the largest aviation investment in the region and the first entirely new civilian regional airport built from scratch in Poland during this period, giving the Lublin region and eastern Poland their own air connections. For the airport's needs, a new electrified railway line, No. 581, was built linking the Świdnik Miasto station with the Lublin Airport stop at the terminal, along with a new road layout. Despite its importance for the region, the airport has made losses since it began operating (the cumulative loss has exceeded PLN 350 million), and the passenger traffic achieved remains below the original forecasts set out in the co-financing application.
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Status · DeliveryBudowa komunikacyjnego portu lotniczego w Świdniku, sfinansowana z funduszy Komisji Europejskiej, rozpoczęła się jesienią 2010, a została ukończona pod koniec 2012
Announced21 grudnia 2007 prezes Urzędu Lotnictwa Cywilnego RP podpisał promesę zezwolenia na utworzenie lotniska komunikacyjnego w Świdniku
Construction startBudowa lubelskiego portu lotniczego rozpoczęła się jesienią 2010
Original dateW 2010 wojewoda lubelska podpisała zgodę na wybudowanie lotniska, potwierdzając jednocześnie, że inwestycja zostanie zakończona wiosną 2012
DeliveryPierwszy lot odbył się 17 grudnia 2012 o godz. 7:56 i był to An-26 przedsiębiorstwa lotniczego EXIN Sp. z o.o. z Lublina.
InvestorW marcu 2008 Port Lotniczy Lublin S.A. kupił pierwszą nieruchomość w gminie Wólka pod budowę regionalnego lotniska cywilnego
UtilisationPrognoza ruchu lotniczego dla aeroportu w Świdniku zakładała 500 tys. pasażerów w pierwszym roku funkcjonowania lotniska, około 1 mln w prognozie sięgającej 2016 i około 2,4 mln pod koniec 2035
UtilisationW ciągu pierwszego roku działalności port obsłużył ponad 188 tysięcy pasażerów.
UtilisationW 2025 znalazł się na 11. miejscu wśród lotnisk w Polsce, pod względem liczby obsłużonych pasażerów (471 101 osób).
- Forsal.pl26 Feb 2026StageCostFunding
StageW ubiegłym roku lotnisko obsłużyło 471 101 pasażerów.
Cost · FundingCałkowity koszt wyniósł 475 mln zł, z czego niecałe 20 mln zł pochodziło z budżetu państwa, a aż 160 mln zł z dotacji z Unii Europejskiej.
FundingNa brakujące ok. 300 mln zł złożyły się samorządy oraz sama spółka, która wypuściła obligacje na łączną kwotę 180 mln zł.
- Loty z Lublina
- money.pl / PAP