Central Communication Port
The Central Communication Port (Polish: Centralny Port Komunikacyjny, CPK) is a megaproject of the government of Poland aimed at the construction of a new, built-from-scratch airport to be located approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) southwest of Warsaw, as well as a new nationwide high-speed rail and controlled-access highway network linking the CPK to much of the rest of the country. The opening of the CPK airport would not mean that Warsaw Chopin Airport would be closed; no official decision has yet been made.
Central Communication Port Centralny Port Komunikacyjny | |
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| Summary | |
| Airport type | Public |
| Operator | Centralny Port Komunikacyjny Sp. z o.o. |
| Serves | Warsaw |
| Location | Gmina Baranów, Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Mazovia |
| Opened | June 2027 (expected) |
| Hub for | LOT Polish Airlines |
| Coordinates | 52.1333°N 20.4833°E |
| Website | https://www.cpk.pl/en/ |
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Central Communication Port Location of airport in Poland | |
The planned launch of the port is 2028. At first the airport is to have two runways (4,000 m × 45 m), but eventually four. The combined airport and train station is planned to serve 40 million passengers per year - double the size of Berlin Brandenburg Airport - with the long-term goal of about 100 million passengers per year. Planned train connections will take 15 minutes to Warsaw Central railway station, 25 minutes to Łódź Fabryczna railway station, and 2 hours to most other major Polish cities, such as Kraków, Wrocław, Poznań and Gdańsk. The construction of a high-speed train to Frankfurt (Oder) is also planned, which is to shorten the travel time on the Berlin - CPK route to under 3.5 hours.
After the 2023 Polish parliamentary election, the winning coalition of the three opposition parties aiming to form the new government pledged to re-examine the plans for the airport.