# Kärdla Airport (KDL / EEKA)

**Kärdla Airport** (IATA: KDL, ICAO: EEKA) is a medium airport in Kärdla, Hiiu County, Estonia. It opened in 1963. It has one runway, 1,520 m (4,987 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by AS Tallinna Lennujaam. In 2022 it handled 12 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/eeka

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KDL / EEKA
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: AS Tallinna Lennujaam
- Serves: Kärdla, Hiiu County, Estonia
- Opened: 1963
- Elevation: 6 m / 18 ft
- Coordinates: 58.9908, 22.8307
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,520 m / 4,987 ft
- Passengers: 12,004 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+2/+3 · Europe/Tallinn
- Website: https://kardla.tallinn-airport.ee/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A4rdla_Airport (25 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1431834
- Weather station: EEKA · WMO 26116
- Ident: EEKA

## Timeline

- 1963: Kärdla Airport opens.
- 23 Nov 2001: ELK Airways Flight 1007. 2 killed.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 14/32 | 1,520 m / 4,987 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 147° / 327° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2020 | 9,379 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 10,769 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 12,004 | Wikidata |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [TLL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eetn.md) Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport · Estonia · 123 km / 76 mi · Nyxair

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from KDL, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- OJ [Nyxair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/nyxair) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 12K (2022) | #2,616 of 3,974 | #538 in Europe | #3 in EE |
| Longest runway | 1,520 m / 4,987 ft | =6,890 of 29,858 | #959 in Europe | #6 in EE |
| Elevation | 6 m / 18 ft | =41,596 of 43,403 | =5,607 in Europe | #22 in EE |
| Age | Opened 1963 | =5,069 of 15,079 | =989 in Europe | #6 in EE |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =2 in EE |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | Kärdla INFO | 133.405 |

## Nearby airports

- [EEEI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eeei.md) Ämari Air Base · 84 km / 52 mi
- [URE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eeke.md) Kuressaare Airport · 87 km / 54 mi
- [EPU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eepu.md) Pärnu Airport · 114 km / 71 mi
- [TLL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eetn.md) Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport · 123 km / 77 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Kärdla Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kärdla_Airport&oldid=1367147254), revision of 1 Aug 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/eeka/data