Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport
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Lech Wałęsa Airport Port Lotniczy Gdańsk im. Lecha Wałęsy |
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| IATA: GDN – ICAO: EPGD | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | Port Lotniczy Gdańsk Spółka z.o.o. | ||
| Operator | Port Lotniczy Gdańsk Spółka z.o.o. | ||
| Serves | Gdańsk | ||
| Location | Gdańsk | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 149 m / 489 ft | ||
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| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 11/29 | 2,800 | 9,186 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2006) | |||
| Number of Passengers | 1,249,780 | ||
| Aircraft Movements | 17,672 | ||
| Statistics from Office of Civil Aviation[1] | |||
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".
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.
Airlines and destinations
- Blekingeflyg (Ronneby)
- bmibaby (Cardiff [starts 9 February 2008], East Midlands [starts 9 February 2008])
- Centralwings (Dublin, Edinburgh, Rome-Ciampino, Shannon)
- easyJet (Belfast-International [starts 30 October 2007], Bristol [starts 30 October 2007], Edinburgh [starts 30 October 2007], London-Gatwick)
- Finnair (Helsinki)
- LOT Polish Airlines (Frankfurt, Munich, Warsaw)
- operated by EuroLOT (Hamburg, Warsaw)
- Lufthansa
- operated by Lufthansa CityLine (Munich)
- Norwegian Air Shuttle (Oslo-Gardermoen)
- Ryanair (Dublin, Frankfurt-Hahn, London-Stansted)
- SAS (Copenhagen, Oslo-Gardermoen [starts 31 March 2008])
- Wizz Air (Bournemouth [starts 15 March 2008], Cologne/Bonn, Cork, Coventry [starts 15 March 2008], Doncaster/Sheffield-Robin Hood, Dortmund, Glasgow-Prestwick, Gothenburg-City [starts 15 March 2008]], Hamburg/Lübeck-Blankensee, Liverpool, London-Luton, Malmö-Sturup, Oslo/Sandefjord-Torp [starts 28 January 2008], Stockholm-Skavsta)
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.
References
External links
- Official website of Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (English) (Polish) (most navigation requires Adobe Flash)
- Gdańsk Lech Walesa Airport at Google Local
- World Aero Data airport information for EPGD
- interactive situation map of airflields and railways stations in Gdansk
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