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		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	Lennart Meri 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

Riga International Airport - Main hub of airBaltic

Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport - Main hub of Estonian Air

Vilnius International Airport - Main hub of Air Lituanica

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 - 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:

No 1: London Stansted Airport and Gatwick Airport
No 2: London Stansted Airport, London Luton Airport and Gatwick Airport
No 5: Stockholm-Arlanda Airport and Stockholm-Skavsta Airport
No 10: Gatwick Airport, London Stansted Airport and London Luton Airport
No 11: Malpensa Airport and Orio al Serio Airport
No 12: Brussels Airport and Brussels South Charleroi Airport
No 14: Stockholm-Arlanda Airport and Stockholm-Skavsta Airport
No 17: London Luton Airport and London Stansted Airport
No 22: Oslo Airport, Gardermoen and Moss Airport, Rygge

Rank	City 1	City 2	Passengers (2011)	Change 2010-2011
1.	Riga	London	345,780	+1.0%
2.	Kaunas	London	272,672	+38.5%
3.	Riga	Helsinki	264,903	+15.3%
4.	Riga	Moscow	226,481	+24.1%
5.	Riga	Stockholm	215,592	-3.3%
6.	Riga	Vilnius	191,977	+22.5%
7.	Riga	Oslo	188,940	+4.9%
8.	Tallinn	Helsinki	184,762	+24.9%
9.	Riga	Tallinn	173,768	+15.8%
10.	Tallinn	London	161,423	+91.4%
11.	Riga	Milan	155,274	+126.4%
12.	Riga	Brussels	152,362	+0.4%
13.	Vilnius	Frankfurt	149,909	+45.4%
14.	Tallinn	Stockholm	145,964	+26.9%
15.	Riga	Berlin	143,658	+7.4%
16.	Riga	Copenhagen	137,267	+0.0%
17.	Vilnius	London	135,498	+200.0%
18.	Riga	Frankfurt	133,210	6.3%
19.	Tallinn	Copenhagen	133,101	-5.6%
20.	Riga	Kiev	123,834	+41.9%
21.	Riga	Dublin	122,508	-18.7%
22.	Tallinn	Oslo	121,184	+40.9%
23.	Vilnius	Copenhagen	118,464	-20.0%
24.	Riga	Istanbul	114,314	+4.3%
25.	Riga	Paris	98,577	+14.9%
26.	Riga	Barcelona	94,417	+11.5%
27.	Riga	Amsterdam	92,647	+34.3%
28.	Riga	Rome	89,809	+9.8%
29.	Riga	Saint Petersburg	89,037	+56.4%
30.	Vilnius	Antalya	86,550	-4.2%

References

it: Aeroporti in Estonia

v t e Airports in Estonia
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Domestic	Kärdla Kuressaare Pärnu Ruhnu

v t e Airports in Latvia
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Unscheduled	Ādaži Daugavpils Jūrmala Liepāja Spilve Ventspils

v t e Airports in Lithuania
International	Kaunas Palanga Vilnius
Unscheduled	Šiauliai

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List of the busiest airports in the Baltic states

Contents

The Baltic States

Passengers

2013 statistics

2012 statistics

Aircraft movements

2012 statistics

Freight and Mail Tonnes

2012 statistics

Busiest Air Routes

2011 statistics

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