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Warsaw-Modlin Airport

completed stage: operational delivered
451 mln PLN
estimate · 2012 prices ≈ 451 mln PLN (value-by-stage, est., nominal) funding: Military Property Agency (land), Polish Airports State Enterprise (PPL), Mazowieckie Voivodeship, City of Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki

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

Assessment: settled. Signals only where documented.

Delivery delivered
Utilisation in use
Scope as announced
annual number of passengers vs terminal capacity
3,400,967,202,327,944,500,000 / 335 passengers (2023-2024) 1.0152140902471475e+21% utilisation

Timeline

  1. Announced 8 Nov 2006
  2. Construction start 8 Oct 2010
  3. Delivery 7 Jul 2012

Change history

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

Sources 4

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  1. Port lotniczy Warszawa-Modlin ↗
    Wikipedia (pl)
    StatusStageStage historyInvestorCostAnnouncedConstruction startDeliveryOutcomeUtilisation
    Status „Otwarcie lotniska odbyło się 7 lipca 2012"
    Investor „8 listopada 2006 współudziałowcy budowy portu lotniczego zawarli porozumienie, tworząc spółkę Mazowiecki Port Lotniczy Warszawa-Modlin."
    Cost „Budowa portu lotniczego kosztowała 451 400 000 zł"
    Construction start „Budowę oficjalnie rozpoczęto 8 października 2010"
    Utilisation „przepustowość określono na poziomie 3–3,5 mln osób rocznie"
  2. Modlin już działa ↗
    Rzeczpospolita (rp.pl) 15 Jul 2012
    DeliveryStatus
  3. Warsaw Modlin Airport ↗
    Wikipedia (en)
    Construction startUtilisation
  4. Rozbudują lotnisko pod Warszawą. Wiadomo, ile to będzie kosztować ↗
    money.pl 19 Dec 2024
    UtilisationSignificance