Modlin Airport
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Warsaw Modlin Airport Port Lotniczy Warszawa/Modlin |
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Mazowiecki Port Lotniczy Warszawa-Modlin Sp. z o.o. | ||||||||||
| Serves | Warsaw, Poland | ||||||||||
| Location | Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki | ||||||||||
| Focus city for | Ryanair | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 104 m / 341 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 52°27′04″N 020°39′06″E / 52.45111°N 20.65167°ECoordinates: 52°27′04″N 020°39′06″E / 52.45111°N 20.65167°E | ||||||||||
| Website | modlinairport.pl | ||||||||||
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 WMI
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| Passengers | 2 860 874 |
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| Passenger change 14-15 |
 52% |
| Movements | 16,280 |
| Movements change 14-15 |
46% |
Warsaw Modlin Airport (IATA: WMI, ICAO: EPMO) is an international airport, formerly a disused military airfield, which opened in July 2012. It is located 40 km (25 miles) north of Warsaw's city centre in Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki and has a maximum capacity of approx. 2-2.3 million passengers a year. The airport is intended to be used by low-cost carriers serving Warsaw, the capital of Poland. As of 2015, the airport is the 5th busiest airport in Poland with 2,588,175 passengers currently exclusively served by Ryanair. The main international airport of the city however is Warsaw Chopin Airport. In 2016 the airport served 2 860 874 passengers.
Originally designed for military use in the Second Polish Republic in 1937, it was not opened by Polish authorities. Instead, it was made operational during World War II in 1940 as an airbase by the German Luftwaffe in occupied Poland. Postwar, between 1945 and 2000 it was used by Polish and Soviet air forces. In 2000 the Polish Ministry of National Defence declared the airfield closed. The airport's runway was in poor condition and lacked proper lighting and modern radio navigation aids such as an Instrument Landing System.
Subsequently, much of its original area was made available as capital in a joint management limited liability company created to run the future airport, Port Lotniczy Mazowsze Warszawa-Modlin Sp. z o.o. The airport was converted for civilian use, primarily as a replacement for the now closed Etiuda terminal for low-cost carriers at Warsaw's main airport, this idea emerged in the early 2000s. Numerous projected opening dates had slipped, and business plans with extensive infrastructure improvements, including a new passenger terminal, had been proposed without any actual progress in the construction for some time. An environmental assessment was completed as well. A schedule, announced in February 2008 had the airport opening for business in early 2010. On 8 February 2010, the airport was registered officially as a civil airport by the Polish Aviation Authority (Urząd Lotnictwa Cywilnego).
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