Tartu Airport

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

Airlines	Destinations
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

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

External links

Tartu landmarks

Buildings and structures	Emajõe Business Centre University main building Kivisild Raadi Manor St. John's Church St. Paul's Church Supreme Court of Estonia Tartu Cathedral Tartu Old Observatory Town Hall Tigutorn Uppsala House Von Bock House

Precincts	City Centre Supilinn Karlova Tammelinn

Nature and parks	Toomemägi Botanical Gardens Emajõgi Anne Canal Raadi cemetery

Cultural institutions	Vanemuine Estonian National Museum Estonian Literary Museum Estonian Sports Museum Tartu Toy Museum

Science and education	University of Tartu Estonian Biocentre Tartu Observatory Baltic Defence College Estonian Aviation Academy Estonian University of Life Sciences (Estonian Institute of Zoology and Botany) Estonian National Defence College Tartu Art College

Sports	Tamme Stadium

Transportation	Tartu Airport Railway station Bus

Entertainment	AHHAA

Airports in Estonia

International	Tallinn Tartu

Domestic	Kärdla Kuressaare Pärnu Ruhnu

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