Kuressaare Airport

Kuressaare Airport

*Kuressaare lennujaam*
Kuressaare Airport; Kuressaare lennujaam
	IATA: URE; ICAO: EEKE;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Kuressaare Lennujaam
Serves	Kuressaare, Estonia
Elevation AMSL	14 ft / 4 m
Coordinates	58°13′48″N 022°30′34″E / 58.23000°N 22.50944°E
Website	www.kuressaare-airport.ee
Map
	EEKE Location in Estonia
Runways
Statistics (2017)
Passengers
Passengers	19,231
Cargo (tonnes)	8,93
Aircraft movements	2,222
	Sources: Estonian AIP

Kuressaare Airport (Template:Lang-et, IATA: URE, ICAO: EEKE) is an airport in Estonia. The airport is situated 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) south southeast^[1] 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
Transaviabaltika	Tallinn (PSO)
FLN Frisia Luftverkehr	Seasonal: Ruhnu (PSO)

Statistics

Baltic's busiest airports by passenger traffic in 2011
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