List of the busiest airports in the Baltic states


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 statics 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

RankCountryAirport2019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004
1. LatviaRiga International Airport7,798,3827,056,0996,097,7655,402,5455,162,6754,814,0734,793,2134,767,7645,106,6924,663,6474,066,8543,690,5493,160,9452,495,0201,878,0351,060,426
2. LithuaniaVilnius International Airport5,004,9214,922,9493,761,8373,814,0013,336,0842,942,6702,661,8692,208,0961,712,4671,373,8591,308,6322,048,4391,717,2221,451,4681,281,872964,164
3. EstoniaLennart Meri Tallinn Airport3,267,9093,007,6442,648,3612,203,5362,166,6632,017,2911,958,8012,206,7911,913,1721,384,8311,346,2361,811,5361,728,4301,541,8321,401,059997,941
4. LithuaniaKaunas International Airport1,160,5911,011,0671,186,081740,448747,284724,314695,509830,268872,618809,732456,698410,165390,881248,22877,35027,113
5. LithuaniaPalanga International Airport338,309316,643297,197232,630145,441132,931127,890128,169111,133102,528104,600101,58693,379110,82894,00076,020
6. LatviaLiepaja International Airport13,8359,7514,78000000002,05144,70532,0391,5721,0261,512

2019 statistics

RankCountryCityAirportCode
Passengers
Change
2018–2019
1. LatviaRigaRiga International AirportRIX/EVRA7,798,382 10.57%
2. LithuaniaVilniusVilnius International AirportVNO/EYVI5,004,921 1.67%
3. EstoniaTallinnLennart Meri Tallinn AirportTLL/EETN3,267,909 8.65%
4. LithuaniaKaunasKaunas International AirportKUN/EYKA1,160,591 14.79%
5. LithuaniaPalangaPalanga International AirportPLQ/EYPA338,309 6.84%
6. LatviaLiepajaLiepaja International AirportLPX/EVLA13,835 41.88%

2018 statistics

RankCountryCityAirportCode
Passengers
Change
2017–2018
1. LatviaRigaRiga International AirportRIX/EVRA7,056,089 15.72%
2. LithuaniaVilniusVilnius International AirportVNO/EYVI4,922,949 30.87%
3. EstoniaTallinnLennart Meri Tallinn AirportTLL/EETN3,007,644 13.60%
4. LithuaniaKaunasKaunas International AirportKUN/EYKA1,011,067 14.76%
5. LithuaniaPalangaPalanga International AirportPLQ/EYPA316,643 6.54%
6. LatviaLiepajaLiepaja International AirportLPX/EVLA9,751 104%

2017 statistics

RankCountryCityAirportCode
Passengers
Change
2016–2017
1. LatviaRigaRiga International AirportRIX/EVRA6,097,765 12.87%
2. LithuaniaVilniusVilnius International AirportVNO/EYVI3,761,837 1.39%
3. EstoniaTallinnLennart Meri Tallinn AirportTLL/EETN2,648,361 20.19%
4. LithuaniaKaunasKaunas International AirportKUN/EYKA1,186,081 60.18%
5. LithuaniaPalangaPalanga International AirportPLQ/EYPA297,197 27.76%
6. EstoniaTartuTartu AirportTAY/EETU30,296
7. EstoniaKuressaareKuressaare AirportURE/EEKE19,231
8. EstoniaKärdlaKärdla AirportKDL/EEKA9,168
9. LatviaLiepajaLiepaja International AirportLPX/EVLA4,780

2013 statistics

RankCountryCityAirportCode
Passengers
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%

2012 statistics

RankCountryCityAirportCode
Passengers
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%

Aircraft movements

2019 statistics

2012 statistics

Freight and Mail Tonnes

2019 statistics

2012 statistics

1 Note: Based on data published by which not yet has been compared by official data still to be published by

Busiest Air Routes

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

2011 statistics

The routes ranked no 1, 2, 5, 10, 11, 12, 14, 17 and 22 includes the following airports:
RankCity 1City 2Passengers Change
2010-2011
1.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.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.TallinnCopenhagen133,101-5.6%
20.RigaKiev123,834+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%