Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport
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Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport Port Lotniczy Gdańsk im. Lecha Wałęsy |
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Port Lotniczy Gdańsk Spółka z.o.o. | ||||||||||
| Serves | Tricity, Poland | ||||||||||
| Hub for | Ryanair, Wizzair | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 149 m / 489 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 54°22′39″N 018°27′58″E / 54.37750°N 18.46611°E | ||||||||||
| Website | airport.gdansk.pl | ||||||||||
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Source: Polish AIP at EUROCONTROL Statistics: Airport site and the Office of Civil Aviation
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| Passengers served | 4,010,864 
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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) northwest 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. With over 4 million passengers served in 2016, it is the third largest airport in Poland in terms of passenger traffic. The most popular destinations to and from Gdansk Airport are cities in the Nordic countries, Germany and in the British Isles. Also, a significant number of passengers travel between Gdansk and the Polish capital, Warsaw.
The first passenger flights in Gdańsk were operated in the year 1919 from an airfield in the Langfuhr district of the Free City of Danzig (nowadays Wrzeszcz district of Gdańsk). It was possible thanks to a transformation of that military location into a civilian facility. The airport was at that time additionally used for airmail services and by the police. In the next years the airport continued acquisitions of further areas which allowed it to expand and invest in modern infrastructure at that time. The technical development of Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport was followed by the launching of regular routes to Warsaw, Berlin, Moscow, Königsberg and other important cities of the region. The flights were already operated by numerous international aviation companies. The first Polish route was served between Gdańsk, Warsaw and Lviv by Aerolloyd and it was started in September 1922. The company initially used Junkers F.13 aircraft on that daily route. This domestic service was the beginning of the company which later gradually became the LOT Polish Airlines, which is still Poland's national carrier.
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