GDAńSK LECH WAłęSA AIRPORT

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!bgcolor="#4682B4" colspan="4"|Statistics (2005)^[1]
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! colspan="3"|Number of Passengers
|677,946
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! colspan="3"|Aircraft Movements
|12,658
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! colspan="3"|Cargo (in t)
|3,433
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!bgcolor="#4682B4" colspan="4"|Statistics (2006)¹
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! colspan="3"|Number of Passengers
|1,249,780
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! colspan="3"|Aircraft Movements
|17,672
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'Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport' () 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".

Contents

History

Airlines and destinations

Mass transit serving the airport

References

External links

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.

Airlines and destinations

★ Blekingeflyg (Ronneby [starts 27 August 2007])

★ Centralwings (Dublin, Edinburgh, Rome Ciampino, Shannon)

★ easyJet (Belfast [starts 30 October, 2007], Bristol [starts 30 October, 2007], Edinburgh [starts 30 October, 2007], London-Gatwick [starts 1 October, 2007])

★ Finnair (Helsinki)

★ LOT Polish Airlines (Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich, Warsaw)

★ Lufthansa (Munich)

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★ operated by Lufthansa CityLine (Munich)

★ Norwegian Air Shuttle (Oslo)

★ Ryanair (Dublin, Frankfurt-Hahn, London-Stansted)

★ SAS (Copenhagen)

★ Wizz Air (Cologne, Cork, Doncaster-Sheffield, Dortmund, Glasgow-Prestwick, Hamburg-Lübeck, Liverpool, London-Luton, Malmö-Sturup, Oslo/Sandefjord-Torp [begin January 28, 2008], Stockholm-Skavsta)

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.

References

1. Data from Poland's Office of Civil Aviation (''Urząd Lotnictwa Cywilnego'')

External links

★ Official website

★ Gdańsk Lech Walesa Airport at Google Local

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★ interactive situation map of airflields and railways stations in Gdansk