EPGD/gdn Gdansk Lech Walesa Airport
EPGD Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport, (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 is named after Lech Wałęsa, the former Polish president. With around 5 million passengers served in 2018, it is the 3rd largest airport in Poland in terms of passenger traffic.
Gdańsk Airport has... EPGD Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport, (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 is named after Lech Wałęsa, the former Polish president. With around 5 million passengers served in 2018, it is the 3rd largest airport in Poland in terms of passenger traffic.
Gdańsk Airport has two passengers terminals (T1 and T2), of which only Terminal T2 is fully functional. Terminal T1 was built in 1993 and is currently being used for departures (passport control and boarding) to countries which are not part of Schengen Area.
Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport has a single asphalt-concrete runway in the direction of 11/29. The runway is 2,800 m (9,200 ft) long and it is equipped with a modern ILS CAT II allowing aircraft to land in foggy weather. The decision height established for the approach system in Gdańsk is 30 m (98 ft), whereas the visibility minimum for pilots varies from 125 m (410 ft) to 300 m (980 ft), the higher value being required in the initial one-third of the runway's length. In addition, the navigation facilities at the airport are supplemented with a modern wide area multilateration system. For more realistic scenery FlyDesign is using UP42 digital satellite imagery for texturing ground and other objects , as well as custom photographs acquired from airport authorities (press pack), or made on our request, or by ourselves.
Scenery Features:
- EPGD International airport, completely new 4K buildings with all detailed,
- Highly detailed Terminal Interior,
- 3D LED technology runway lighting,
- High resolution ground textures,
- Hand-placed vegetation,
- All Dynamic lightings,
- EPGD charts by LIDO.
