Vilnius International Airport

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Vilnius International Airport
Tarptautinis Vilniaus oro uostas
IATA: VNO - ICAO: EYVI
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Ministry of Transport and Communications
Serves Vilnius
Elevation AMSL 646 ft (197 m)
Coordinates 54°38′03″N, 25°17′09″E
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
02/20 8,251 2,515 Asphalt

Vilnius International Airport (IATA: VNO, ICAO: EYVI) (Lithuanian: Tarptautinis Vilniaus Oro Uostas) is the largest civil airport in Lithuania. It is located 7km south of Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. It began operations in 1944, the old terminal was built in 1954.

Vilnius International Airport is a state owned company, established by the Lithuanian Ministry of Transportation in 1991. airBaltic had most passengers from the airport in 2006, followed by flyLal, the national airline of Lithuania. It also serves flights of SAS, Lufthansa, Finnair, Aeroflot, Austrian Airlines, Czech Airlines, LOT, and some other regional airlines.

Vilnius International Airport is a fast growing airport that receives over one million passengers per year (1.451.000 in 2006). It is the largest of the four major airports in Lithuania: Kaunas International Airport (also known as Karmėlava Airport) in Kaunas, Šiauliai Airport in Šiauliai (also known as Zokniai Airport, formerly one of the largest military airports in Europe, now services NATO and freight flights), and Palanga International Airport in Palanga.

[edit] Airlines and destinations

  • Aer Lingus (Dublin [starts May 29th, 2007])
  • airBaltic (Barcelona [starts April 28th, 2007], Berlin-Tegel, Brussels [starts April 10th, 2007], Copenhagen, Dublin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Helsinki, London-Gatwick, Malaga [starts April 26th, 2007], Milan-Malpensa [starts April 26th, 2007], Munich, Oslo, Riga, Rome-Fiumicino [starts April 26th, 2007], Stockholm-Arlanda, Tallinn, Zürich [starts April 27th, 2007])
  • Austrian Airlines
  • Czech Airlines (Prague)
  • Finnair
  • flyLAL (Amsterdam, Brussels, Dublin, Frankfurt, Istanbul-Atatürk, Hamburg, Hanover [starts May 19th, 2007], Kiev-Boryspil, London-Gatwick, Milan-Malpensa, Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Palanga [seasonal], Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Tallinn)
  • LOT Polish Airlines (Warsaw)
  • Lufthansa
  • Norwegian Air Shuttle (Oslo)


Charter flights:

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