Central Airport location chosen – media

According to radio news agency IAR, the planned Central Airport will be built in Baranów in Mazowieckie voivodship. The town is located 40 kilometers west of Warsaw and has A2 highway and Warsaw-Żyrardów railway nearby. According to IAR, the information was confirmed by two credible sources. The Polish government announced the decision to build a new Central Airport back in March. The facility would be situated between Warsaw and Łódź, and is expected to cost PLN 20-30 billion and would service some 50 million passengers per year. The airport should be operational “within a decade from now,” according to the Minister of Infrastructure Andrzej Adamczyk. The government hopes that the airport would serve as a hub for the passengers from the region, similar to Frankfurt and Amsterdam. There are currently three passenger airports located near Warsaw and Łódź servicing some 16 million passengers per year combined.