Kaunas Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Kaunas International Airport
nativename = Kauno Oro uostas
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IATA = KUN
ICAO = EYKA
type = Public
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operator = Ministry of Transport and Communications
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location = Kaunas, Lithuania
elevation-f = 256
elevation-m = 78
coordinates = coord|54|57|50|N|24|05|05|E|type:airport_region:LT
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metric-elev = Y
metric-rwy = Y
r1-number = 08/26
r1-length-f = 10,663
r1-length-m = 3,250
r1-surface = Asphalt
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footnotes = Source: Lithuanian AIP at EUROCONTROL [ [http://www.ead.eurocontrol.int/publicuser/protect/pu/main.jsp EAD Basic] ]

Kaunas International Airport ( _lt. Kauno tarptautinis Oro Uostas), airport codes|KUN|EYKA that serves Kaunas, Lithuania is the second busiest civil airport in Lithuania after Vilnius International Airport and the fourth one in the Baltic states. The airport mainly serves international passenger and cargo flights and is located in Karmėlava, convert|15|km|abbr=on northeast of Kaunas centre. In 2007 the airport handled 390,881 passengers, 60 % more than in 2006. The low-cost airline Ryanair uses Kaunas Airport as its destination in Lithuania, and is the main operator at the airport.

History

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

tatistics

Annual passenger statistics for Kaunas Airport

Baltic's busiest airports by passenger traffic

Airlines and destinations

Terminal A

*Ryanair (Birmingham [begins 26 October] , Dublin, London-Luton [begins 28 October] , London-Stansted, Liverpool [seasonal] )

Terminal B
*Ryanair (Frankfurt-Hahn)

Ground transport

*To Kaunas City Centre
**Bus line no. 29: (Kaunas Airport (Karmelava) – Savanoriu Ave. – Bus station – Panemune – Viciunai). Regular price 1,20 Lt (0,35 Eur), from driver 1,50 Lt (0,43 Eur)
**Shuttle bus No. 120: (Kaunas Airport (Karmelava) - Savanoriu Avenue - Kaunas castle bus stop)
*To Vilnius City Centre
**JSC Aurakom Bus line to Vilnius: (Kaunas Airport (Karmelava) - Vilnius Railway and Bus station). Regular price 65 Lt (19 Eur), booking through the web page - 50 Lt (15 Eur)

References

External links

* [http://www.kaunasair.lt/index.php?lang=2&m=2&p=210 Kaunas International Airport website]
* [http://www.kaunoautobusai.lt/29.php Bus timetables to Kaunas centre]
* [http://www.marsrutai.info/kaunas/?a=p.routes&transport_id=search&t=xhtml&l=en Bus timetables to Kaunas centre in English]
* [http://www.airport-bus.lt/index.php?lang=lt Bus timetables to Vilnius]
* [http://www.flightstats.com/go/Airport/airportDetails.do?airport=%28KUN%29+Kaunas+Airport%2C+LT&x=17&y=10 Live departures and arrivals]
* [http://www.kaunasair.lt/index.php?lang=2&m=1&p=160 Kaunas Airport Photogallery]
*WAD|EYKA