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| Address: | 80-298 Gdańsk - Rębiechowo, ul. Słowackiego 200 |
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| Phone/Fax: | +48 (0)58 3481111 / +48 (0)58 3452283 |
| Email: | airport@airport.gdansk.pl |
| www: | http://www.airport.gdansk.pl |
Lech Walesa Airport, is one of three most important international airports in Poland (Warsaw and Cracow being the other two). Its position is owed to connection network, well developed in response to fast growing demand for business and economy carriage.
Gdansk Airport satisfy requirements and recommendations of International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and execute practices described in Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP). Main advantages of the airport are favorable topographical and microclimatic conditions and possibilities of spatial expansion. High standard of the airport makes it a spare airport for Okecie Airport in Warsaw. The key significance for the airport is its location. The airport in Rebiechowo is just 10 km away from Gdansk city center, similar distance from Sopot and 23 km from Gdynia city center. Constantly expanded roads between the airport and city centres makes it possible to cover this distance in 15-20 min.
Proximity to Tricity ring-road and intersection of national roads number 1, 6 and 7 enables commute from grounds outside Tricity. Thanks to location of the airport, conversion from airway transport to road, train or sea transport is possible for passengers and cargo operators. Lech Walesa Airport has its own train siding, which can be used to service larger cargo transported by airway.
Lech Walesa Airport is situated in the heart of Pomeranian region and service mainly pomorskie province (approx. 2,2 million habitants, , 18 293 km2 - 5,9 % area of Poland). Almost half of habitants of the province (Tricity agglomeration) live in direct proximity of the airport. Due to a large number of airway connections and convenient access, Gdanks Airport service not only Tricity but also other cities like Elbląg, Toruń, Szczecin and Koszalin.
Drive to airport
Car
by car from Gdynia or Sopot:
go to the ring road and make your way towards Gdansk. After exiting E28 by Matarnia Shopping Center (visible on your left side), you turn right into road 472, which leads straight to the Airport.
ring road route by car from Pruszcz Gdanski :
you drive the ring road towards Gdansk. On your left airport control tower will appear. By Matarnia Shopping Center (visible on the right) you turn left into road 472. Be careful not to miss the exit.
by car from Gdansk city center:
you drive Aleja Zwycięstwa street, which changes to Aleja Grunwaldzka street. By Galeria Bałtycka Shopping center you turn left into Slowackiego street, drive straight all the way and pass over Tri-city ring road. After a few kilometers the airport will appear on your left.
Bus
City bus lines:
Gdańsk-Wrzeszcz (Railway Station) - Airport: 110
Gdańsk Główny (Railway Station) - Airport: 210
Gdynia Główna (Railway Station) - Airport: 510
night bus line:
Gdańsk Główny (Railway Station) - Airport: N3
Passengers arriving to Tricity by train can catch a bus to get to the airport. There is fast busline 210 and night busline N3 from Gdańsk Główny. Bus number 110 leaves from Wrzeszcz train station and bus 510 goes directly to airport from Gdynia Główna train station.
The Gdańsk Zoo is one of the biggest zoological gardens in Poland. It is one of the most well-known recreational and educational places on the Polish coast, visited each year by an inordinate number of tourists and inhabitants of Tricity.
The origins of the impressive park complex in Oliwa can be associated with the Cistercian monks, who set up a vegetable and herbal garden in the direct vicinity of the monastery. The person who contributed substantially to the development of the park was Jacek Rybiński—Oliwa's last Cistercian abbot.
The monument, unique in its calling and interesting in form,
commemorates all burial grounds that have been lost in the
city’s history, destroyed in stormy events and war turmoil
Three majestic crosses supporting anchors that symbolise hope commemorate the victims of the bloody worker strikes of December 1970.
The nearby imposing and ornate edifice of the arsenal represents the most exuisite example of the Dutch Mannerism in Gdańsk.
The earliest rifle club in the Medieval Gdaƒsk called
after St. George first met at the Artus Court.
It is the oldest parish church of the Old Town, erected between 1227 and 1239. It was founded by the princes of Gdańsk Pomerania and considerably expanded in the 14th century.
Located at 12 Długa Street in Gdańsk is the only one in Poland and one of only a few 18th century merchant town houses in Europe open to visitors.
St Nicholas is the oldest church in Gdaƒsk. Its foundation goes
back to as far as the early 12th century.
Filharmonia Restaurant
Sopocka Tavern
Gdańska Restaurant
