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Warsaw-Modlin Airport

completedstage: operationaldelivered
PLN 451 million
estimate · data from 2012net or gross: not recorded≈ PLN 451 million (value-by-stage, est., nominal)funding: EU funds, local government, other sources

An international airport in Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki, about 35 km northwest of central Warsaw, established on the basis of a former military airfield as a base for low-cost airlines. On 8 November 2006, the co-shareholders concluded an agreement establishing the company Mazowiecki Port Lotniczy Warszawa-Modlin Sp. z o.o., whose shareholders are the Agencja Mienia Wojskowego, Przedsiębiorstwo Państwowe Porty Lotnicze, the Mazowieckie Voivodeship, and the City of Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki. Construction officially began on 8 October 2010, and the airport opened on 7 July 2012. The construction of the airport cost PLN 451,400,000. The terminal's capacity was set at 3–3.5 million passengers per year.

How it went

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Deliverydelivered[1]
Utilisationin use[1]

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annual number of passengers vs terminal capacity
Current
3 400 967 (2023); 2 794 464 (2024) (2023-2024)
Capacity or target
3-3,5 mln rocznie
Unit
passengers

Timeline

  1. Announced8 Nov 2006
  2. Construction start8 Oct 2010
  3. Delivery7 Jul 2012

Change history

  • 7 Jul 2012stage: operational
  • 8 Oct 2010stage: construction

Significance

Warsaw-Modlin Airport became the second airport serving the Warsaw metropolitan area and the main national base for low-cost airlines (including Ryanair and Wizz Air), relieving Chopin Airport in the low-cost segment. Opened on 7 July 2012, with a capacity set at 3–3.5 million passengers per year, the airport quickly approached its capacity limit: in 2023 it handled 3,400,967 passengers, and in 2024 – 2,794,464 passengers. The high level of terminal utilization became the basis for plans to expand it to serve 7–8 million passengers per year.

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  1. Wikipedia (pl)
    StatusStageInvestorCostAnnouncedConstruction startDeliveryUtilisation
    Status · Stage · DeliveryOtwarcie lotniska odbyło się 7 lipca 2012
    Investor · Announced8 listopada 2006 współudziałowcy budowy portu lotniczego zawarli porozumienie, tworząc spółkę Mazowiecki Port Lotniczy Warszawa-Modlin.
    CostBudowa portu lotniczego kosztowała 451 400 000 zł
    Construction startBudowę oficjalnie rozpoczęto 8 października 2010
    Utilisationprzepustowość określono na poziomie 3–3,5 mln osób rocznie
  2. Rzeczpospolita (rp.pl)15 Jul 2012
    Funding
    FundingJej udziałowcami są: Agencja Mienia Wojskowego, województwo mazowieckie, Przedsiębiorstwo Państwowe Porty Lotnicze oraz miasto Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki.
  3. Wikipedia (en)
  4. money.pl19 Dec 2024
  5. Funding
    FundingPrzedsięwzięcie zostało dofinansowane przez RPO WM w kwocie 76 mln złotych.
    FundingDo tej pory województwo objęło udziały w podwyższonym kapitale zakładowym spółki na kwotę blisko 100 mln złotych, a teraz zabezpieczyło na ten cel kolejne 200 mln złotych.
    FundingŚrodków na budowę lotniska w Modlinie udzieli Bank PKO SA. Proces ten będzie możliwy dzięki emisji obligacji.