Kuressaare Airport
| Kuressaare Airport Kuressaare lennujaam | |||
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IATA: URE – ICAO: EEKE
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| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Kuressaare Lennujaam | ||
| Location | Kuressaare | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 14 ft / 4 m | ||
| Coordinates | 58°13′47″N 22°30′34″E / 58.22972°N 22.50944°E | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 17/35 | 6,562 | 2,000 | 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.
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
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Avies | Tallinn |
| Luftverkehr Friesland Harle | Seasonal: Ruhnu |
Statistics
| Rank | City | Airport | Passengers (2011) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  Riga | Riga International Airport | 5,106,692 |
| 2. |  Tallinn | Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport | 1,913,172 |
| 3. |  Vilnius | Vilnius International Airport | 1,714,258 |
| 4. | Kaunas | Kaunas International Airport | 872,618 |
| 5. | Palanga | Palanga International Airport | 111,133 |
| 6 | Tartu | Tartu Airport | 18,583 |
| 7. | Kuressaare | Kuressaare Airport | 17,822 |
| 8. | Kärdla | Kärdla Airport | 10,695 |
| 9. | Pärnu | Pärnu Airport | 3,863 |
External links
- Official Website of Kuressaare Airport
- Estonia air transport infrastructure (.pdf)
- Airport information for EEKE at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
- Luftverkehr Friesland Harle
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