Vilnius airport
| Vilnius Airport Vilniaus oro uostas  |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | EYVI |
| IATA code | VNO |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 197 m (646 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 7 km south of Vilnius , Lithuania
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| Local transport | Bus / Vilnius Airport Train |
| Basic data | |
| opening | 1932 |
| operator | VĮ Lietuvos oro uostai |
| surface | 326 ha |
| Passengers | 5,004,921 (2019) |
| Air freight | 13,974 t (2019) |
| Flight movements |
47,440 (2019) |
| Employees | 301 (2014) |
| Start-and runway | |
| 02/20 | 2515 m × 50 m asphalt |
The Vilnius Airport ( IATA code VNO , ICAO code EYVI , Lithuanian Vilniaus oro uostas ) is the airport of the Lithuanian capital Vilnius and the largest of four international airports in Lithuania. As a branch it belongs to the state enterprise VĮ Lietuvos oro uostai . The airport was an independent company until July 1, 2014.
Directions
The airport is about seven kilometers south of the city center and can be reached by train, bus, regular taxi or car.
bus
The public transport operator in Vilnius VVT offers four lines that connect the airport. On average, there is a bus to the city center every 10 minutes.
- Line 1: Vilnius Airport - Vilnius Train Station
- Line 2: Vilnius Airport - Vilnius Train Station
- Line 3G: Vilnius Airport - Center - Fabijoniškės
- Line 88: Vilnius Airport - Old Town - Europos aikštė
Airport stop
On October 2, 2008, the Vilnius Airport stop ( Lithuanian : Vilniaus oro uosto gelezinkelio stotis ) was opened near the terminal building. This makes Vilnius the only airport in the Baltic States with a direct connection to the railway network.
history
The airport's first terminal was built in what is now the airport area in 1932. However, this one did not survive. Planes from the terminal flew the Warsaw - Vilnius - Riga - Tallinn route . During the Second World War , the airport was then used as a military airfield before it was reopened for civil air traffic on July 17, 1944.
In Soviet times, the airport was operated by Aeroflot as an inland airport , from which destinations in the Asian part of the Soviet Union such as Tashkent were also served.
In 1991 it was placed under an operating company of the Lithuanian Ministry of Transport and in 1993 a new terminal was inaugurated. The airport was rebuilt and expanded in accordance with the provisions of the Schengen Agreement . A new terminal was opened in October 2007 with the aim of handling three million passengers a year.
From 2013 to 2015 the Lithuanian airline Air Lituanica was based at the airport.
Airlines and Destinations
There are direct flights to Vilnius from German-speaking countries: Air Baltic flies from Berlin-Tegel , Hamburg , Munich and Zurich , Austrian Airlines from Vienna , Laudamotion from Vienna, Lufthansa from Frankfurt am Main , Ryanair from Berlin-Schönefeld , Bremen and Frankfurt-Hahn , Wizz Air from Dortmund . Other airlines are Aer Lingus , Aeroflot , Belavia , Brussels Airlines , Finnair , LOT , Norwegian Air Shuttle , Turkish Airlines and Ukraine International Airlines .
Traffic figures
| year | Passenger volume | Air freight ( tons ) (with airmail) |
Flight movements |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5,004,921 | 13,974 | 47,440 |
| 2018 | 4,922,949 | 12,774 | 47.197 |
| 2017 | 3,761,837 | 9,739 | 39,253 |
| 2016 | 3,814,001 | 9,086 | 41,304 |
| 2015 | 3,336,084 | 8,189 | 39,289 |
| 2014 | 2,942,670 | 8,023 | 37,254 |
| 2013 | 2,661,869 | 8,255 | 32,778 |
Web links
- Official website (English / Lithuanian / Russian)
- Official website of the airport operator (English / Lithuanian / Russian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b History. Vilnius-Airport.lt, accessed on March 6, 2020 (English).
- ↑ a b c d e Airport statistics. Ltou.lt , accessed March 6, 2020 .
- ↑ Number of employees at Vilniaus filialas, "Lietuvos oro uostai"
- ↑ Airport data on World Aero Data ( English, as of 2006 )
- ↑ Pradeda veikti Lietuvos oro uostų tinklas ( Memento of the original from July 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ City of Vilnius website, accessed on January 2, 2009 ( Memento of the original from July 6, 2009 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Route maps. Ltou.lt , accessed March 6, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Airport statistics. Vilnius-Airport.lt, November 11, 2018, accessed on March 6, 2020 .
