Kaunas Airport

Kaunas International Airport Kauno Oro uostas
IATA: KUN – ICAO: EYKA
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Ministry of Transport and Communications
Operator		SE "Kaunas Airport"
Serves		Kaunas, Lithuania
Location		Karmėlava, Lithuania
Hub for		Ryanair
Elevation AMSL		256 ft / 78 m
Coordinates		54°57′50″N 24°05′05″E
Website		www.kaunas-airport.lt
Map
EYKA Location in Lithuania
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
08/26	3,250	10,663	Asphalt
Statistics (2012)
Passengers total			830,268
Aircraft movements total			NA
Cargo (t) total			NA
Sources: Lithuanian AIP at EUROCONTROL

Kaunas International Airport (Lithuanian: Kauno tarptautinis oro uostas), (IATA: KUN, ICAO: EYKA) which serves Kaunas, Lithuania is the second busiest civil airport in Lithuania after Vilnius Airport and the fourth busiest in the Baltic states.

Kaunas Airport is the fastest growing airport in the Baltic states in 2009 and 2010. The airport mainly serves international passenger and cargo flights and is located in Karmėlava, 14 km (8.7 mi) northeast of the Kaunas city centre. Kaunas Airport can handle planes up to the size of a Boeing 747, Antonov An-124 or similar jets. On 4 May 2010 low-cost airline Ryanair opened a base at Kaunas Airport, and is the largest airline at the airport.

History

Kaunas International Airport started operations in 1988 when airport activities were moved from S. Darius and S. Girėnas Airport, the other airport near Kaunas. In 1991, after Lithuania's independence, it gained the status of an international airport. In 1996 it became a member of Airports Council International (ACI) and it began to take part in the activities of the "Lithuanian Airports" association.

Kaunas Airport was used by YAK-40, and YAK-42 of the local Aeroflot branch since 1988. The flight range was moderate and there were some scheduled flights from Kaunas to Kiev, Kharkiv, Moscow, Odessa, Simferopol, and Šiauliai. Regional airline Air Lithuania based in Kaunas operated scheduled and charter flights from Kaunas to Budapest, Billund, Hamburg, Malmö, and Oslo from 1993 till 2004.

Terminal building

At the time of moving Kaunas airport to its new location in Karmėlava in 1988, it was only a small terminal building for passengers. A new terminal for passengers (3 floors, 7,573 m² (81,520 sq ft), 12 modern check-in desks) was opened in March 2008. It was designed to handle up to 800 thousand passengers per year and comply with the requirements of the Schengen Agreement. Further terminal extension is planned up to 15,000 m² (160,000 sq ft) with 3 million annual passenger throughput.

Technical information

• Located 14 km (8.7 mi) north-east from the city centre. Elevation is 256 ft (78 m) above sea level.

• Lighting
  • Approach lights: length 900 m (3,000 ft), intensity LIH.
  • Runway end lights: 300 m (980 ft), red.

• Runway Category: 4E
• Runway strength: PCN 50 F/B/X/T
• ILS Category: CAT II/CAT I
• Category for fire-fighting: CAT 7
• Airport ramp: 124,477 m² (1,339,860 sq ft), 15 parking stands
• Runway 3,250 m × 45 m (10,663 ft × 148 ft)

• The airport is on Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00) (subject to daylight saving time in summer). Terminal space is 7,573 m² (81,520 sq ft). Available fuel are JET A-1, AVGAS 100LL.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations
airBaltic	Riga
RusLine	Moscow-Domodedovo (begins 16 June 2013)
Ryanair	Birmingham, Bristol, Dublin, Edinburgh, Frankfurt-Hahn, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, London-Stansted, Oslo-Rygge, Stockholm-Skavsta, Tampere Seasonal: Alicante, Cagliari, Kos, Malta, Palma de Mallorca, Paphos, Rhodes, Trapani

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
Lufthansa Cargo	Frankfurt, Mumbai

Ground transport

Motorway

• Due to its excellent location in the centre of the Lithuania, Kaunas Airport is easily accessible via nearby A6 highway (Lithuania)/E262, which connects to the other main freeways in Lithuania A1 motorway (Lithuania) and Via Baltica (E67).

Taxi

• Some taxi companies operate from Kaunas Airport. Taxis take around 25 minutes to get to the city centre. Long and short term parking are available.

Bus

• To Kaunas city centre - bus number 29, from 5:00 AM to 0:30 AM. One-way ticket costs 2 LTL if bought on board. Also 29E in the same route, but not stopping in all stops, after the latest flights.
• To Vilnius
• To Klaipėda
• To Riga city center and Riga International Airport. There are shuttle bus connections between Kaunas Airport and the Latvian capital Riga. This bus is operated by Easy Travel Latvia. The service name is flyBus. Stops on the route are the Latvian city of Bauska, Riga city center and Riga International Airport. One-way ticket costs EUR 20.
• InterCity busses to Anykščiai, Biržai, Ignalina, Kupiškis, Marijampolė, Molėtai, Obeliai, Rokiškis, Širvintos, Utena, Vilnius, Visaginas and Zarasai stop at the airport.

Traffic statistics

Departures hall.

Inside the terminal building.

A Ryanair Boeing 737-800.

Year	Total passengers	Aircraft movements	Total cargo
2000	19,202	4,190	6,771
2001	20,137	4,409	9,517
2002	19,891	3,957	8,478
2003	21,732	4,077	6,673
2004	27,113	4,832	3,569
2005	77,350	4,611	4,308
2006	248,228	4,865	6,862
2007	390,881	6,089	6,816
2008	410,000	5,698	3,400
2009	456,698	6,027	2,113
2010	809,732	8,753	4,449
2011	872,618	9,168	4,221
2012	830,268	NA	NA

Busiest airports by passenger traffic in the Baltic States

Country	Airport	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001
Latvia	Riga Airport	4,767,764	5,106,692	4,663,647	4,066,854	3,690,549	3,160,945	2,495,020	1,878,035	1,060,426	711,753	633,322	622,647
Lithuania	Vilnius Airport	2,208,096	1,712,467	1,373,859	1,308,632	2,048,439	1,717,222	1,451,468	1,281,872	964,164	719,850	634,991	584,171
Estonia	Tallinn Airport	2,206,791	1,913,172	1,384,831	1,346,236	1,811,536	1,728,430	1,541,832	1,401,059	997,941	715,859	605,697	573,493
Lithuania	Kaunas Airport	830,268	872,618	809,732	456,698	410,165	390,881	248,228	77,350	27,113	21,732	19,891	20,137
Lithuania	Palanga Airport	128,169	111,133	102,528	104,600	101,586	93,379	110,828	94,000	76,020	46,666	45,971	45,660

External links

• Official website
  • Kaunas Airport photogallery
  • Kaunas Airport video gallery