Tartu Airport

For the former military airport in Tartu, see Raadi Airfield.
Tartu Airport
Tartu lennujaam
Ülenurme Airport
IATA: TAY – ICAO: EETU
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Tallinn Airport Ltd
Serves Tartu, Estonia
Location Reola, Ülenurme Parish
Elevation AMSL 219 ft / 67 m
Coordinates 58°18′27″N 026°41′13″E / 58.30750°N 26.68694°E / 58.30750; 26.68694Coordinates: 58°18′27″N 026°41′13″E / 58.30750°N 26.68694°E / 58.30750; 26.68694
Website www.tartu-airport.ee
Map
TAY

Location on a map of Estonia

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
08/26 1,799 5,902 Asphalt/Concrete
Source: Estonian AIP at EUROCONTROL[1]

Tartu Airport (Estonian: Tartu lennujaam, IATA: TAY, ICAO: EETU) is an airport in Reola, Ülenurme Parish, about 8 km (5 mi) south of Tartu, the second largest city in Estonia. It is also called Ülenurme Airport due to its proximity to the village of Ülenurme. The Tallinn–Tartu–Võru–Luhamaa highway (E263) passes near the airport.

History

The airport was opened on 15 May 1946. A new terminal building was built in 1981, and the runway and taxiway were also upgraded then. Since 2005 the airport has been operated by Tallinn Airport Ltd. In 2009 the runway was lengthened to 1,799 m (5,902 ft). In 2010 Tartu International Airport served 23,504 passengers.

Currently only Nordic Regional Airlines operates regular flights between Tartu and Helsinki daily, 7 times a week. Estonian Air Regional provided flights to and from Tallinn until 21 December 2012, and airBaltic operated flights to Riga until 1 August 2011. Estonian Air ended its flights to Tallinn on 21 December 2012.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Finnair
operated by Nordic Regional Airlines		 Helsinki[2]

Statistics

List of the busiest airports in the Baltic states 2013
Rank Country City Airport Code
(IATA/ICAO) 		Passengers
(2013) 		Change
2012–2013
1. Latvia Riga Riga International Airport RIX/EVRA 4,793,213 +0.6%
2. Lithuania Vilnius Vilnius International Airport VNO/EYVI 2,661,869 +20.6%
3. Estonia Tallinn Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport TLL/EETN 1,958,801 -11.2%
4. Lithuania Kaunas Kaunas International Airport KUN/EYKA 695,509
5. Lithuania Palanga Palanga International Airport PLQ/EYPA 127,890 -1.0%
6. Estonia Tartu Tartu International Airport TAY/EETU 13,690 -32.7%
7. Estonia Kuressaare Kuressaare Airport URE/EEKE 13,163
8. Estonia Kärdla Kärdla Airport KDL/EEKA 10,222
9. Estonia Pärnu Pärnu Airport EPU/EEPU 3,538
10. Estonia Kihnu Kihnu Airfield ---/EEKU 2,434 -1.4%

References

  1. ↑ EAD Basic
  2. ↑ L, J (19 March 2015). "Finnair Adds Helsinki – Tartu Route from late-June 2015". Airline Route. Retrieved 20 March 2015.

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, November 17, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.