Analysis of the catchment areas of airports in Poland

<ns3:p>The term airport’s catchment area should be understood as geographical area from which it attracts its passengers to the air services provided. With the growth of the airports network, a situation occurs in which the catchment areas of multiple airports in the region begin to overlap. This means that the market in this given region is divided among multiple airports and the definition of the catchment areas of each one must be modified in order to obtain accurate results.This work presents issues related to determining the catchment areas of airports in areas where competition between multiple airports may occur. The first and second chapters serve as a theoretical introduction to the topics discussed. The third chapter is devoted to presenting the input data used for the purposes of this work, as well as describing the mathematical model used in the work based on simple equations. The model results are presented in the form of choropleth maps in chapter four. Subsequently, these results are analysed indicating the dependencies and characteristics of the catchment areas of multiple airports. The work has been completed by summarizing the analyses performed and drawing conclusions from them.</ns3:p>