EPGD
Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport
VFR
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Name
Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport
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ICAO / IATA / GPS
EPGD / GDN / EPGD
- Type
- Restriction
- Region
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Timezone
5:48 pm (CET)
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Municipality
Gdańsk
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Coordinates
54° 22′ 39″ N 18° 27′ 58″ E
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Elevation
489 ft (149 m MSL)
About Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport
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 Polish president. With around 6 million passengers served in 2023, it is the 3rd largest airport in Poland in terms of passenger traffic.