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Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport

Gdańsk, Poland

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Elevation

489 ft

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The Essence of Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport

GDN

Location

Gdańsk · PM · Poland

Connectivity

51 routes · 47 destinations

Position

54.378°, 18.466° · 489 ft elev.

Visa & Entry

Schengen Visa (C), National Visa (D)Official

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Northern Poland's gateway, named for a Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

Opened

1974

Location

Gdańsk, Poland

Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport is the primary international airport serving the Tricity metropolitan area of Gdańsk, Gdynia, and Sopot in northern Poland. It is the fourth busiest airport in Poland by passenger traffic and serves as a key hub for leisure and business travel along the Baltic coast. The airport was renamed in 2004 in honor of Lech Wałęsa, the former Solidarity trade union leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who was born and raised in the Gdańsk region. Its modern terminal infrastructure has undergone significant expansions to accommodate growing passenger numbers. Gdańsk Airport handles a broad mix of scheduled and charter flights to destinations across Europe, operated by low-cost carriers as well as full-service airlines. Its strategic location near the Baltic Sea and major tourist attractions drives strong seasonal demand.

Terminals

The airport operates a single integrated passenger terminal building that handles both domestic and international arrivals and departures.

Getting to & from

The airport is connected to Gdańsk city centre and the broader Tricity area by bus and rail services, including a direct rail link to Gdańsk Wrzeszcz station.

Airlines here

Major carriers operating at GDN include LOT Polish Airlines, Ryanair, Wizz Air, Lufthansa, and SAS, among others.

Notable facts

›Named after Lech Wałęsa, winner of the 1983 Nobel Peace Prize, in 2004.
›Located approximately 12 km southwest of Gdańsk city centre.
›Handles over 5 million passengers annually in peak years.
›Serves as an important gateway to the Tri-City region of Gdańsk, Gdynia, and Sopot.
›One of Poland's fastest-growing airports in the early 21st century.

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Route map (44 destinations)

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Airlines serving this airport

Air Berlin

Air Canada

Norwegian Air Shuttle

Scandinavian Airlines System

Wizz Air

Routes

GDN → TXLAB · DH4

GDN → CPHAC · M80

GDN → OSLDY · 73H 733

GDN → BHXFR · 738

GDN → BRSFR · 738

GDN → EDIFR · 738

GDN → DUBFR · 738

GDN → WMIFR · 738

GDN → LBAFR · 738

GDN → MANFR · 738

GDN → ORKFR · 738

GDN → PSAFR · 738

GDN → RYGFR · 738

GDN → STNFR · 738

GDN → WROK2 · DH4

GDN → HELK2 · DH4

GDN → ZRHK2 · DH4

GDN → KRKK2 · DH4

GDN → AMSK2 · DH4

GDN → BRUK2 · DH4

GDN → LUZK2 · DH4

GDN → FRALH · 319 321 32A 320

GDN → MUCLH · E95

GDN → MUCLO · E95

GDN → FRALO · 319 321 32A 320

GDN → WAWLO · DH4

GDN → CPHSK · 319 CR9 CR2

GDN → OSLSK · 738 73G 73W

GDN → DTMW6 · 320

GDN → LTNW6 · 320

GDN → MMXW6 · 320

GDN → NYOW6 · 320

GDN → BGOW6 · 320

GDN → BGYW6 · 320

GDN → GSEW6 · 320

GDN → LBCW6 · 320

GDN → CGNW6 · 320

GDN → EINW6 · 320

GDN → FCOW6 · 320

GDN → HAUW6 · 320

GDN → KRSW6 · 320

GDN → SVGW6 · 320

GDN → TKUW6 · 320

GDN → TRDW6 · 320

GDN → AESW6 · 320

GDN → BCNW6 · 320

GDN → BVAW6 · 320

GDN → DSAW6 · 320

GDN → GLAW6 · 320

GDN → LPLW6 · 320

GDN → TRFW6 · 320

Aircraft operating here

Airbus A32025 routes Boeing 737-80012 routes De Havilland Canada DHC-8-400 Dash 8Q9 routes Airbus A3193 routes Airbus A3212 routes 32A2 routes Embraer 1952 routes M801 routes 73H1 routes Boeing 737-3001 routes Canadair Regional Jet 9001 routes Canadair Regional Jet 2001 routes

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Encyclopaedia

Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport 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, Sopot and Gdynia. Since 2004, the airport has been named after Lech Wałęsa, the president of Poland from 1990 to 1995. With 7.4 million passengers served in 2025, it is the third busiest airport in Poland in terms of passenger traffic, behind Warsaw Chopin Airport and Kraków John Paul II International Airport. It is also the seventy-fourth busiest airport in Europe.

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