Kuressaare Airport

Kuressaare Airport
Kuressaare lennujaam
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Kuressaare Lennujaam
Serves Kuressaare, Estonia
Elevation AMSL 14 ft / 4 m
Coordinates 58°13′48″N 022°30′34″E / 58.23000°N 22.50944°E / 58.23000; 22.50944Coordinates: 58°13′48″N 022°30′34″E / 58.23000°N 22.50944°E / 58.23000; 22.50944
Website www.kuressaare-airport.ee
Map
EEKE
Location in Estonia
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
17/35 2,000 6,562 Asphalt
05/23 799 2,621 Asphalt
Statistics (2017)
Passengers 19,231
Cargo (tonnes) 8,93
Aircraft movements 2,222
Sources: Estonian AIP[1]

Kuressaare Airport (Estonian: Kuressaare lennujaam, IATA: URE, ICAO: EEKE) is an airport in Estonia. The airport is situated 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) south southeast[1] of Kuressaare on Saaremaa island.

Overview

The first runway was built in the last half of the 1930s. The airport was opened officially on 6 March 1945. The air traffic increased during the proceeding years and between 1949 and 1953 there were between 10 and 14 flights every day between Kuressaare and Tallinn. During this period around 400 passengers flew to or from Kuressaare each day. The airport did not get electricity until 1958. The present terminal building was built in 1962. The second runway 05/23 was built in 1976 and in 1999 the main runway was lengthened. The terminal building was modernized in 2007.

The airport is owned by AS Tallinna Lennujaam. It also owns the Ruhnu Airfield.

19,702 passengers travelled via Kuressaare Airport in 2010.

Scheduled airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Transaviabaltika Tallinn (PSO)
FLN Frisia Luftverkehr Seasonal: Ruhnu (PSO)

Statistics

Baltic's busiest airports by passenger traffic in 2011
RankCityAirportPassengers (2011)
1.Latvia RigaRiga International Airport5,106,692
2.Estonia TallinnLennart Meri Tallinn Airport1,913,172
3.Lithuania VilniusVilnius International Airport1,714,258
4.Lithuania KaunasKaunas International Airport872,618
5.Lithuania PalangaPalanga International Airport111,133
6Estonia TartuTartu Airport18,583
7.Estonia KuressaareKuressaare Airport17,822
8.Estonia KärdlaKärdla Airport10,695
9.Estonia PärnuPärnu Airport3,863

References

  1. 1 2 "eAIP Estonia". Estonian Air Navigation Services (ANS). Retrieved 2016-07-27.


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