Kaunas International Airport
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Kaunas International Airport Kauno Oro uostas |
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| 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°ECoordinates: 54°57′50″N 24°05′05″E / 54.96389°N 24.08472°E | ||||||||||
| Website | kaunas-airport.lt | ||||||||||
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Sources: Kaunas Airport and AZ world airports
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| Passengers total | 747,284 |
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| Aircraft movements total | 7,438 |
| Cargo (tonnes) total | 4,679 |
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.
For 35 days from 14 July 2017 until 17 August 2017, Vilnius Airport will be closed for runway reconstruction work and all flights will operate to and from Kaunas Airport instead.
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 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.
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