Kaunas Airport

Kaunas International Airport Kauno Oro uostas
IATA: KUN – ICAO: EYKA KUN Location of airport in Lithuania
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Ministry of Transport and Communications
Location		Karmėlava, Lithuania
Hub for		Ryanair
Elevation AMSL		78 m / 256 ft
Coordinates		54°57′50″N 24°05′05″E
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
08/26	3,250	10,663	Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
Total passengers			872,618

Terminal building

Arrival hall

Ryanair Boeing 737-800 at Kaunas Airport

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, 15 km (9.3 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 the 4th of 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 aircraft YAK-40, and YAK-42 of 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 meters², 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 meters² with 3 million annual passenger throughput.

Technical information

• Located 15 km (9.3 mi) north-east from Kaunas Center. Elevation is 78 meters above sea level.

• Lighting
  • Approach lights: length 900 meters, intensity LIH.
  • Runway end lights: 300 meters, 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, 15 parking stands
• Runway length 3,250 meters (10,663 ft), wide 45 meters (147,6 ft).

• Time zone is +2 (subject to daylight saving time in summer). Terminal space is 7 573 m². Available fuel are JET A-1, AVGAS 100LL.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air Baltic	Riga
IrAero	Moscow-Domodedovo
Ryanair	Birmingham, Bristol, Brussels-Charleroi, Dublin, Eindhoven, Edinburgh, Gothenburg-City [ends 23 March], Hahn, Leeds/Bradford, Liverpool, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, London-Stansted, Oslo-Rygge, Paris-Beauvais [ends 24 March], Stockholm-Skavsta, Tampere Seasonal: Alicante, Malta [begins 3 May], Kos, Palma de Mallorca [begins 27 March], Paphos [begins 2 May], Rhodes

Cargo airlines

Airlines	Destinations
Polet Airlines	Shanghai
SprintAir	Warsaw
Lufthansa Cargo	Frankfurt, Mumbai
TNT Airways
Transaviabaltika	Minsk

Traffic statistics

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

Baltic's busiest airports by passenger traffic in 2010

Rank	City	Airport	Passengers (2010)
1.	Riga	Riga International Airport	4,663,692
2.	Tallinn	Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport	1,384,831
3.	Vilnius	Vilnius International Airport	1,373,859
4.	Kaunas	Kaunas Airport	872,618
5.	Palanga	Palanga International Airport	102,528
6	Tartu	Tartu Airport	23,504
7.	Kuressaare	Kuressaare Airport	19,702
8.	Kärdla	Kärdla Airport	10,551
9.	Pärnu	Pärnu Airport	5,148

Ground transport

Bus

• To Kaunas City Centre - bus number 29 from 5AM to 0:30 AM
• To Vilnius City
• To Klaipėda City
• To Riga City Center and Riga International Airport. There are shuttle bus connection between Kaunas airport and Latvian Capital Riga. This bus is operated by Easy Travel Latvia,ltd. The Service name is flyBus (www.flybus.lv). Stops on the route are in Latvian city of Bauska, Riga City Center and Riga International Airport. One-way ticket cost EUR 15.

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.

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).

See also

• List of the largest airports in the Nordic countries

External links

• Kaunas International Airport website
• Kaunas Airport Photogallery
• flyBus - Shuttle Bus Connecting Kaunas Airport and Latvian Capital Riga
• Airport information for EYKA at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.