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Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN): flight delays and compensation

Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport. As an EU airport, every flight departing from here is covered by EU Regulation 261/2004. Here is what to expect if your flight was delayed or cancelled here, or you were stranded.

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In short: Any flight departing from Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport that arrives 3 or more hours late, is cancelled less than 14 days before departure, or is overbooked can give €250–600 per passenger. Departures: EU261 with any airline.

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About the airport

Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN) serves Gdańsk, Poland. On the routes Eurostat reports, 6,079,514 passengers flew to or from it in 2024, the 79th-highest among the 397 European airports we cover. Its busiest connections were to Copenhagen, Stockholm, Warsaw, London.

Every flight departing from here is covered by EU Regulation 261/2004, whatever the airline. Flights arriving here are covered if they depart from the EU, or if an EU airline operates them from outside the EU.

Busiest routes from Gdańsk – and what a delay is worth

The 30 busiest routes on Eurostat’s 2024 data, with the compensation for a 3-hour-plus delay or a late cancellation in each direction.

DestinationPassengers 2024DistanceFrom GDNReturn
Copenhagen CPH391,790395 km€250€250
Stockholm ARN345,201587 km€250€250
Warsaw WAW285,528297 km€250€250
London LTN278,2541,283 km€250£220
Oslo OSL265,767783 km€250€250
London STN247,5801,244 km€250£220
Amsterdam AMS218,826937 km€250€250
Oslo TRF211,240731 km€250€250
Antalya AYT195,2592,160 km€400€400*
Hamburg HAM180,734560 km€250€250
Bergen BGO176,5111,029 km€250€250
Dortmund DTM158,692793 km€250€250
Stavanger SVG147,880928 km€250€250
Alicante ALC139,1492,295 km€400€400
Frankfurt FRA138,826829 km€250€250
Munich MUC137,287814 km€250€250
Gothenburg GOT135,460530 km€250€250
Barcelona BCN135,2501,891 km€400€400
Eindhoven EIN133,236935 km€250€250
Málaga AGP106,9792,636 km€400€400
Turku TKU105,740719 km€250€250
Ålesund AES98,8501,155 km€250€250
Paris BVA96,8951,244 km€250€250
Trondheim TRD93,7051,097 km€250€250
Leeds LBA81,3461,308 km€250£220
Karmøy HAU72,951974 km€250€250
Milan BGY71,1891,151 km€250€250
Kraków KRK69,546486 km€250€250
Reykjavík KEF66,3532,515 km€400€400
Rome FCO65,1421,471 km€250€250

* only with an EU (or UK) airline. Passengers: Eurostat, both directions, routes reported by EU/EEA airports.

Air traffic flow delays at Lech Wałęsa (2025)

EUROCONTROL records the delay imposed on arriving flights when the airport or the airspace around it cannot take more traffic (air traffic flow management, “ATFM”). In 2025, 27,051 flights arrived at GDN; 0 of them were held back this way, 0 by more than 15 minutes – an average of 0.00 minutes per arrival.

What caused the ATFM delay

    Average ATFM delay per arrival by month (min)

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    2026 so far (to 30 September 2026): 22,614 arrivals, 0.00 minutes of ATFM delay per arrival (better than 2025).

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    What this means for a claim: ATFM delays come from weather (0% here), air traffic control capacity and staffing (0%) or airport limits – causes airlines often cite as extraordinary circumstances. They are only part of the story: most long delays come from the airline’s own operation (technical faults, crew, late inbound aircraft), which this data does not show. Source: EUROCONTROL.

    Typical delay causes at Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport

    • EUROCONTROL recorded 27,051 arrivals at GDN in 2025; 0 were held by air traffic flow restrictions, 0 of them by more than 15 minutes.
    • Most long delays that earn compensation are not flow delays but airline problems – technical faults, crew shortages and late inbound aircraft – which do not count as extraordinary circumstances.

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      Local information

      • Ask the airline staff at the gate for the reason for the delay or cancellation and write it down; take a photo of the departure board.
      • From 2 hours’ delay (depending on distance) the airline must give you meals and drinks, and a hotel if you are stuck overnight – keep the receipts if you had to pay yourself.
      • If the airline rejects your claim, complain to the national enforcement body of the country where the flight departed (or arrived, for flights from outside the EU), or go to court.

      Frequently asked questions

      Can I claim compensation for a flight departing from Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport?

      Yes. GDN is an EU airport, so every flight departing from it is covered by EU Regulation 261/2004, whatever the airline and wherever it is based.

      Can I claim compensation for a flight arriving at Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport?

      If the flight departed from an EU airport: yes, with any airline. If it departed from the UK: yes, under UK261, with any airline. If it departed from elsewhere: only if an EU airline operated it.

      How is the length of the delay measured?

      By your arrival time at your final destination – more precisely, the moment the aircraft door opens at the gate. It must be at least 3 hours after the scheduled arrival time.

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      Information only, not legal advice. Passenger figures are approximate and based on the airports' published statistics; punctuality figures are from the UK Civil Aviation Authority. We earn a commission when a claim submitted through our partner links is successful.

      Sources

      1. Eurostat – air passenger transport routes between partner airports and main airports (2024) – Eurostat
      2. EUROCONTROL – airport arrival ATFM delays (open performance data) – EUROCONTROL

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