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Airport information for Kaunas Airport Country: Lithuania Location: Kaunas Coordinates: 54.58.00N / 024.05.00E IATA Code: KUN Timezone: GMT +2 Direct flights form Kaunas Airport Direct flights to Kaunas Airport Find connecting flights to Kaunas Airport Find connecting flights from Kaunas Airport

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Kaunas International Airport (Lithuanian: Kauno tarptautinis Oro Uostas), (IATA: KUN, ICAO: EYKA) that assists Kaunas, Lithuania is the 2nd busiest polite airport in Lithuania after Vilnius International Airport and the 4th 1 in the Baltic provinces. The airport primarily assists international rider and shipment voyages and is turn up in Karmėlava, 15 kilometre (9.3 mi) nor'-east of Kaunas center. In 2007 the airport dealt 390,881 riders, 60 % more than in 2006. The low-cost air hose Ryanair uses Kaunas Airport as its destination in Lithuania, and is the independent operator at the airport.

History

Kaunas International Airport set about functioning in 1988 when airport actions were taken from S. Darius and S. Girėnas Airport, the other airport near Kaunas. In 1991, after Lithuania's independency, it derived the position of an international airport. In 1996 it went a fellow member of Airports Council International (ACI) and it set about to take division in the actions of the "Lithuanian Airports" association.

Statistics

Annual rider statistics for Kaunas Airport

Year	Total Passengers	Aircraft motilities	Total Cargo
2000	19,202	4,190	6,771
2001	20,137	4,409	9,517
2002	19,891	3,957	8,478
2003	21,732	4,077	6,673
2004	27,113	4,832	3,569
2005	77,350	4,611	4,308
2006	248,228	4,865	6,862
2007	390,881	6,089	6,816
2008	410,000	n/d	n/d

Baltic's busiest airports by rider traffic

Rank	City	Airport	Passengers (2008)
1.	Riga	Riga International Airport	3 691 000
2.	Vilnius	Vilnius International Airport	2 048 000
3.	Tallinn	Tallinn Airport	1 811 536
4.	Kaunas	Kaunas International Airport	410 000
5.	Palanga	Palanga International Airport	101 586

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