Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport
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 | ||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||
Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (Polish: Port Lotniczy Gdańsk im. Lecha Wałęsy, formerly Polish: Port Lotniczy Gdańsk-Rębiechowo, German: Flughafen Danzig Lech Walesa) (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)). Since 2004, the airport has been named after Lech Wałęsa, the former president of Poland from 1990 to 1995. With more than 6.7 million passengers served in 2024, it is the 3rd busiest airport in Poland in terms of passenger traffic, behind Warsaw Chopin Airport and Kraków John Paul II International Airport. It is also the 82nd busiest airport in Europe.