Kaunas Airport

Kaunas International Airport Kauno Oro uostas
IATA: KUN ICAO: EYKA
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Ministry of Transport and Communications
Operator	SE "Kaunas Airport"
Serves	Kaunas, Lithuania
Location	Karmėlava
Elevation AMSL	256 ft / 78 m
Coordinates	54°57′50″N 24°05′05″E / 54.96389°N 24.08472°E / 54.96389; 24.08472Coordinates: 54°57′50″N 24°05′05″E / 54.96389°N 24.08472°E / 54.96389; 24.08472
Website	kaunas-airport.lt
Map
EYKA Location in Lithuania
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 08/26 3,250 10,663 Asphalt
Statistics (2015)
Passengers total 747,284 Aircraft movements total 7,438 Cargo (tonnes) total 4,679
Sources: Kaunas Airport and AZ world airports

Kaunas International Airport (Lithuanian: Kauno tarptautinis oro uostas), (IATA: KUN, ICAO: EYKA) is the second busiest civil airport in Lithuania after Vilnius Airport and the fourth busiest in the Baltic states. The airport is located in the central part of the country, 14 km (8.7 mi) northeast of the Kaunas city centre and 100 km west from the capital Vilnius.

Kaunas International Airport started operations in 1988 when airport activities were moved from the historic S. Darius and S. Girėnas Airport, located in the central part of Kaunas city. In 1991, after Lithuania's independence, it gained the status of an international airport and in 1996 it became a member of Airports Council International (ACI) and began to take part in the activities of the "Lithuanian Airports" association.

Kaunas Airport was used by YAK-40, and YAK-42 of the 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.