About

Kaunas International Airport (Lithuanian: Kauno tarptautinis Oro Uostas), (IATA: KUN, ICAO: 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, 15 km (9.3 mi) 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.

Kaunas passenger airport in the country with 18 percent market share increase in 3 years time, accounting for 400 thousand passengers in 2007. Besides, Kaunas Airport is the leader in the country according to the volume of handed cargo, taking 58 percent of Lithuania’s air cargo market with annual turnaround of nearly 7 thousand tonnes. The sustainable development trend is continuous this year as well.

To facilitate the growth of passenger and cargo volumes, we are working on the infrastructure development. We have already upgraded the safety and security concerned elements:

- Modernised the runway light system - one of the most modern in the Baltics;
- Implemented aviation safety and security measures;
- Expanded the noise control and monitoring system;
- A new passenger terminal has been built.

The building (3 floors, 7300 square meters) was designed to handle up to 800 thousand passengers a year. It is a remarkable step towards sustainable development if compared to the old one of 2000 square meters building, which reached its maximum capacity in 2006 due to natural growth of the demand of travelling by air. Further terminal extension is planned up to 15000 square meters with 3 ml annual throughput. First phase of terminal expansion was finished on 31st of March 2008. The facilities offer a whole range of services for travellers’ convenience: bars and restaurant, shopping area, tourist information centre, VIP zone.

The main task given to the architects - to design a simple and easy terminal, understandable for everybody and still holding some charming elements - to have a small local piece of art. Original architectural ideas were realized in the exterior of the building with modern combination of glass and concrete inside.

Presently Kaunas Airport is expanding its services and welcomes private local and foreign direct investments for development of the infrastructure projects on site.

The airport covers over 500 hectares of land with all the necessary communications in place to construct:

- cargo terminal
- aircraft MRO centre
- hotel, office building, conference and training centre, shopping mall

The mission of Kaunas Airport – to be a competitive airport in Eastern Europe, providing the services, meeting clients’ needs.

General Information

Ownership: State Enterprise

The founder: Transport Ministry of the Republic of Lithuania

ICAO code: EYKA

IATA code: KUN

SITA address of GH company: KUNSOLH, KUNAPTT

AFTN address: EYKAYDYX

ATC AFTN address: EYKAZPZX

Operational hours of the Airport: 06:00 - 24:00 h.

Working hours of the Airport administration:
I-IV - 07:45 – 16:30 LT
V - 07:45 – 15:15 LT

Time zone: UTC +2 (winter time); UTC +3 (summer time)

Territory: 438 ha

Throughput of the Airport:
Passenger Terminal – 800 thousand passengers per year
Cargo terminal - 110 thousand tons of cargo per year

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.

Address:

State Enterprise KAUNAS AIRPORT
Karmelava LT-54460
Kaunas dist., Lithuania

Tel: +370 37 399 396

Fax: +370 37 399 434

Enterprise code: 133021490

VAT code: LT330214917

E-mail: info [A] kun lt

URL: http://www.kaunasair.lt

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