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

Annual passenger traffic at RIX VNO TLL PLQ KUN airports. See Wikidata query.

International airports

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

RankCountryAirport 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004
1.Latvia LatviaRiga International Airport 5,380,779[1] 2,353,064[1] 2,011,155[1] 7,798,394[1] 7,056,089[2]6,097,4345,402,5455,162,6754,814,0734,793,2134,767,7645,106,6924,663,6474,066,8543,690,5493,160,9452,495,0201,878,0351,060,426
2.Lithuania LithuaniaVilnius International Airport 4,406,019[3] 3,915,960[3] 1,898,817 1,312,468 5,004,921[4] 4,922,949[5]3,761,8373,814,0013,336,0842,942,6702,661,8692,208,0961,712,4671,373,8591,308,6322,048,4391,717,2221,451,4681,281,872964,164
3.Estonia EstoniaLennart Meri Tallinn Airport 2,961,569 2,748,255 1,301,109 863,588 3,267,909[6] 3,007,644[7] 2,648,3612,203,5362,166,6632,017,2911,958,8012,206,7911,913,1721,384,8311,346,2361,811,5361,728,4301,541,8321,401,059997,941
4.Lithuania LithuaniaKaunas International Airport 1,300,424[8] 1,159,184[9] 487,532 368,645 1,160,591[10] 1,011,067[11]1,186,081740,448747,284724,314695,509830,268872,618809,732456,698410,165390,881248,22877,35027,113
5.Lithuania LithuaniaPalanga International Airport 307,090[12] 274,879[12] 85,895 123,948 338,309[13] 316,643297,197232,630145,441132,931127,890128,169111,133102,528104,600101,58693,379110,82894,00076,020
6.Latvia LatviaLiepāja International Airport 0 <100[lower-alpha 1] <4,000[lower-alpha 1] 13,835 9,7514,78000000002,05144,70532,0391,5721,0261,512

Annual statistics

2023 statistics

RankCountryCityAirportCode
(IATA/ICAO)		Passengers
(2023)		Change
2022–2023
1.Latvia LatviaRigaRiga International AirportRIX/EVRA~6,650,000[14]Increase23.6%
2.Lithuania LithuaniaVilniusVilnius International AirportVNO/EYVI4,406,019Increase12.5%
3.Estonia EstoniaTallinnLennart Meri Tallinn AirportTLL/EETN2,961,569Increase7.8%
4.Lithuania LithuaniaKaunasKaunas International AirportKUN/EYKA1,300,424Increase 12.2%
5.Lithuania LithuaniaPalangaPalanga International AirportPLQ/EYPA307,090Increase 11.7%
6.Estonia EstoniaKuressaareKuressaare AirportURE/EEKE42,232Increase %
7.Estonia EstoniaKärdlaKärdla AirportKDL/EEKA 16,165Increase %
8.Estonia EstoniaTartuTartu AirportTAY/EETU1,080Decrease %
9.Estonia EstoniaPärnuPärnu AirportEPU/EEPU2,087Decrease %
10.Estonia EstoniaRuhnu villageRuhnu Airfield–/EERU1,398Decrease %
11.Lithuania LithuaniaŠiauliaiŠiauliai International AirportSQQ/EYSAIncrease %
12.Estonia EstoniaSääre villageKihnu Airfield–/EEKU

2022 statistics

RankCountryCityAirportCode
(IATA/ICAO)		Passengers
(2022)		Change
2021–2022
1.Latvia LatviaRigaRiga International AirportRIX/EVRA5,380,779Increase 128.70%
2.Lithuania LithuaniaVilniusVilnius International AirportVNO/EYVI3,915,960Increase 106.23%
3.Estonia EstoniaTallinnLennart Meri Tallinn AirportTLL/EETN2,748,255[15]Increase 111.22%
4.Lithuania LithuaniaKaunasKaunas International AirportKUN/EYKA1,159,184Increase 137.77%
5.Lithuania LithuaniaPalangaPalanga International AirportPLQ/EYPA274,879Increase 220.02%
6.Estonia EstoniaKuressaareKuressaare AirportURE/EEKE38,749[15]Increase 31.59%
7.Estonia EstoniaKärdlaKärdla AirportKDL/EEKA12,004[15]Increase 11.52%
8.Estonia EstoniaTartuTartu AirportTAY/EETU8,653[15]Increase 1641.05%
9.Estonia EstoniaPärnuPärnu AirportEPU/EEPU2,887[15]Increase 661.74%
10.Estonia EstoniaRuhnu villageRuhnu Airfield–/EERU1,641[15]Increase 4.46%
11.Lithuania LithuaniaŠiauliaiŠiauliai International AirportSQQ/EYSA654Increase 26.49%
12.Estonia EstoniaSääre villageKihnu Airfield–/EEKU12[15]New entry

2021 statistics

RankCountryCityAirportCode
(IATA/ICAO)		Passengers
(2021)		Change
2020–2021
1.Latvia LatviaRigaRiga International AirportRIX/EVRA2,353,064Increase 17.00%
2.Lithuania LithuaniaVilniusVilnius International AirportVNO/EYVI1,898,817Increase 44.68%
3.Estonia EstoniaTallinnLennart Meri Tallinn AirportTLL/EETN1,301,109[16]Increase 50.66%
4.Lithuania LithuaniaKaunasKaunas International AirportKUN/EYKA487,532Increase 32.25%
5.Lithuania LithuaniaPalangaPalanga International AirportPLQ/EYPA85,895Decrease 44.30%
6.Estonia EstoniaKuressaareKuressaare AirportURE/EEKE29,447[16]Increase 74.68%
7.Estonia EstoniaKärdlaKärdla AirportKDL/EEKA10,769[16]Increase 14.82%
8.Estonia EstoniaRuhnu villageRuhnu Airfield–/EERU1,571[16]Increase 29.30%
9.Lithuania LithuaniaŠiauliaiŠiauliai International AirportSQQ/EYSA517Increase 46.46%
10.Estonia EstoniaTartuTartu AirportTAY/EETU497[16]Decrease 91.54%
11.Estonia EstoniaPärnuPärnu AirportEPU/EEPU379[16]Increase 4.99%
12.Latvia LatviaLiepajaLiepaja International AirportLPX/EVLA<100[lower-alpha 1]Decrease

2020 statistics

RankCountryCityAirportCode
(IATA/ICAO)		Passengers
(2020)		Change
2019–2020
1.Latvia LatviaRigaRiga International AirportRIX/EVRA2,011,155Decrease 74.20%
2.Lithuania LithuaniaVilniusVilnius International AirportVNO/EYVI1,312,468Decrease 73.78%
3.Estonia EstoniaTallinnLennart Meri Tallinn AirportTLL/EETN863,589[16]Decrease 73.60%
4.Lithuania LithuaniaKaunasKaunas International AirportKUN/EYKA368,645Decrease 68.00%
5.Lithuania LithuaniaPalangaPalanga International AirportPLQ/EYPA123,948Decrease 63.84%
6.Estonia EstoniaKuressaareKuressaare AirportURE/EEKE16,858[16]Decrease
7.Estonia EstoniaKärdlaKärdla AirportKDL/EEKA9,379[16]
8.Estonia EstoniaTartuTartu AirportTAY/EETU5,874[16]
9.Latvia LatviaLiepajaLiepaja International AirportLPX/EVLA<4,000[lower-alpha 1]Decrease
10.Estonia EstoniaRuhnu villageRuhnu Airfield–/EERU1,215[16]
11.Estonia EstoniaPärnuPärnu AirportEPU/EEPU361[16]
12.Lithuania LithuaniaŠiauliaiŠiauliai International AirportSQQ/EYSA353Increase 5.69%

2019 statistics

RankCountryCityAirportCode
(IATA/ICAO)		Passengers
(2019)		Change
2018–2019
1.Latvia LatviaRigaRiga International AirportRIX/EVRA7,798,394Increase 10.57%
2.Lithuania LithuaniaVilniusVilnius International AirportVNO/EYVI5,004,921Increase 1.67%
3.Estonia EstoniaTallinnLennart Meri Tallinn AirportTLL/EETN3,267,909Increase 8.65%
4.Lithuania LithuaniaKaunasKaunas International AirportKUN/EYKA1,160,591Increase 14.79%
5.Lithuania LithuaniaPalangaPalanga International AirportPLQ/EYPA338,309Increase 6.84%
6.Estonia EstoniaKuressaareKuressaare AirportURE/EEKE20,116
7.Latvia LatviaLiepajaLiepaja International AirportLPX/EVLA13,835Increase 41.88%
8.Lithuania LithuaniaŠiauliaiŠiauliai International AirportSQQ/EYSA334Decrease 83.17%

2018 statistics

RankCountryCityAirportCode
(IATA/ICAO)		Passengers
(2018)		Change
2017–2018
1.Latvia LatviaRigaRiga International AirportRIX/EVRA7,056,089Increase 15.72%
2.Lithuania LithuaniaVilniusVilnius International AirportVNO/EYVI4,922,949Increase 30.87%
3.Estonia EstoniaTallinnLennart Meri Tallinn AirportTLL/EETN3,007,644Increase 13.60%
4.Lithuania LithuaniaKaunasKaunas International AirportKUN/EYKA1,011,067Decrease 14.76%
5.Lithuania LithuaniaPalangaPalanga International AirportPLQ/EYPA316,643Increase 6.54%
6.Latvia LatviaLiepājaLiepāja International AirportLPX/EVLA9,751Increase 104%
7.Lithuania LithuaniaŠiauliaiŠiauliai International AirportSQQ/EYSA1,985Increase 179%

2017 statistics

RankCountryCityAirportCode
(IATA/ICAO)		Passengers
(2017)		Change
2016–2017
1.Latvia LatviaRigaRiga International AirportRIX/EVRA6,097,434Increase 12.87%
2.Lithuania LithuaniaVilniusVilnius International AirportVNO/EYVI3,761,837Decrease 1.39%
3.Estonia EstoniaTallinnLennart Meri Tallinn AirportTLL/EETN2,648,361Increase 20.19%
4.Lithuania LithuaniaKaunasKaunas International AirportKUN/EYKA1,186,081Increase 60.18%
5.Lithuania LithuaniaPalangaPalanga International AirportPLQ/EYPA297,197Increase 27.76%
6. Estonia Estonia Tartu Tartu Airport TAY/EETU 30,296
7. Estonia Estonia Kuressaare Kuressaare Airport URE/EEKE 19,231
8. Estonia Estonia Kärdla Kärdla Airport KDL/EEKA 9,168
9.Latvia LatviaLiepājaLiepāja International AirportLPX/EVLA4,780Steady
10.Lithuania LithuaniaŠiauliaiŠiauliai International AirportSQQ/EYSA712Increase 46.5%

2013 statistics

RankCountryCityAirportCode
(IATA/ICAO)		Passengers
(2013)		Change
2012–2013
1.LatviaRigaRiga International AirportRIX/EVRA4,793,213+0.6%
2.LithuaniaVilniusVilnius International AirportVNO/EYVI2,661,869+20.6%
3.EstoniaTallinnLennart Meri Tallinn AirportTLL/EETN1,958,801-11.2%
4.LithuaniaKaunasKaunas International AirportKUN/EYKA695,509-16.2%
5.LithuaniaPalangaPalanga International AirportPLQ/EYPA127,890-1.0%
6.EstoniaTartuTartu AirportTAY/EETU13,690-32.7%
7.EstoniaKuressaareKuressaare AirportURE/EEKE13,163+15.25%
8.EstoniaKärdlaKärdla AirportKDL/EEKA10,222+5.38%
9.EstoniaPärnuPärnu AirportEPU/EEPU3,538-37.2%
10.EstoniaKihnuKihnu Airfield---/EEKU2,434-1.4%
11.EstoniaRuhnuRuhnu Airfield---/EERU1,214-11.0%
12.LithuaniaŠiauliaiŠiauliai International AirportSQQ/EYSA942-4.46%

2012 statistics

RankCountryCityAirportCode
(IATA/ICAO)		Passengers
(2012)		Change
2011–2012
1.LatviaRigaRiga International AirportRIX/EVRA4,767,878-6.6%
2.LithuaniaVilniusVilnius International AirportVNO/EYVI2,208,096+28.9%
3.EstoniaTallinnLennart Meri Tallinn AirportTLL/EETN2,206,692+15.3%
4.LithuaniaKaunasKaunas International AirportKUN/EYKA830,268-4.9%
5.LithuaniaPalangaPalanga International AirportPLQ/EYPA128,169+15.3%
6.EstoniaTartuTartu AirportTAY/EETU20,302+9.3%
7.EstoniaKuressaareKuressaare AirportURE/EEKE11,421-35.9%
8.EstoniaKärdlaKärdla AirportKDL/EEKA9,700-9.3%
9.EstoniaPärnuPärnu AirportEPU/EEPU5,634-59.6%
10.EstoniaKihnuKihnu Airfield---/EEKU2,474+7.9%
11.EstoniaRuhnuRuhnu Airfield---/EERU1,364-7.0%
12.LithuaniaŠiauliaiŠiauliai International AirportSQQ/EYSA986

Aircraft movements

2019 statistics

RankCountryCityAirportCode
(IATA/ICAO)		Movements
(2019)		Change
2018–2019
1.Latvia LatviaRigaRiga International AirportRIX/EVRA87,007 Increase 4.2%
2.Estonia EstoniaTallinnLennart Meri Tallinn AirportTLL/EETN47,867 Decrease 1.4%
3.Lithuania LithuaniaVilniusVilnius International AirportVNO/EYVI47,440 Increase 0.5%
4.Lithuania LithuaniaKaunasKaunas International AirportKUN/EYKA9,888 Increase 4.6%
5.Lithuania LithuaniaPalangaPalanga International AirportPLQ/EYPA5,167 Increase 6.8%

2012 statistics

RankCountryCityAirportCode
(IATA/ICAO)		Movements
(2012)		Change
2011–2012
1.Latvia LatviaRigaRiga International AirportRIX/EVRA68,570Decrease 5.9%
2.Estonia EstoniaTallinnLennart Meri Tallinn AirportTLL/EETN48,531Increase 20.4%
3.Lithuania LithuaniaVilniusVilnius International AirportVNO/EYVI29,995Increase 8.3%
4.Lithuania LithuaniaKaunasKaunas International AirportKUN/EYKA8,559Decrease 5.1%
5.Lithuania LithuaniaPalangaPalanga International AirportPLQ/EYPA3,047Increase 2.9%

Freight and Mail Tonnes

2021 statistics

RankCountryCityAirportCode
(IATA/ICAO)		Cargo
(2021)		Change
2020–2021
1.Latvia LatviaRigaRiga International AirportRIX/EVRA23,520 Increase 22.2%
2.Lithuania LithuaniaVilniusVilnius International AirportVNO/EYVI14,706 Increase 2.0%
3.Estonia EstoniaTallinnLennart Meri Tallinn AirportTLL/EETN10,534 Increase 15.4%
4.Lithuania LithuaniaKaunasKaunas International AirportKUN/EYKA5,065 Decrease 5.6%
5.Lithuania LithuaniaŠiauliaiŠiauliai International AirportSQQ/EYSA60Increase 57.1%
6.Lithuania LithuaniaPalangaPalanga International AirportPLQ/EYPA1 Decrease 58.3%

2012 statistics

RankCountryCityAirportCode
(IATA/ICAO)		Cargo
(2012)		Change
2011–2012
1.Latvia LatviaRigaRiga International AirportRIX/EVRA31,460Increase 171.9%
2.Estonia EstoniaTallinnLennart Meri Tallinn AirportTLL/EETN23,760Increase 29.5%
3.Lithuania LithuaniaVilniusVilnius International AirportVNO/EYVI5,931Increase 2.6%
4.Lithuania LithuaniaŠiauliaiŠiauliai International AirportSQQ/EYSA5,041New entry
4.Lithuania LithuaniaKaunasKaunas International AirportKUN/EYKA3,364Decrease 20.3%
5.Lithuania LithuaniaPalangaPalanga International AirportPLQ/EYPA6Decrease 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.RigaLondon (Gatwick&Luton&Stansted)418,125
2.VilniusAntalya (Antalya&Gazipaşa)381,644
3.VilniusLondon (City&Luton&Stansted)366,584
4.RigaHelsinki281,021
5.KaunasLondon (Luton&Stansted)269,944
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.TallinnWarsaw150,010
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.TallinnLondon (Gatwick&Stansted)96,603
36.TallinnMilan (Malpensa&Orio al Serio)93,789
37.VilniusDublin92,550
38.RigaParis92,032
39.RigaIstanbul89,815
40.RigaBarcelona86,685
41.VilniusStockholm85,397
42.RigaPrague85,277
43.RigaMilan85,184
44.KaunasDublin84,865
45.PalangaLondon (Luton&Stansted)80,877

Source[17]

2010s

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Airport didn't report the official number in the annual report.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "STATISTICS REPORT 2022" (PDF). Riga Airport. p. 2.
  2. ↑ "Riga International Airport, Statistics". Archived from the original on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  3. 1 2 "VNO keleiviai". Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  4. ↑ "VNO" (PDF). ltou.lt. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  5. ↑ "TRAFFIC REPORT 2018" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 January 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  6. ↑ "Tallinn Airport Traffic report 2019" (PDF). Tallinn Airport. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  7. ↑ "Tallinn Airport, Traffic report 2018" (PDF).
  8. ↑ "KUN". www.ltou.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  9. ↑ "KUN 2022 Passengers". Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  10. ↑ "KUN" (PDF). ltou.lt. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  11. ↑ "TRAFFIC REPORT 2018" (PDF). 4 January 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 January 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  12. 1 2 "PLQ keleiviai". Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  13. ↑ "PLQ". ltou.lt. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  14. ↑ "Riga Airport Handles More than 5 million Passengers | RIX". www.riga-airport.com. Riga Airport. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "AS Tallinna Lennujaam Interim report, Q4" (PDF). Tallinn Airport. pp. 10–11. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  16. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "IV kvartali aruanne" (PDF) (in Estonian). Tallinn Airport. pp. 14–15. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  17. 1 2 Eurostat. Transport. Data. Database Search the "avia_par_ee", "avia_par_lv" etc datasets (accessed August 2023)
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