Airport in Gdansk
The international airport in Gdansk is named after the former President of Poland Lech Walesa. The airline is located 12 kilometers from the city of the same name. The towns of Sopot and Gdynia are located nearby. In addition, Gdansk is located just 176 km from Kaliningrad, so the Gdansk airport is highly popular with Russian tourists..
The airport runway is reinforced with asphalt and has a length of 2.8 km. The airport runway is capable of receiving aircraft with certain restrictions.
The airport's capacity is about 3 million passengers per year. Low-cost European airlines RyanAir and WizzAir, as well as Polish LOT and EuroLot, Norwegian Air, SAS and others carry out regular air services here..
History
The airport in Gdansk was founded in 1974 on the site of the former airfield at Zaspa, in the vicinity of the village of Rembechovo. In 1997, the airport was reconstructed and a new modern building of the passenger terminal was put into operation.
The air harbor received its modern name in 2004.
Service and services
The small airport in Gdansk fully complies with the criteria established in the Schengen area. There is everything you need for comfortable passenger service: information points, bank branches, currency exchange, post office, airline offices for ticket sales.
A cafe, restaurant, many boutiques selling souvenirs, jewelry and textiles are open. There is a car rental office.
For passengers with disabilities, an escort and meeting service is organized, special flyovers are equipped for movement in a wheelchair, a specialized car is provided.
Transport
From the airport in Gdansk to Kaliningrad and back, there is a bus service of the Ecolines company. The cost of a one-way ticket is 500 rubles, a round trip will cost 900 rubles.
Buses No. 210 and 110 run regularly to the railway station in Gdansk, at intervals of 20-30 minutes. Also, the movement of comfortable minibuses of the AirportBus transport company is organized, the routes of which pass through the central streets of the city.
In addition, city taxi services offer their services, their order desk is located in the terminal building..
