Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport

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Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport Port Lotniczy Gdańsk im. Lecha Wałęsy

IATA: GDN - ICAO: EPGD
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Port Lotniczy Gdańsk Spółka z.o.o.
Serves		Gdańsk
Elevation AMSL		489 ft (149 m)
Coordinates		54°22′39″N, 18°27′58″E
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
11/29	9,186	2,800	Asphalt
Statistics (2005)^[1]
Number of Passengers			677,946
Aircraft Movements			12,658
Cargo (in t)			3,433
Statistics (2006)^[1]
Number of Passengers			1,249,780
Aircraft Movements			17,672

Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (Polish: Port Lotniczy Gdańsk im. Lecha Wałęsy) (IATA: GDN, ICAO: EPGD) is an international airport located in Gdańsk, Poland, not far from the city centres of the Tricity metropolitan area: Gdańsk (6.25 miles/ 10km), Sopot (6.25 miles/ 10 km) and Gdynia (14.4 miles/ 23km).

The airport is named after Lech Wałęsa, the former Polish president. On the wall of the terminal building one can see the logo of the airport, which is Lech Wałęsa's actual signature, a stylized "W".

1 History
2 Airlines and destinations
3 Mass transit serving the airport
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

The airport opened in 1974 in the Gdańsk suburb of Rębiechowo, to replace the previous airport located closer to the city center in the suburb of Wrzeszcz. It acquired its current name in 2004. In 2006 it served 1,249,780 passengers (an increase of 84% over the previous year). Half of this number were international passengers.

Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport has operated as a private company since 1993. A new terminal was opened in 1997.

Gdańsk airport can be used as a diversionary airport for Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport in the event of poor weather or emergencies.

[edit] Airlines and destinations

Blekingeflyg (Ronneby [starts May 2007])
Centralwings (Dublin, Edinburgh, Rome Ciampino, Shannon)
Direct Fly ( Kraków,Warsaw, Wrocław)
Finnair (Helsinki [starts 11 April 2007])
LOT Polish Airlines (Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich, Warsaw)
Lufthansa (Munich)
Norwegian Air Shuttle (Oslo)
Ryanair (Dublin [starts 1 May 2007], Frankfurt-Hahn, London-Stansted, Stockholm-Skavsta)
SAS (Copenhagen)
Wizz Air (Cologne, Cork, Doncaster-Sheffield [starts 15 July 2007], Dortmund, Glasgow-Prestwick, Hamburg-Lübeck, Liverpool, London-Luton, Malmö-Sturup [starts 14 July 2007], Stockholm-Skavsta)

[edit] Mass transit serving the airport

The following city bus lines connect the airport:

to Gdańsk-Centre, No. B; via Gdańsk-Wrzeszcz, Gdańsk Main Railway Station, old city.
to Gdańsk-Wrzeszcz, No. 110; to Gdańsk-Wrzeszcz Railway Station.
to Gdynia, No. 510; to Gdynia-Redłowo Railway Station, Gdynia Main Railway Station.