Kuressaare Airport

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Kuressaare Airport
Kuressaare lennujaam
IATA: URE - ICAO: EEKE
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Kuressaare Lennujaam
Serves Kuressaare
Elevation AMSL 14 ft (4 m)
Coordinates 58°13′47″N, 22°30′34″E
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 second runway 05/23 was built in 1976 and on 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 airfield at Ruhnu.

15 669 passengers travelled via Kuressaare Airport in 2004.

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