Vilnius Airport
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Vilnius International Airport Tarptautinis Vilniaus oro uostas |
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Lithuanian government | ||||||||||
| Operator | State Enterprise Tarptautinis Vilniaus oro uostas | ||||||||||
| Serves | Vilnius, Lithuania | ||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 646 ft / 197 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 54°38′13″N 025°17′16″E / 54.63694°N 25.28778°ECoordinates: 54°38′13″N 025°17′16″E / 54.63694°N 25.28778°E | ||||||||||
| Website | vilnius-airport.lt | ||||||||||
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Source: Lithuanian Airports, 2016
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| Number of Passengers | 3,814,001 |
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| Aircraft movements | 41,304 |
Vilnius Airport (IATA: VNO, ICAO: EYVI) (Lithuanian: Vilniaus oro uostas) is the international airport of Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. It is located 5.9 km (3.7 mi) south of the city. It is the largest of the four commercial airports in Lithuania by passenger traffic. Today, Vilnius Airport is one of the fastest-growing airports in Europe. With one runway and an estimated 3.3 million passengers a year, Vilnius International Airport serves as a base for Ryanair, Wizz Air and Small Planet Airlines.
The present-day Vilnius International Airport is a state owned enterprise under the Ministry of Transport and Communications. The airport began operations on 17 August 1932 as Wilno – Porubanek, Porubanek was the name of the neighbouring village which today is part of the Kirtimai district of Vilnius. Before World War II it operated the then domestic route between Vilnius and Warsaw as well as international route to Riga. Since 15 April 1939 it inaugurated a new route to Kaunas.
Lithuanian Airlines (branded later as FlyLAL) was established as the Lithuanian flag carrier following independence in 1991 and inherited the Vilnius-based Aeroflot fleet of Tupolev Tu-134, Yakovlev Yak-40, Yak-42 and Antonov An-24, An-26 aircraft, but rapidly replaced these Soviet-era aircraft types with modern Boeing 737 and Boeing 757 jets and Saab 340, Saab 2000 turboprops. Operations were suspended effective 17 January 2009 as a result of growing financial difficulties. With the collapse of flyLAL, the airport lost its scheduled services to Amsterdam, Budapest, Istanbul, Madrid and Tbilisi. flyLAL used to operate to Dublin, Frankfurt, London, Milan and Paris in competition with Aer Lingus, airBaltic or Lufthansa.
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