# Kuressaare Airport (URE / EEKE)

**Kuressaare Airport** (IATA: URE, ICAO: EEKE) is a medium airport in Kuressaare, Saare County, Estonia. It opened on 6 Mar 1945. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,000 m (6,561 ft). It is operated by AS Tallinna Lennujaam. In 2022 it handled 39 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: URE / EEKE
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: AS Tallinna Lennujaam
- Serves: Kuressaare, Saare County, Estonia
- Opened: 6 Mar 1945
- Elevation: 4 m / 14 ft
- Coordinates: 58.2299, 22.5095
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 2,000 m / 6,561 ft
- Passengers: 38,749 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+2/+3 · Europe/Tallinn
- Website: http://www.kuressaare-airport.ee/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuressaare_Airport (29 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q892425
- Weather station: EEKE
- Ident: EEKE

## Timeline

- 6 Mar 1945: Kuressaare Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 2,000 m / 6,561 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 360° | yes |
| 05/23 | 799 m / 2,621 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 059° / 239° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2020 | 16,858 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 29,447 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 38,749 | Wikidata |

## Routes

4 destinations in 2 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [EERU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eeru.md) Ruhnu Airfield · Estonia · 66 km / 41 mi · Diamond Sky
- [EPU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eepu.md) Pärnu Airport · Estonia · 117 km / 73 mi · Diamond Sky
- [TLL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eetn.md) Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport · Estonia · 188 km / 117 mi · Nyxair

### Seasonal (1)

- [HEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/efhk.md) Helsinki Vantaa Airport · Finland · 271 km / 168 mi · Finnair

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (3)

- DMS [Diamond Sky](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/diamond-sky) · 2
- AY [Finnair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/finnair) · 1 · seasonal
- 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 | 39K (2022) | #2,188 of 3,974 | #457 in Europe | #2 in EE |
| Longest runway | 2,000 m / 6,561 ft | =3,972 of 29,858 | =760 in Europe | #3 in EE |
| Elevation | 4 m / 14 ft | =42,010 of 43,403 | =5,674 in Europe | #23 in EE |
| Age | Opened 1945 | =2,524 of 15,079 | =717 in Europe | =3 in EE |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =135 in Europe | #1 in EE |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | TWR | 118.050 |

## Nearby airports

- [KDL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eeka.md) Kärdla Airport · 87 km / 54 mi
- [EPU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eepu.md) Pärnu Airport · 117 km / 72 mi
- [EVTA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/evta.md) Jūrmala Airport · 149 km / 93 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: “Kuressaare Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kuressaare_Airport&oldid=1371368335), revision of 26 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/eeke/data