Tartu Airport

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Tartu Airport
IATA: TAY - ICAO: EETU
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Estonian Government
Serves		Tartu
Elevation AMSL		219 ft (66.75 m)
Coordinates		58°18′33″N, 26°40′59″E
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
08/26	4,524	1,379	Asphalt/Concrete

Tartu Airport (IATA: TAY, ICAO: EETU) is 8 kilometres (5 miles) south of the city centre of Tartu in Estonia, near the Tartu-Võru highway. It is also called Ülenurme Airport due to its proximity to the village of Ülenurme.

There are no regular flights as of October 2007. The majority of flights are training flights by students of Tartu Aviation College.

Contents 1 History 2 Airlines and destinations 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] History

The airport was opened in 1946. A new terminal building was built in 1981, and the runway and taxiway were also upgraded then. Since 2005 the airport has been owned by Tallinn Airport Ltd.

In 2008-2009 the runway will be lengthened to 1800 meters.

1268 passengers travelled via Tartu Airport in 2004.

[edit] Airlines and destinations

• Estonian Air
  • Estonian Air Regional (Stockholm Arlanda) (starts autumn 2008)

[edit] See also

• Raadi Airfield

[edit] External links

• Tartu Airport
• AIP Estonia EETU AD 2 Tartu/Ülenurme - information from AIP Estonia (.pdf)
• Estonia air transport infrastructure (.pdf)