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Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport
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
Hub for	Wizz Air;
Elevation AMSL	149 m / 489 ft
Coordinates	54°22′39″N 018°27′58″E / 54.3775°N 18.46611°ECoordinates: 54°22′39″N 018°27′58″E / 54.3775°N 18.46611°E
Website	www.airport.gdansk.pl
Runways
Statistics (2007)
Number of Passengers	1,715,758
Aircraft Movements	17,672 (2006)
	Source: Polish AIP at EUROCONTROL; Statistics: Airport site and the Office of Civil Aviation

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 12 km (7.5 mi) west northwest^[1] of Gdańsk, Poland, not far from the city centres of the Tricity metropolitan area: Gdańsk (12 km (7.5 mi)), Sopot (10 km (6.2 mi)) and Gdynia (23 km (14 mi)).

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".

[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 centre in the suburb of Wrzeszcz. The airport acquired its current name in 2004. There was some controversy as to whether the name should be spelled Lech Walesa (without diacritics, but better recognizable in the world) or Lech Wałęsa (with Polish letters, but difficult to write and pronounce for foreigners, the closest English phonetic approximation being "Vawensa").

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

Airlines	Destinations
Jet Air	Kraków, Turku
LOT Polish Airlines	Frankfurt, Munich, Warsaw
LOT operated by EuroLOT	Warsaw
Lufthansa Regional operated by Lufthansa CityLine	Frankfurt, Munich
Norwegian Air Shuttle	Oslo-Gardermoen
Ryanair	Alicante, Birmingham, Bremen, Bristol [begins 1 April], Dublin, Dusseldorf, Edinburgh, Hahn, London-Stansted, Oslo-Rygge [begins 31 March], Weeze
SAS	Copenhagen, Oslo-Gardermoen
Wizz Air	Bergen [begins 18 December], Cologne/Bonn, Cork, Doncaster/Sheffield, Dortmund, Eindhoven [begins 17 December], Glasgow-Prestwick, Gothenburg-City, Liverpool, London-Luton, Lübeck, Malmö-Sturup, Milan-Orio al Serio [begins 17 December], Oslo-Torp, Paris-Beauvais [bengins 18 December], Rome-Fiumicino, Stockholm-Skavsta, Turku
AMC Airlines	Sharm el-Sheikh [seasonal]
Lotus Air	Sharm el-Sheikh [seasonal]
Air Italy Polska	Hurghada
Euro Mediterranean Airlines	Luxor [seasonal]
Sky Airlines	Antalya [seasonal]

[edit] Public transport serving the airport

The following city bus lines connect the airport:

to Gdańsk-Centre (Orunia Gościnna), Route [210]http://ztm.gda.pl/rozklady/rozklad-210-11-1.html via Gdańsk-Morena, 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.