Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport

Tallinn Airport Tallinna lennujaam
IATA: TLL ICAO: EETN
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Tallinn Airport Ltd
Serves	Tallinn, Estonia
Hub for	airBaltic Airest Avies LOT Polish Airlines Nordica Panaviatic Smartlynx Airlines Transaviabaltika
Elevation AMSL	131 ft / 40 m
Coordinates	59°24′48″N 024°49′57″E / 59.41333°N 24.83250°E / 59.41333; 24.83250Coordinates: 59°24′48″N 024°49′57″E / 59.41333°N 24.83250°E / 59.41333; 24.83250
Website	tallinn-airport.ee
Map
EETN Location in Tallinn EETN Location in Estonia
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 08/26 3,480 11,417 Asphalt/Concrete
Statistics (2016)
International Passengers 2,203,536 Domestic Passengers 18,079 Total passengers 2,221,615
Sources: Estonian AIP Statistics from Tallinn Airport Ltd.

Tallinn Airport (Estonian: Tallinna lennujaam, IATA: TLL, ICAO: EETN) or Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport (Estonian: Lennart Meri Tallinna lennujaam) is the largest airport in Estonia and serves as a hub for the national airline Nordica, as well as the secondary hub for AirBaltic and LOT Polish Airlines. It was also the home base of the now defunct national airline Estonian Air. Tallinn Airport is open to both domestic and international flights. It is located 2.7 nautical miles (5.0 km; 3.1 mi) southeast of the centre of Tallinn on the eastern shore of Lake Ülemiste. It was formerly known as Ülemiste Airport.

The airport has a single asphalt-concrete runway, 08/26, that is 3,480 m × 45 m (11,417 ft × 148 ft) and large enough to handle wide-bodied aircraft such as the Boeing 747, five taxiways and fourteen terminal gates. Since 29 March 2009 the airport is officially known as Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport, in honour of the leader of the Estonian independence movement and second President of Estonia Lennart Meri.

The airport has also been used for military purposes. It has served as an interceptor aircraft base, being home to the 384th Interceptor Aircraft Regiment (384 IAP), which operated MiG-23P aircraft.