Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport
nativename = Port Lotniczy Gdańsk im. Lecha Wałęsy

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caption = Passenger terminal façade with airport logo incorporating Lech Wałęsa's signature
IATA = GDN
ICAO = EPGD
type = Public
owner-oper = Port Lotniczy Gdańsk Spółka z.o.o.
location = Gdańsk, Poland
elevation-f = 489
elevation-m = 149
coordinates = coord|54|22|39|N|018|27|58|E|type:airport_region:PL
website = [http://www.airport.gdansk.pl/ www.airport.gdansk.pl]
metric-elev = yes
metric-rwy = yes
r1-number = 11/29
r1-length-f = 9,186
r1-length-m = 2,800
r1-surface = Asphalt
stat-year = 2007
stat1-header = Number of Passengers
stat1-data = 1,715,758 [http://www.airport.gdansk.pl/cgi-bin/showpassengers_eng.php3?miesiace=1&rok=]
stat2-header = Aircraft Movements
stat2-data = 17,672 (2006)
footnotes = Source: DAFIFWAD|EPGD|source=DAFIF] GCM|GDN|source=DAFIF] Statistics: Office of Civil Aviation [http://www.ulc.gov.pl/download/pdf/stat2006.pdf Data from Poland's Office of Civil Aviation ("Urząd Lotnictwa Cywilnego")] ]

Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport ( _pl. Port Lotniczy Gdańsk im. Lecha Wałęsy, formerly _pl. Port Lotniczy Gdańsk-Rębiechowo) Airport codes|GDN|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 centre 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

*Air Italy Polska (Hurghada) [Seasonal]
*Finnair (Helsinki)
*LOT Polish Airlines (Frankfurt, Munich, Warsaw)
**operated by EuroLOT (Warsaw)
*Lufthansa
**operated by Lufthansa CityLine (Frankfurt, Munich)
*Norwegian Air Shuttle (Oslo-Gardermoen)
*Ryanair (Birmingham, Bristol [begins 29 October] , Brussels-Charleroi [begins 28 October] , Dublin, Frankfurt-Hahn, Liverpool [begins 27 October] , London-Stansted, Shannon [begins 4 November] )
*SAS (Copenhagen, Oslo-Gardermoen)
*Sun Air of Scandinavia (Billund)
*Wizz Air (Cologne/Bonn, Cork, Doncaster/Sheffield, Dortmund, Glasgow-Prestwick, Gothenburg-City, Liverpool, London-Luton, Hamburg-Lübeck, Malmö-Sturup, Oslo-Torp, Rome-Fiumicino, Stockholm-Skavsta, Turku)

Public transport 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

* [http://www.airport.gdansk.pl/ Official website of Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport] en icon pl icon (most navigation requires Adobe Flash)
* [http://miejsce.info/zobacz/?fc6353f524119d99ac668cc6237ffa23&Gda%F1sk/Gdynia/Sopot&Port%20Lotniczy%20Gda%F1sk%3Cbr%3EGdansk%20Airport%3Cbr%3EFlughafen%20Danzig%20%3Cbr%3E%20%3Cbr%3E%3Cbr%3E%20%3Cbr%3E%20&menu=1 interactive situation map of airflields and railways stations in Gdansk]
*NWS-current|EPGD
*ASN|GDN