List of the busiest airports in the Baltic states

This is a list of the busiest airports in the Baltic states in terms of total number of Passengers, Aircraft movements and Freight and Mail Tonnes per year. The statistics includes all airports in the Baltic States with commercial regular traffic for 2012. Aircraft movements and Freight and Mail Tonnes only include statics for the 5 busiest airports in 2012 since reliable data is not available for all airports. Included are also a list of the Busiest Air Routes to/from and between the Baltic States for 2011, data for 2012 will be added as soon as the data becomes available.

The Baltic States

Location of the Baltic States (dark green) in Europe (dark grey)

The term Baltic states (also Baltics, Baltic nations or Baltic countries) refers to the Baltic territories which gained independence from the Russian Empire in the wake of World War I: primarily the contiguous trio of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania (from north to south);

Passengers

Rank Country Airport 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004
1. Latvia Riga International Airport 5,162,675 4,814,073 4,793,213 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
2. Lithuania Vilnius International Airport 3,336,084 2,942,670 2,661,869 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
3. Estonia Tallinn Airport 2,166,663 2,017,291 1,958,801 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
4. Lithuania Kaunas International Airport 747,284 724,314 695,509 830,268 872,618 809,732 456,698 410,165 390,881 248,228 77,350 27,113
5. Lithuania Palanga International Airport 145,441 132,931 127,890 128,169 111,133 102,528 104,600 101,586 93,379 110,828 94,000 76,020

2013 statistics

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 -16.2%
5. Lithuania Palanga Palanga International Airport PLQ/EYPA 127,890 -1.0%
6. Estonia Tartu Tartu 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%
11. Estonia Ruhnu Ruhnu Airfield ---/EERU 1,214

2012 statistics

Kaunas International Airport - Terminal building
Palanga International Airport - Terminal building
Kuressaare Airport - Terminal building
Kärdla Airport - Terminal building
Pärnu Airport - Terminal building
Riga International Airport - Terminal building
Riga International Airport - Terminal building
Riga International Airport - airBaltic Boeing 737-500 at the stands
Rank Country City Airport Code
(IATA/ICAO)
Passengers
(2012)
Change
2011–2012
1. Latvia Riga Riga International Airport RIX/EVRA 4,767,878 -6.6%
2. Lithuania Vilnius Vilnius International Airport VNO/EYVI 2,208,096 +28.9%
3. Estonia Tallinn Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport TLL/EETN 2,206,692 +15.3%
4. Lithuania Kaunas Kaunas International Airport KUN/EYKA 830,268 -4.9%
5. Lithuania Palanga Palanga International Airport PLQ/EYPA 128,169 +15.3%
6. Estonia Tartu Tartu Airport TAY/EETU 20,302 +9.3%
7. Estonia Kuressaare Kuressaare Airport URE/EEKE 11,421 -35.9%
8. Estonia Kärdla Kärdla Airport KDL/EEKA 9,700 -9.3%
9. Estonia Pärnu Pärnu Airport EPU/EEPU 5,634 -59.6%
10. Estonia Kihnu Kihnu Airfield ---/EEKU 2,474 +7.9%
11. Estonia Ruhnu Ruhnu Airfield ---/EERU 1,364 -7.0%

Aircraft movements

2012 statistics

Rank Country City Airport Code
(IATA/ICAO)
Movements
(2012)
Change
2011–2012
1. Latvia Riga Riga International Airport RIX/EVRA 68,570 -5.9%
2. Estonia Tallinn Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport TLL/EETN 48,531 +20.4%
3. Lithuania Vilnius Vilnius International Airport VNO/EYVI 29,995 +8.3%
4. Lithuania Kaunas Kaunas International Airport KUN/EYKA 8,559 -5.1%
5. Lithuania Palanga Palanga International Airport PLQ/EYPA 3,047 +2.9%

Freight and Mail Tonnes

2012 statistics

Rank Country City Airport Code
(IATA/ICAO)
Cargo
(2012)
Change
2011–2012
1. Latvia Riga Riga International Airport RIX/EVRA 32,9531 +160.2%
2. Estonia Tallinn Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport TLL/EETN 23,921 +30.2%
3. Lithuania Vilnius Vilnius International Airport VNO/EYVI 5,927 +2.5%
4. Lithuania Kaunas Kaunas International Airport KUN/EYKA 3,364 -20.3%
5. Lithuania Palanga Palanga International Airport PLQ/EYPA 104 +316.0%

1 Note: Based on data published by State Joint Stock Company (SJSC) Riga International Airport of the Republic of Latvia which not yet has been compared by official data still to be published by European Commission Eurostat Regional Transport Statistics

Busiest Air Routes

Busiest nonstop air routes within and to/from the Baltic States based on total annually carried passengers on each route.

2011 statistics

The routes ranked no 1, 2, 5, 10, 11, 12, 14, 17 and 22 includes the following airports:

RankCity 1City 2Passengers (2011)Change
2010-2011
1.RigaLondon345,780+1.0%
2.KaunasLondon272,672+38.5%
3.RigaHelsinki264,903+15.3%
4.RigaMoscow226,481+24.1%
5.RigaStockholm215,592-3.3%
6.RigaVilnius191,977+22.5%
7.RigaOslo188,940+4.9%
8.TallinnHelsinki184,762+24.9%
9.RigaTallinn173,768+15.8%
10.TallinnLondon161,423+91.4%
11.RigaMilan155,274+126.4%
12.RigaBrussels152,362+0.4%
13.VilniusFrankfurt149,909+45.4%
14.TallinnStockholm145,964+26.9%
15.RigaBerlin143,658+7.4%
16.RigaCopenhagen137,267+0.0%
17.VilniusLondon135,498+200.0%
18.RigaFrankfurt133,2106.3%
19.TallinnCopenhagen133,101-5.6%
20.RigaKiev123,834+41.9%
21.RigaDublin122,508-18.7%
22.TallinnOslo121,184+40.9%
23.VilniusCopenhagen118,464-20.0%
24.RigaIstanbul114,314+4.3%
25.RigaParis98,577+14.9%
26.RigaBarcelona94,417+11.5%
27.RigaAmsterdam92,647+34.3%
28.RigaRome89,809+9.8%
29.RigaSaint Petersburg89,037+56.4%
30.VilniusAntalya86,550-4.2%

See also

References

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