List of the busiest airports in the Baltic states explained

This is a list of the busiest airports in the Baltic states in terms of total number of Passengers, Aircraft movements and Freight and Mail Tonnes per year. The statistics includes major airports in the Baltic States with commercial regular traffic. Aircraft movements and Freight and Mail Tonnes only include statistics for the 5 busiest airports in 2012 since reliable data is not available for all airports. Included are also a list of the Busiest Air Routes to/from and between the Baltic States for 2011 and 2012, data for 2019 will be added as soon as the data becomes available.

Passengers

International airports

The table lists airports with current or past regular international flights.

Rank Country Airport 2023202220212020201920182017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004
1. Latvia Riga International Airport6,630,891[1] 5,380,779[2] 2,353,0642,011,1557,798,3947,056,089[3] 6,097,434 5,402,545 5,162,675 4,814,073 4,793,213 4,767,764 5,106,692 4,663,647 4,066,854 3,690,549 3,160,945 2,495,020 1,878,035 1,060,426
2. Lithuania Vilnius International Airport4,406,0193,915,960[4] 1,898,8171,312,4685,004,921[5] 4,922,949[6] 3,761,837 3,814,001 3,336,084 2,942,670 2,661,869 2,208,096 1,712,467 1,373,859 1,308,632 2,048,439 1,717,222 1,451,468 1,281,872 964,164
3. Estonia Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport2,961,5692,748,2551,301,109863,5883,267,909[7] 3,007,644[8] 2,648,361 2,203,536 2,166,663 2,017,291 1,958,801 2,206,791 1,913,172 1,384,831 1,346,236 1,811,536 1,728,430 1,541,832 1,401,059 997,941
4. Lithuania Kaunas International Airport1,300,424[9] 1,159,184[10] 487,532368,6451,160,591[11] 1,011,067[12] 1,186,081 740,448 747,284 724,314 695,509 830,268 872,618 809,732 456,698 410,165 390,881 248,228 77,350 27,113
5. Lithuania Palanga International Airport307,090274,879[13] 85,895123,948338,309[14] 316,643 297,197 232,630 145,441 132,931 127,890 128,169 111,133 102,528 104,600 101,586 93,379 110,828 94,000 76,020
6. Estonia Kuressaare Airport42,23238,74929,44716,85824,61423,16619,231 13,289 14,458 13,665 13,163 11,421 17,822 19,702 19,519 23,752 20,026 18,341 18,071 15,091

Annual statistics

2023 statistics

Rank Country City Airport Code
(IATA/ICAO) 		Passengers
(2023) 		Change
2022–2023
1. LatviaRigaRiga International AirportRIX/EVRA 6,630,89123.2%
2. LithuaniaVilniusVilnius International AirportVNO/EYVI 4,406,019 align=center 12.5%
3. EstoniaTallinnLennart Meri Tallinn AirportTLL/EETN 2,961,569 7.8%
4. LithuaniaKaunasKaunas International AirportKUN/EYKA 1,300,424 12.2%
5. LithuaniaPalangaPalanga International AirportPLQ/EYPA 307,090 11.7%
6. EstoniaKuressaareKuressaare AirportURE/EEKE 42,232 9.0%
7. EstoniaKärdlaKärdla AirportKDL/EEKA 16,165 34.8%
8. EstoniaTartuTartu AirportTAY/EETU 1,080 %
9. EstoniaPärnuPärnu AirportEPU/EEPU 2,087 %
10. EstoniaRuhnu villageRuhnu Airfield–/EERU 1,398 %
11. LatviaLiepājaLiepāja International AirportLPX/EVLA
12. LithuaniaŠiauliaiŠiauliai International AirportSQQ/EYSA
13. EstoniaSääre villageKihnu Airfield–/EEKU

2022 statistics

Rank Country City Airport Code
(IATA/ICAO) 		Passengers
(2022) 		Change
2021–2022
1. LatviaRigaRiga International AirportRIX/EVRA 5,380,779 128.70%
2. LithuaniaVilniusVilnius International AirportVNO/EYVI 3,915,960 106.23%
3. EstoniaTallinnLennart Meri Tallinn AirportTLL/EETN 2,748,255[15] 111.22%
4. LithuaniaKaunasKaunas International AirportKUN/EYKA 1,159,184 137.77%
5. LithuaniaPalangaPalanga International AirportPLQ/EYPA 274,879 220.02%
6. EstoniaKuressaareKuressaare AirportURE/EEKE 38,749 31.59%
7. EstoniaKärdlaKärdla AirportKDL/EEKA 12,004 11.52%
8. EstoniaTartuTartu AirportTAY/EETU 8,653 1641.05%
9. EstoniaPärnuPärnu AirportEPU/EEPU 2,887 661.74%
10. EstoniaRuhnu villageRuhnu Airfield–/EERU 1,641 4.46%
11. LithuaniaŠiauliaiŠiauliai International AirportSQQ/EYSA 654 26.49%
12. EstoniaSääre villageKihnu Airfield–/EEKU 12

2021 statistics

Rank Country City Airport Code
(IATA/ICAO) 		Passengers
(2021) 		Change
2020–2021
1. LatviaRigaRiga International AirportRIX/EVRA 2,353,064 17.00%
2. LithuaniaVilniusVilnius International AirportVNO/EYVI 1,898,817 44.68%
3. EstoniaTallinnLennart Meri Tallinn AirportTLL/EETN 1,301,109[16] 50.66%
4. LithuaniaKaunasKaunas International AirportKUN/EYKA 487,532 32.25%
5. LithuaniaPalangaPalanga International AirportPLQ/EYPA 85,895 44.30%
6. EstoniaKuressaareKuressaare AirportURE/EEKE 29,447 74.68%
7. EstoniaKärdlaKärdla AirportKDL/EEKA 10,769 14.82%
8. EstoniaRuhnu villageRuhnu Airfield–/EERU 1,571 29.30%
9. LithuaniaŠiauliaiŠiauliai International AirportSQQ/EYSA 517 46.46%
10. EstoniaTartuTartu AirportTAY/EETU 497 91.54%
11. EstoniaPärnuPärnu AirportEPU/EEPU 379 4.99%
12. LatviaLiepajaLiepaja International AirportLPX/EVLA

2020 statistics

Rank Country City Airport Code
(IATA/ICAO) 		Passengers
(2020) 		Change
2019–2020
1. LatviaRigaRiga International AirportRIX/EVRA 2,011,155 74.20%
2. LithuaniaVilniusVilnius International AirportVNO/EYVI 1,312,468 73.78%
3. EstoniaTallinnLennart Meri Tallinn AirportTLL/EETN 863,589 73.60%
4. LithuaniaKaunasKaunas International AirportKUN/EYKA 368,645 68.00%
5. LithuaniaPalangaPalanga International AirportPLQ/EYPA 123,948 63.84%
6. EstoniaKuressaareKuressaare AirportURE/EEKE 16,858
7. EstoniaKärdlaKärdla AirportKDL/EEKA 9,379
8. EstoniaTartuTartu AirportTAY/EETU 5,874
9. LatviaLiepajaLiepaja International AirportLPX/EVLA
10. EstoniaRuhnu villageRuhnu Airfield–/EERU 1,215
11. EstoniaPärnuPärnu AirportEPU/EEPU 361
12. LithuaniaŠiauliaiŠiauliai International AirportSQQ/EYSA 353 5.69%

2019 statistics

Rank Country City Airport Code
(IATA/ICAO) 		Passengers
(2019) 		Change
2018–2019
1. LatviaRigaRiga International AirportRIX/EVRA 7,798,394 10.57%
2. LithuaniaVilniusVilnius International AirportVNO/EYVI 5,004,921 1.67%
3. EstoniaTallinnLennart Meri Tallinn AirportTLL/EETN 3,267,909 8.65%
4. LithuaniaKaunasKaunas International AirportKUN/EYKA 1,160,591 14.79%
5. LithuaniaPalangaPalanga International AirportPLQ/EYPA 338,309 6.84%
6. EstoniaKuressaareKuressaare AirportURE/EEKE 20,116
7. LatviaLiepajaLiepaja International AirportLPX/EVLA 13,835 41.88%
8. LithuaniaŠiauliaiŠiauliai International AirportSQQ/EYSA 334 83.17%

2018 statistics

Rank Country City Airport Code
(IATA/ICAO) 		Passengers
(2018) 		Change
2017–2018
1. LatviaRigaRiga International AirportRIX/EVRA 7,056,089 15.72%
2. LithuaniaVilniusVilnius International AirportVNO/EYVI 4,922,949 30.87%
3. EstoniaTallinnLennart Meri Tallinn AirportTLL/EETN 3,007,644 13.60%
4. LithuaniaKaunasKaunas International AirportKUN/EYKA 1,011,067 14.76%
5. LithuaniaPalangaPalanga International AirportPLQ/EYPA 316,643 6.54%
6. LatviaLiepājaLiepāja International AirportLPX/EVLA 9,751 104%
7. LithuaniaŠiauliaiŠiauliai International AirportSQQ/EYSA 1,985 179%

2017 statistics

Rank Country City Airport Code
(IATA/ICAO) 		Passengers
(2017) 		Change
2016–2017
1. LatviaRigaRiga International AirportRIX/EVRA 6,097,434 12.87%
2. LithuaniaVilniusVilnius International AirportVNO/EYVI 3,761,837 1.39%
3. EstoniaTallinnLennart Meri Tallinn AirportTLL/EETN 2,648,361 20.19%
4. LithuaniaKaunasKaunas International AirportKUN/EYKA 1,186,081 60.18%
5. LithuaniaPalangaPalanga International AirportPLQ/EYPA 297,197 27.76%
6. EstoniaTartuTartu AirportTAY/EETU30,296
7. EstoniaKuressaareKuressaare AirportURE/EEKE19,231
8. EstoniaKärdlaKärdla AirportKDL/EEKA9,168
9. LatviaLiepājaLiepāja International AirportLPX/EVLA 4,780
10. LithuaniaŠiauliaiŠiauliai International AirportSQQ/EYSA 712 46.5%

2013 statistics

Rank Country City Airport Code
(IATA/ICAO) 		Passengers
(2013) 		Change
2012–2013
1. Latvia RigaRiga International AirportRIX/EVRA 4,793,213 +0.6%
2. Lithuania VilniusVilnius International AirportVNO/EYVI 2,661,869 +20.6%
3. Estonia TallinnLennart Meri Tallinn AirportTLL/EETN 1,958,801 -11.2%
4. Lithuania KaunasKaunas International AirportKUN/EYKA 695,509 -16.2%
5. Lithuania PalangaPalanga International AirportPLQ/EYPA 127,890 -1.0%
6. Estonia TartuTartu AirportTAY/EETU 13,690 -32.7%
7. Estonia KuressaareKuressaare AirportURE/EEKE 13,163 +15.25%
8. Estonia KärdlaKärdla AirportKDL/EEKA 10,222 +5.38%
9. Estonia PärnuPärnu AirportEPU/EEPU 3,538 -37.2%
10. Estonia KihnuKihnu Airfield---/EEKU 2,434 -1.4%
11. Estonia RuhnuRuhnu Airfield---/EERU 1,214 -11.0%
12. Lithuania SQQ/EYSA 942 -4.46%

2012 statistics

Rank Country City Airport Code
(IATA/ICAO) 		Passengers
(2012) 		Change
2011–2012
1. Latvia RIX/EVRA 4,767,878 -6.6%
2. Lithuania VNO/EYVI 2,208,096 +28.9%
3. Estonia TLL/EETN 2,206,692 +15.3%
4. Lithuania KUN/EYKA 830,268 -4.9%
5. Lithuania PLQ/EYPA 128,169 +15.3%
6. Estonia TAY/EETU 20,302 +9.3%
7. Estonia URE/EEKE 11,421 -35.9%
8. Estonia KDL/EEKA 9,700 -9.3%
9. Estonia EPU/EEPU 5,634 -59.6%
10. Estonia ---/EEKU 2,474 +7.9%
11. Estonia ---/EERU 1,364 -7.0%
12. Lithuania SQQ/EYSA 986

Aircraft movements

2019 statistics

Rank Country City Airport Code
(IATA/ICAO) 		Movements
(2019) 		Change
2018–2019
1. LatviaRigaRiga International AirportRIX/EVRA 87,007 4.2%
2. EstoniaTallinnLennart Meri Tallinn AirportTLL/EETN 47,867 1.4%
3. LithuaniaVilniusVilnius International AirportVNO/EYVI 47,440 0.5%
4. LithuaniaKaunasKaunas International AirportKUN/EYKA 9,888 4.6%
5. LithuaniaPalangaPalanga International AirportPLQ/EYPA 5,167 6.8%

2012 statistics

Rank Country City Airport Code
(IATA/ICAO) 		Movements
(2012) 		Change
2011–2012
1. LatviaRIX/EVRA 68,570 5.9%
2. EstoniaTLL/EETN 48,531 20.4%
3. LithuaniaVNO/EYVI 29,995 8.3%
4. LithuaniaKUN/EYKA 8,559 5.1%
5. LithuaniaPLQ/EYPA 3,047 2.9%

Freight and Mail Tonnes

2021 statistics

Rank Country City Airport Code
(IATA/ICAO) 		Cargo
(2021) 		Change
2020–2021
1. LatviaRigaRiga International AirportRIX/EVRA 23,520 22.2%
2. LithuaniaVilniusVilnius International AirportVNO/EYVI 14,706 2.0%
3. EstoniaTallinnLennart Meri Tallinn AirportTLL/EETN 10,534 15.4%
4. LithuaniaKaunasKaunas International AirportKUN/EYKA 5,065 5.6%
5. LithuaniaSQQ/EYSA 60 57.1%
6. LithuaniaPalangaPalanga International AirportPLQ/EYPA 1 58.3%

2012 statistics

Rank Country City Airport Code
(IATA/ICAO) 		Cargo
(2012) 		Change
2011–2012
1. LatviaRIX/EVRA 31,460 171.9%
2. EstoniaTLL/EETN 23,760 29.5%
3. LithuaniaVNO/EYVI 5,931 2.6%
4. LithuaniaSQQ/EYSA 5,041
4. LithuaniaKUN/EYKA 3,364 20.3%
5. LithuaniaPLQ/EYPA 6 40.0%

Busiest Air Routes

Busiest nonstop air routes within and to/from the Baltic States based on total annually carried passengers on each route. Inter-Baltic routes are Bolded.

2022 statistics

21 unique destinations and two Inter-Baltic connections appear within the Top 45.
Locations with multiple connections were: (5) London, (3) Antalya, Dublin, Frankfurt, Helsinki, Milan, Stockholm, Warsaw, (2) Copenhagen, Istanbul, Oslo, and Paris.

RankCity 1City 2Passengers (2022)
1.Riga418,125
2.Vilnius381,644
3.Vilnius366,584
4.RigaHelsinki281,021
5.Kaunas269,944
6.TallinnHelsinki252,473
7.RigaOslo (Gardermoen&Torp)236,970
8.RigaTallinn232,872
9.RigaStockholm221,100
10.TallinnFrankfurt216,871
11.VilniusWarsaw214,147
12.TallinnStockholm210,037
13.VilniusOslo (Gardermoen&Torp)204,348
14.RigaBerlin181,482
15.RigaFrankfurt180,267
16.VilniusFrankfurt (Main&Hahn)178,940
17.TallinnAntalya175,426
18.RigaVilnius165,544
19.RigaWarsaw (Chopin&Modlin)159,288
20.VilniusMilan (Malpensa&Orio al Serio)155,901
21.RigaVienna153,481
22.Tallinn150,010
23.RigaAmsterdam145,841
24.RigaCopenhagen127,574
25.RigaAntalya126,814
26.RigaDublin126,775
27.VilniusIstanbul125,173
28.KaunasCopenhagen117,054
29.VilniusParis (Charles de Gaulle&Beauvais)109,777
30.RigaBrussels (National&Charleroi)106,597
31.VilniusHelsinki101,065
32.RigaMunich101,027
33.VilniusEindhoven98,714
34.RigaRome (Ciampino&Fiumicino)98,147
35.Tallinn96,603
36.TallinnMilan (Malpensa&Orio al Serio)93,789
37.VilniusDublin92,550
38.Riga92,032
39.RigaIstanbul89,815
40.RigaBarcelona86,685
41.VilniusStockholm85,397
42.RigaPrague85,277
43.Riga85,184
44.KaunasDublin84,865
45.Palanga80,877
Source

2010s

2019 statistics

RankCity 1City 2Passengers (2019)
1.RigaMoscow (Sheremetevo&Vnukovo)649,121
2.RigaLondon (Gatwick&Luton&Stansted)603,608
3.VilniusLondon (City&Luton&Stansted)479,986
4.RigaOslo (Gardermoen&Torp)344,712
5.RigaHelsinki333,983
6.VilniusAntalya (Antalya&Gazipaşa)321,079
7.KaunasLondon (Luton&Stansted)311,618
8.TallinnHelsinki295,711
9.RigaBerlin (Brandenburg&Tegel)292,014
10.RigaTallinn289,900
11.TallinnStockholm288,695
12.VilniusKyiv (Boryspil&Zhuliany)287,303
13.TallinnFrankfurt281,546
14.VilniusFrankfurt(Main&Hahn)275,286
15.VilniusOslo (Gardermoen&Torp)267,908
16.RigaStockholm260,414
17.RigaFrankfurt253,907
18.VilniusWarsaw232,996
19.RigaVilnius230,261
20.RigaKyiv229,409
21.RigaCopenhagen222,072
22.RigaSaint Petersburg194,523
23.RigaWarsaw191,674
24.TallinnWarsaw190,996
25.TallinnLondon (Gatwick&Luton&Stansted)186,217
26.VilniusMilan (Orio al Serio&Malpensa)179,269
27.RigaAmsterdam161,124
28.VilniusStockholm158,932
29.VilniusMoscow158,773
30.RigaDublin151,332
31.RigaBrussels (National&Charleroi)150,762
32.RigaMilan (Orio al Serio&Malpensa)148,882
33.RigaParis145,889
34.RigaVienna133,844
35.TallinnOslo127,537
36.VilniusHelsinki123,452
37.RigaMunich123,000
38.TallinnMoscow122,284
39.KaunasCopenhagen120,238
40.VilniusCopenhagen119,115
Source

2011 statistics

RankCity 1City 2Passengers (2011)Change
2010–11
1.RigaLondon345,780+1.0%
2.KaunasLondon272,672+38.5%
3.RigaHelsinki264,903+15.3%
4.RigaMoscow226,481+24.1%
5.RigaStockholm215,592style="color:red"-3.3%
6.RigaVilnius191,977+22.5%
7.RigaOslo188,940+4.9%
8.TallinnHelsinki184,762+24.9%
9.RigaTallinn173,768+15.8%
10.TallinnLondon161,423+91.4%
11.RigaMilan155,274+126.4%
12.RigaBrussels152,362+0.4%
13.VilniusFrankfurt149,909+45.4%
14.TallinnStockholm145,964+26.9%
15.RigaBerlin143,658+7.4%
16.RigaCopenhagen137,267+0.0%
17.VilniusLondon135,498+200.0%
18.RigaFrankfurt133,2106.3%
19.TallinnCopenhagen133,101style="color:red"-5.6%
20.RigaKyiv123,834+41.9%
21.RigaDublin122,508style="color:red"-18.7%
22.TallinnOslo121,184+40.9%
23.VilniusCopenhagen118,464style="color:red"-20.0%
24.RigaIstanbul114,314+4.3%
25.RigaParis98,577+14.9%
26.RigaBarcelona94,417+11.5%
27.RigaAmsterdam92,647+34.3%
28.RigaRome89,809+9.8%
29.RigaSaint Petersburg89,037+56.4%
30.VilniusAntalya86,550style="color:red"-4.2%
The routes ranked no 1, 2, 5, 10, 11, 12, 14, 17 and 22 includes the following airports:

See also

References

Notes and References

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