Kuressaare Airport
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| Kuressaare Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: URE - ICAO: EEKE | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Kuressaare Lennujaam | ||
| Serves | Kuressaare | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 14 ft (4 m) | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 17/35 | 4,980 | 1,518 | Asphalt |
| 05/23 | 2,621 | 799 | Asphalt |
Kuressaare Airport (IATA: URE, ICAO: EEKE) is an airport in Estonia. The airport is situated 3 km from the town of Kuressaare on Saaremaa island.
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 next years, and between 1949 and 1953 there were from 10 to 14 flights every day between Kuressaare and Tallinn. During this period around 400 passengers flew to or from Kuressaare each day. The airport didn't get electricity until 1958. The present terminal building was built in 1962. The runway was lengthened in 1976, and a second runway was also built then. The terminal building was modernized in 2000.
The airport is owned by AS Kuressaare Lennujaam (Kuressaare Airport Ltd). It also owns the airfield at Ruhnu.
15 669 passengers travelled via Kuressaare Airport in 2004.
[edit] Airlines
- Aero Airlines (Helsinki) - seasonal [1]
- Avies (Tallinn)
- Skyways Express (Stockholm-Arlanda)
[edit] External links
- Official Website of Kuressaare Airport
- Estonia air transport infrastructure (.pdf)
- World Aero Data airport information for EEKE
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