Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport

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Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport
Port Lotniczy Gdańsk im. Lecha Wałęsy


Passenger terminal façade with airport logo incorporating Lech Wałęsa's signature
IATA: GDN – ICAO: EPGD
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner/Operator Port Lotniczy Gdańsk Spółka z.o.o.
Location Gdańsk, Poland
Elevation AMSL 149 m / 489 ft
Coordinates 54°22′39″N 018°27′58″E / 54.3775, 18.46611
Website www.airport.gdansk.pl
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
11/29 2,800 9,186 Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Number of Passengers 1,715,758 [1]
Aircraft Movements 17,672 (2006)
Source: DAFIF[1][2]
Statistics: Office of Civil Aviation[3]

Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (Polish: Port Lotniczy Gdańsk im. Lecha Wałęsy, formerly Polish: Port Lotniczy Gdańsk-Rębiechowo) (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/10 km), Sopot (6.25 miles/10 km) and Gdynia (14.4 miles/23 km).

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

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[edit] History

The airport opened in 1974 near the village of Rębiechowo (on westernmost land incorporated into the Gdańsk borough of Matarnia in 1973), to replace the previous airport located closer to the city center in the suburb of Wrzeszcz. The airport 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

  • Air Italy Polska (Hurghada) [Seasonal]
  • Blekingeflyg (Ronneby)
  • bmibaby (Cardiff [ends 31 May], East Midlands [ends 31 May])
  • Centralwings (Dublin, Edinburgh, Rome-Ciampino, Rome-Fiumicino)
  • Finnair (Helsinki)
  • LOT Polish Airlines (Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich, Warsaw)
  • Lufthansa
  • Norwegian Air Shuttle (Oslo-Gardermoen)
  • Ryanair (Birmingham [begins 1 July], Dublin, Frankfurt-Hahn, London-Stansted)
  • SAS (Copenhagen, Oslo-Gardermoen)
  • Wizz Air (Cologne/Bonn, Cork, Doncaster/Sheffield, Dortmund, Girona [begins 14 June], Glasgow-Prestwick, Gothenburg-City, Liverpool, London-Luton, Lübeck, Malmö-Sturup, Oslo-Torp, Stockholm-Skavsta, Turku)

[edit] Mass transit serving the airport

The following city bus lines connect the airport:

  • to Gdańsk-Centre, Route B via Gdańsk-Wrzeszcz, Gdańsk Main Railway Station, old city.
  • to Gdańsk-Wrzeszcz, Route 110 to Gdańsk-Wrzeszcz Railway Station.
  • to Gdynia, Route 510 to Gdynia-Redłowo Railway Station, Gdynia Main Railway Station.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Airport information for EPGD at World Aero Data. Source: DAFIF.
  2. ^ Airport information for GDN at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF.
  3. ^ Data from Poland's Office of Civil Aviation (Urząd Lotnictwa Cywilnego)

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