Lublin Airport, provisionally so named as no official name has yet been selected, is an airport currently under construction in Poland and will serve Lublin

Lublin

Lublin is the ninth largest city in Poland. It is the capital of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 350,392 . Lublin is also the largest Polish city east of the Vistula river...

 and the surrounding region. The site is located about 10 km east of downtown Lublin, adjacent to the town of Świdnik

Swidnik

Świdnik is a town in eastern Poland with 42,797 inhabitants , situated in the Lublin Voivodeship, very near the city of Lublin. It is the capital of Świdnik County.-History:The village of Świdnik is first mentioned in historical records from 1392...

. The airport will have a 2520 x (45 + 2 x 7,5) m runway, and the terminal facilities will be capable of handling 4 Boeing 737-800 class aircraft simultaneously. Construction began in the fall of 2010 and is planned to conclude before the end of 2012. The new airport will replace the grass airstrip (1200 x 50 m) which served the PZL-Świdnik

PZL-Swidnik

PZL Świdnik S.A is the biggest helicopter manufacturer in Poland. Its main products are PZL W-3 Sokół and PZL SW-4 Puszczyk helicopters...

 helicopter factory and was known as Świdnik Airport (code EPSW).

The contract to build the runway was signed in August, 2011, with completion planned by August, 2012.
Initially the airfield will have Category I instrument landing system.

External links

• Official website

http://www.portlotniczy.lublin.pl/