Kärdla Airport

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Kärdla Airport

Kärdla lennujaam
Kärdla Lennujaam Hiiumaal.jpg
  • IATA: KDL
  • ICAO: EEKA
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorSC Kärdla Airport
ServesKärdla, Estonia
Elevation AMSL18 ft / 5 m
Coordinates58°59′27″N 022°49′51″E / 58.99083°N 22.83083°E / 58.99083; 22.83083Coordinates: 58°59′27″N 022°49′51″E / 58.99083°N 22.83083°E / 58.99083; 22.83083
Map
EEKA is located in Estonia
EEKA
EEKA
Location in Estonia
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
14/32 1,520 4,987 Asphalt
Statistics (2017)
Passengers9,168
Cargo (tonnes)0,0
Aircraft movements1,528
Sources: Estonian AIP[1]

Kärdla Airport (Estonian: Kärdla lennujaam, IATA: KDL, ICAO: EEKA) is an airport in Estonia. The airport is situated 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) east[1] of the town of Kärdla on Hiiumaa island.

The airport has one asphalt runway, 14/32, and is 1,520 m × 30 m (4,987 ft × 98 ft).[1] The runway was upgraded in 1998.

Overview[]

Kärdla Airport opened in 1963. During the next years there was fairly high activity at the airport, with regular flights to Tallinn, Haapsalu, Vormsi, Kuressaare, Riga, Pärnu, Viljandi, and Tartu, and charter flights to Murmansk, Vilnius, and Kaunas. 24,335 passengers travelled via Kärdla Airport in 1987. Air traffic sank dramatically after Estonia became independent in 1991, and in 1995, only 727 passengers traveled via the airport. Since then, traffic has increased, and 10,551 passengers travelled via the airport in 2010.

The airport has annual Flight Days in the first weekend of August.

On 23 November 2001, an airplane with 17 people on board crashed on its way from Tallinn to Kärdla, near Palade at Hiiumaa. Two people died in the crash. The investigation and the trial still continues.[2]

Airlines and destinations[]

AirlinesDestinations
Transaviabaltika Tallinn[3] (PSO)

Statistics[]

List of the busiest airports in the Baltic states

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "eAIP Estonia". Estonian Air Navigation Services (ANS). Archived from the original on 2016-10-26. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
  2. ^ [1], Plane Crash Info Archived March 15, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Saartelennuliinid

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