List of the busiest airports in the Baltic states
Introduction Location of the Baltic States (dark green) in Europe (dark grey)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 ===Graph Summary======International airports===The table lists airports with current or past regular international flights. Rank  Country  Airport 202320222021202020192018 2017  2016  2015  2014  2013  2012  2011  2010  2009  2008  2007  2006  2005  2004 1.Latvia  Riga International Airport5,380,7792,353,0642,011,1557,798,3947,056,089 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 Airport4,406,0193,915,9601,898,8171,312,4685,004,9214,922,949 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 Airport2,961,5692,748,2551,301,109863,5883,267,9093,007,644 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 Airport1,300,4241,159,184487,532368,6451,160,5911,011,067  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 Airport307,090274,87985,895123,948338,309 316,643  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 Airport42,23238,74929,44716,85824,61423,166 19,231   13,289  14,458  13,665  13,163  11,421  17,822  19,702  19,519  23,752  20,026  18,341  18,071  15,091File:Riga International Airport EVRA 2020.jpg|Aerial view of the Riga International AirportFile:EYVI-VNO by Augustas Didzgalvis.jpg|Aerial view of the Vilnius International AirportFile:15-08-14-Tallinn-RalfR-100.jpg|Aerial view of the Tallinn International Airport===Annual statistics=======2023 statistics==== Rank  Country  City  Airport  Code(IATA/ICAO)  Passengers(2023)  Change2022–2023 1.LatviaRigaRiga International Airport RIX/EVRA ~6,650,00023.6% 2.LithuaniaVilniusVilnius International Airport VNO/EYVI 4,406,019 12.5% 3.EstoniaTallinnLennart Meri Tallinn Airport TLL/EETN 2,961,569 7.8% 4.LithuaniaKaunasKaunas International Airport KUN/EYKA 1,300,424  12.2% 5.LithuaniaPalangaPalanga International Airport PLQ/EYPA 307,090  11.7% 6.EstoniaKuressaareKuressaare Airport URE/EEKE  42,232  9.0% 7.EstoniaKärdlaKärdla Airport KDL/EEKA  16,165  34.8% 8.EstoniaTartuTartu Airport TAY/EETU  1,080  % 9.EstoniaPärnuPärnu Airport EPU/EEPU  2,087  % 10.EstoniaRuhnu villageRuhnu Airfield –/EERU  1,398  % 11.LithuaniaŠiauliaiŠiauliai International Airport SQQ/EYSA    % 12.EstoniaSääre villageKihnu Airfield –/EEKU   ====2022 statistics==== Rank  Country  City  Airport  Code(IATA/ICAO)  Passengers(2022)  Change2021–2022 1.LatviaRigaRiga International Airport RIX/EVRA  5,380,779  128.70% 2.LithuaniaVilniusVilnius International Airport VNO/EYVI  3,915,960  106.23% 3.EstoniaTallinnLennart Meri Tallinn Airport TLL/EETN  2,748,255  111.22% 4.LithuaniaKaunasKaunas International Airport KUN/EYKA  1,159,184   137.77% 5.LithuaniaPalangaPalanga International Airport PLQ/EYPA  274,879  220.02% 6.EstoniaKuressaareKuressaare Airport URE/EEKE  38,749  31.59% 7.EstoniaKärdlaKärdla Airport KDL/EEKA  12,004  11.52% 8.EstoniaTartuTartu Airport TAY/EETU  8,653  1641.05% 9.EstoniaPärnuPärnu Airport EPU/EEPU  2,887  661.74% 10.EstoniaRuhnu villageRuhnu Airfield –/EERU  1,641  4.46% 11.LithuaniaŠiauliaiŠiauliai International Airport SQQ/EYSA  654  26.49% 12.EstoniaSääre villageKihnu Airfield –/EEKU  12 ====2021 statistics==== Rank  Country  City  Airport  Code(IATA/ICAO)  Passengers(2021)  Change2020–2021 1.LatviaRigaRiga International Airport RIX/EVRA  2,353,064  17.00% 2.LithuaniaVilniusVilnius International Airport VNO/EYVI   1,898,817 44.68% 3.EstoniaTallinnLennart Meri Tallinn Airport TLL/EETN  1,301,109  50.66% 4.LithuaniaKaunasKaunas International Airport KUN/EYKA   487,532  32.25% 5.LithuaniaPalangaPalanga International Airport PLQ/EYPA   85,895 44.30% 6.EstoniaKuressaareKuressaare Airport URE/EEKE  29,447  74.68% 7.EstoniaKärdlaKärdla Airport KDL/EEKA  10,769  14.82% 8.EstoniaRuhnu villageRuhnu Airfield –/EERU  1,571  29.30% 9.LithuaniaŠiauliaiŠiauliai International Airport SQQ/EYSA  517  46.46% 10.EstoniaTartuTartu Airport TAY/EETU  497  91.54% 11.EstoniaPärnuPärnu Airport EPU/EEPU  379  4.99% 12.LatviaLiepajaLiepaja International Airport LPX/EVLA   ====2020 statistics==== Rank  Country  City  Airport  Code(IATA/ICAO)  Passengers(2020)  Change2019–2020 1.LatviaRigaRiga International Airport RIX/EVRA  2,011,155   74.20% 2.LithuaniaVilniusVilnius International Airport VNO/EYVI  1,312,468  73.78% 3.EstoniaTallinnLennart Meri Tallinn Airport TLL/EETN  863,589  73.60% 4.LithuaniaKaunasKaunas International Airport KUN/EYKA  368,645  68.00% 5.LithuaniaPalangaPalanga International Airport PLQ/EYPA  123,948  63.84% 6.EstoniaKuressaareKuressaare Airport URE/EEKE  16,858  7.EstoniaKärdlaKärdla Airport KDL/EEKA  9,379  8.EstoniaTartuTartu Airport TAY/EETU  5,874  9.LatviaLiepajaLiepaja International Airport LPX/EVLA    10.EstoniaRuhnu villageRuhnu Airfield –/EERU  1,215  11.EstoniaPärnuPärnu Airport EPU/EEPU  361  12.LithuaniaŠiauliaiŠiauliai International Airport SQQ/EYSA  353  5.69%====2019 statistics==== Rank  Country  City  Airport  Code(IATA/ICAO)  Passengers(2019)  Change2018–2019 1.LatviaRigaRiga International Airport RIX/EVRA  7,798,394   10.57% 2.LithuaniaVilniusVilnius International Airport VNO/EYVI  5,004,921  1.67% 3.EstoniaTallinnLennart Meri Tallinn Airport TLL/EETN  3,267,909  8.65% 4.LithuaniaKaunasKaunas International Airport KUN/EYKA  1,160,591  14.79% 5.LithuaniaPalangaPalanga International Airport PLQ/EYPA  338,309  6.84% 6.EstoniaKuressaareKuressaare Airport URE/EEKE 20,116  7.LatviaLiepajaLiepaja International Airport LPX/EVLA  13,835  41.88% 8.LithuaniaŠiauliaiŠiauliai International Airport SQQ/EYSA  334  83.17%====2018 statistics==== Rank  Country  City  Airport  Code(IATA/ICAO)  Passengers(2018)  Change2017–2018 1.LatviaRigaRiga International Airport RIX/EVRA  7,056,089  15.72% 2.LithuaniaVilniusVilnius International Airport VNO/EYVI  4,922,949  30.87% 3.EstoniaTallinnLennart Meri Tallinn Airport TLL/EETN  3,007,644  13.60% 4.LithuaniaKaunasKaunas International Airport KUN/EYKA  1,011,067   14.76% 5.LithuaniaPalangaPalanga International Airport PLQ/EYPA  316,643  6.54% 6.LatviaLiepājaLiepāja International Airport LPX/EVLA  9,751  104% 7.LithuaniaŠiauliaiŠiauliai International Airport SQQ/EYSA  1,985  179%====2017 statistics==== Rank  Country  City  Airport  Code(IATA/ICAO)  Passengers(2017)  Change2016–2017 1.LatviaRigaRiga International Airport RIX/EVRA  6,097,434  12.87% 2.LithuaniaVilniusVilnius International Airport VNO/EYVI  3,761,837  1.39% 3.EstoniaTallinnLennart Meri Tallinn Airport TLL/EETN  2,648,361  20.19% 4.LithuaniaKaunasKaunas International Airport KUN/EYKA  1,186,081  60.18% 5.LithuaniaPalangaPalanga International Airport PLQ/EYPA  297,197  27.76%6.EstoniaTartuTartu AirportTAY/EETU30,2967.EstoniaKuressaareKuressaare AirportURE/EEKE19,2318.EstoniaKärdlaKärdla AirportKDL/EEKA9,168 9.LatviaLiepājaLiepāja International Airport LPX/EVLA  4,780  10.LithuaniaŠiauliaiŠiauliai International Airport SQQ/EYSA  712  46.5%====2013 statistics==== Rank  Country  City  Airport  Code(IATA/ICAO)  Passengers(2013)  Change2012–2013 1.Latvia RigaRiga International Airport RIX/EVRA  4,793,213  +0.6% 2.Lithuania VilniusVilnius International Airport VNO/EYVI  2,661,869  +20.6% 3.Estonia TallinnLennart Meri Tallinn Airport TLL/EETN  1,958,801  -11.2% 4.Lithuania KaunasKaunas International Airport KUN/EYKA  695,509  -16.2% 5.Lithuania PalangaPalanga International Airport PLQ/EYPA  127,890  -1.0% 6.Estonia TartuTartu Airport TAY/EETU  13,690  -32.7% 7.Estonia KuressaareKuressaare Airport URE/EEKE  13,163  +15.25% 8.Estonia KärdlaKärdla Airport KDL/EEKA  10,222  +5.38% 9.Estonia PärnuPärnu Airport EPU/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   Šiauliai  Šiauliai International Airport  SQQ/EYSA  942  -4.46%====2012 statistics==== Rank  Country  City  Airport  Code(IATA/ICAO)  Passengers(2012)  Change2011–2012 1.Latvia  Riga  Riga International Airport  RIX/EVRA  4,767,878  -6.6% 2.Lithuania   Vilnius  Vilnius International Airport  VNO/EYVI  2,208,096  +28.9% 3.Estonia   Tallinn  Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport  TLL/EETN  2,206,692  +15.3% 4.Lithuania   Kaunas  Kaunas International Airport  KUN/EYKA  830,268  -4.9% 5.Lithuania   Palanga  Palanga International Airport  PLQ/EYPA  128,169  +15.3% 6.Estonia   Tartu  Tartu Airport  TAY/EETU  20,302  +9.3% 7.Estonia   Kuressaare  Kuressaare Airport  URE/EEKE  11,421  -35.9% 8.Estonia   Kärdla  Kärdla Airport  KDL/EEKA  9,700  -9.3% 9.Estonia   Pärnu  Pärnu Airport  EPU/EEPU  5,634  -59.6% 10.Estonia   Kihnu  Kihnu Airfield  ---/EEKU  2,474  +7.9% 11.Estonia   Ruhnu  Ruhnu Airfield  ---/EERU  1,364  -7.0% 12.Lithuania   Šiauliai  Šiauliai International Airport  SQQ/EYSA  986
Aircraft movements ===2019 statistics=== Rank  Country  City  Airport  Code(IATA/ICAO)  Movements(2019)  Change2018–2019 1.LatviaRigaRiga International Airport RIX/EVRA 87,007 4.2% 2.EstoniaTallinnLennart Meri Tallinn Airport TLL/EETN 47,867 1.4% 3.LithuaniaVilniusVilnius International Airport VNO/EYVI 47,440 0.5% 4.LithuaniaKaunasKaunas International Airport KUN/EYKA 9,888 4.6% 5.LithuaniaPalangaPalanga International Airport PLQ/EYPA 5,167 6.8%===2012 statistics=== Rank  Country  City  Airport  Code(IATA/ICAO)  Movements(2012)  Change2011–2012 1.LatviaRiga  Riga International Airport  RIX/EVRA  68,570   5.9% 2.EstoniaTallinn  Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport  TLL/EETN  48,531   20.4% 3.LithuaniaVilnius  Vilnius International Airport  VNO/EYVI  29,995   8.3% 4.LithuaniaKaunas  Kaunas International Airport  KUN/EYKA  8,559   5.1% 5.LithuaniaPalanga  Palanga International Airport  PLQ/EYPA  3,047   2.9%
Freight and Mail Tonnes ===2021 statistics=== Rank  Country  City  Airport  Code(IATA/ICAO)  Cargo(2021)  Change2020–2021 1.LatviaRigaRiga International Airport RIX/EVRA 23,520 22.2% 2.LithuaniaVilniusVilnius International Airport VNO/EYVI 14,706 2.0% 3.EstoniaTallinnLennart Meri Tallinn Airport TLL/EETN 10,534 15.4% 4.LithuaniaKaunasKaunas International Airport KUN/EYKA 5,065 5.6% 5.LithuaniaŠiauliai  Šiauliai International Airport  SQQ/EYSA  60  57.1% 6.LithuaniaPalangaPalanga International Airport PLQ/EYPA 1 58.3%===2012 statistics=== Rank  Country  City  Airport  Code(IATA/ICAO)  Cargo(2012)  Change2011–2012 1.LatviaRiga  Riga International Airport  RIX/EVRA  31,460   171.9% 2.EstoniaTallinn  Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport  TLL/EETN  23,760   29.5% 3.LithuaniaVilnius  Vilnius International Airport  VNO/EYVI  5,931   2.6% 4.LithuaniaŠiauliai  Šiauliai International Airport  SQQ/EYSA  5,041   4.LithuaniaKaunas  Kaunas International Airport  KUN/EYKA  3,364   20.3% 5.LithuaniaPalanga  Palanga International Airport  PLQ/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.Riga|418,1252.Vilnius|381,6443.Vilnius|366,5844.RigaHelsinki281,0215.Kaunas|269,9446.TallinnHelsinki252,4737.RigaOslo (Gardermoen&Torp)236,9708. '''Riga''''''Tallinn'''232,8729.RigaStockholm221,10010.TallinnFrankfurt216,87111.VilniusWarsaw214,14712.TallinnStockholm210,03713.VilniusOslo (Gardermoen&Torp)204,34814.RigaBerlin181,48215.RigaFrankfurt180,26716.VilniusFrankfurt (Main&Hahn)178,94017.TallinnAntalya175,42618. '''Riga''''''Vilnius'''165,54419.RigaWarsaw (Chopin&Modlin)159,28820.VilniusMilan (Malpensa&Orio al Serio)155,90121.RigaVienna153,48122.Tallinn|150,01023.RigaAmsterdam145,84124.RigaCopenhagen127,57425.RigaAntalya126,81426.RigaDublin126,77527.VilniusIstanbul125,17328.KaunasCopenhagen117,05429.VilniusParis (Charles de Gaulle&Beauvais)109,77730.RigaBrussels (National&Charleroi)106,59731.VilniusHelsinki101,06532.RigaMunich101,02733.VilniusEindhoven98,71434.RigaRome (Ciampino&Fiumicino)98,14735.Tallinn|96,60336.TallinnMilan (Malpensa&Orio al Serio)93,78937.VilniusDublin92,55038.Riga|92,03239.RigaIstanbul89,81540.RigaBarcelona86,68541.VilniusStockholm85,39742.RigaPrague85,27743.Riga|85,18444.KaunasDublin84,86545.Palanga|80,877Source===2010s=======2019 statistics====RankCity 1City 2Passengers (2019)1.RigaMoscow (Sheremetevo&Vnukovo)649,1212.RigaLondon (Gatwick&Luton&Stansted)603,6083.VilniusLondon (City&Luton&Stansted)479,9864.RigaOslo (Gardermoen&Torp)344,7125.RigaHelsinki333,9836.VilniusAntalya (Antalya&Gazipaşa)321,0797.KaunasLondon (Luton&Stansted)311,6188.TallinnHelsinki295,7119.RigaBerlin (Brandenburg&Tegel)292,01410. '''Riga''''''Tallinn'''289,90011.TallinnStockholm288,69512.VilniusKyiv (Boryspil&Zhuliany)287,30313.TallinnFrankfurt281,54614.VilniusFrankfurt(Main&Hahn)275,28615.VilniusOslo (Gardermoen&Torp)267,90816.RigaStockholm260,41417.RigaFrankfurt253,90718.VilniusWarsaw232,99619. '''Riga''''''Vilnius'''230,26120.RigaKyiv229,40921.RigaCopenhagen222,07222.RigaSaint Petersburg194,52323.RigaWarsaw191,67424.TallinnWarsaw190,99625.TallinnLondon (Gatwick&Luton&Stansted)186,21726.VilniusMilan (Orio al Serio&Malpensa)179,26927.RigaAmsterdam161,12428.VilniusStockholm158,93229.VilniusMoscow158,77330.RigaDublin151,33231.RigaBrussels (National&Charleroi)150,76232.RigaMilan (Orio al Serio&Malpensa)148,88233.RigaParis145,88934.RigaVienna133,84435.TallinnOslo127,53736.VilniusHelsinki123,45237.RigaMunich123,00038.TallinnMoscow122,28439.KaunasCopenhagen120,23840.VilniusCopenhagen119,115Source====2011 statistics====RankCity 1City 2Passengers (2011)Change2010–111.RigaLondon345,780+1.0%2.KaunasLondon272,672+38.5% 3.RigaHelsinki264,903+15.3%4.RigaMoscow226,481+24.1% 5.RigaStockholm215,592-3.3%6. '''Riga''''''Vilnius'''191,977+22.5% 7.RigaOslo188,940+4.9% 8.TallinnHelsinki184,762+24.9%9. '''Riga''''''Tallinn'''173,768+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.TallinnCopenhagen133,101-5.6% 20.RigaKyiv123,834+41.9%21.RigaDublin122,508-18.7%22.TallinnOslo121,184+40.9% 23.VilniusCopenhagen118,464-20.0%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.VilniusAntalya86,550-4.2%The routes ranked no 1, 2, 5, 10, 11, 12, 14, 17 and 22 includes the following airports:*No 1:  London Stansted Airport and Gatwick Airport*No 2:  London Stansted Airport, London Luton Airport and Gatwick Airport*No 5:  Stockholm Arlanda Airport and Stockholm Skavsta Airport*No 10: Gatwick Airport, London Stansted Airport and London Luton Airport*No 11: Milan Malpensa Airport and Orio al Serio Airport*No 12: Brussels Airport and Brussels South Charleroi Airport*No 14: Stockholm Arlanda Airport and Stockholm Skavsta Airport*No 17: London Luton Airport and London Stansted Airport*No 22: Oslo Airport, Gardermoen and Moss Airport, Rygge
Gallery AirBaltic Boeing 757-200 at RIX.jpg|Riga International Airport, main hub of airBalticVilnius Airport main entrance.jpg|Vilnius International Airport main entranceEstonian Air-B735-EETN-13jan06.jpg|Tallinn AirportKaunas_International_Airport.27-07-2010.jpg|Kaunas International Airport terminal buildingPlq-apt-aug222008.jpg|Palanga International Airport terminal buildingKuressaare lennujaam, 2010.jpg|Kuressaare Airport terminal buildingKärdla lennujaam.JPG|Kärdla Airport terminal buildingPärnu airport terminal 20080610.jpg|Pärnu Airport terminal buildingRiga Airport.JPG|Riga International Airport terminal buildingVisit-suomi-2009-05-by-RalfR-282.jpg|Riga International Airport, airBaltic Boeing 737-500 at the stands
See also *List of airports in Estonia*List of airports in Latvia*List of airports in Lithuania*List of the busiest airports in the Nordic countries*List of the busiest airports in the former Soviet Union*List of the busiest airports in Europe
Notes
References * State Joint Stock Company (SJSC) Riga International Airport of the Republic of Latvia* Tallinn Airport Ltd* State Enterprise Vilnius International Airport* State Enterprise Kaunas International Airport* State Enterprise Palanga International Airport