EPGD Gdansk MSFS
is a highly detailed scenery of Gdansk Lech Walesa Airport in Poland. This product is compatible with Microsoft Flight
Simulator.
Gdansk Lech Walesa Airport (IATA: GDN, ICAO: EPGD) is an
international airport located 12 km (7.5 mi) northwest of Gdansk,
Poland. Since 2004 the airport has been named after the former
Polish president. With around 5 million passengers served annually,
it is the 3rd largest airport in Poland, after EPWA and EPKK, in
terms of passenger traffic.
The first civilian airport in Gdansk was set up after World War I
following the adaptation of the military airfield built in 1910 in
the Wrzeszcz district of Gdansk, formerly known as Langfuhr. That
airport was administered by the Senate of the Free City of Gdansk.
Since that date, the airport adapted its role and status and its
dynamic expansion resulted in the acquisition of new areas and
infrastructure changes. In the 1920s Gdansk Airport was transformed
into an international airport, also servicing transit flights. It
was used by airplanes flying in a variety of companies, including
the German-Russian Airlines DERULUFT, with flights between Berlin,
Leningrad, and Moscow. The very favorable aviation conditions
provided for by the airport in Gdansk enabled the launch of regular
flights between Gdansk and Warsaw, Szczecin, Elblag, Malbork,
Königsberg (now Kaliningrad), Olsztyn, and Berlin. The first regular
Polish air service was launched on September 5th, 1922. It was
provided by the Aerolloyd company. It employed Junkers F-13 type
planes with twice daily flights on the Gdansk-Warsaw-Lwow route.
The first Polish airport built completely from scratch was launched
on May 2nd, 1974 in Gdansk-Rebiechowo. Located on the Wysoczyzna
Kaszubska upland, 10 kilometers west of Gdansk and 23 kilometers
south of Gdynia, and occupying 240 ha, it created significant market
potential for the servicing of air transport. Alongside the
political and industrial changes, the airport changed, too. From
1993, the Gdansk Airport company was transformed into a
profit-oriented commercial company with an organizational structure
fully complying with those that govern business activity in European
Union countries.