# Kaunas International Airport (KUN / EYKA) **Kaunas International Airport** (IATA: KUN, ICAO: EYKA) is a large airport in Kaunas, Kaunas County, Lithuania. It opened in 1988. It has one runway, 3,250 m (10,663 ft) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 1.6 million passengers. Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/eyka ## At a glance - IATA / ICAO: KUN / EYKA - Type: Large airport - Serves: Kaunas, Kaunas County, Lithuania - Opened: 1988 - Elevation: 78 m / 256 ft - Coordinates: 54.9640, 24.0858 - Runways: 1 - Longest runway: 3,250 m / 10,663 ft - Passengers: 1,582,231 (2025) - Time zone: UTC+2/+3 · Europe/Vilnius - Website: http://www.kaunas-airport.lt/index.php?lang=en - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaunas_Airport (36 languages) - Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q847695 - Weather station: EYKA - Ident: EYKA ## Timeline - 1988: Kaunas International Airport opens. ## Runways | Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 08/26 | 3,250 m / 10,663 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 085° / 265° | yes | ## Passengers per year | Year | Passengers | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | 2014 | 724,209 | Eurostat | | 2015 | 747,206 | Eurostat | | 2016 | 740,499 | Eurostat | | 2017 | 1,184,022 | Eurostat | | 2018 | 1,010,682 | Eurostat | | 2019 | 1,159,565 | Eurostat | | 2020 | 367,835 | Eurostat | | 2021 | 482,214 | Eurostat | | 2022 | 1,148,482 | Eurostat | | 2023 | 1,289,346 | Eurostat | | 2024 | 1,412,922 | Eurostat | | 2025 | 1,582,231 | Eurostat | ## Routes 29 destinations in 13 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article. ### Year-round (16) - [ARN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/essa.md) Stockholm-Arlanda Airport · Sweden · 638 km / 396 mi · Ryanair - [CPH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ekch.md) Copenhagen Kastrup Airport · Denmark · 726 km / 451 mi · Ryanair - [CGN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddk.md) Cologne Bonn Airport · Germany · 1,220 km / 758 mi · Ryanair - [BGY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lime.md) Il Caravaggio International Airport · Italy · 1,447 km / 899 mi · Ryanair - [STN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egss.md) London Stansted Airport · United Kingdom · 1,609 km / 1,000 mi · Ryanair - [BRI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/libd.md) Bari Karol Wojtyła International Airport · Italy · 1,629 km / 1,012 mi · Ryanair - [LTN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eggw.md) London Luton Airport · United Kingdom · 1,647 km / 1,023 mi · Ryanair, Wizz Air - [EDI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egph.md) Edinburgh Airport · United Kingdom · 1,723 km / 1,071 mi · Ryanair - [LPL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eggp.md) Liverpool John Lennon Airport · United Kingdom · 1,752 km / 1,089 mi · Ryanair - [BRS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eggd.md) Bristol Airport · United Kingdom · 1,818 km / 1,130 mi · Ryanair - [BFS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egaa.md) Belfast International Airport · United Kingdom · 1,927 km / 1,197 mi · Ryanair - [DUB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eidw.md) Dublin Airport · Ireland · 1,966 km / 1,222 mi · Ryanair - [SNN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/einn.md) Shannon Airport · Ireland · 2,160 km / 1,342 mi · Ryanair - [PFO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lcph.md) Paphos International Airport · Cyprus · 2,343 km / 1,456 mi · Ryanair - [ALC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/leal.md) Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport · Spain · 2,616 km / 1,626 mi · Ryanair - [AGP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lemg.md) Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport · Spain · 2,969 km / 1,845 mi · Ryanair ### Seasonal (11) - [GOT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/esgg.md) Göteborg Landvetter Airport · Sweden · 786 km / 488 mi · Ryanair - [ZAD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ldzd.md) Zadar Airport · Croatia · 1,360 km / 845 mi · Ryanair - [BOJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lbbg.md) Burgas Airport · Bulgaria · 1,400 km / 870 mi · Ryanair - [CRL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ebci.md) Brussels South Charleroi Airport · Belgium · 1,408 km / 875 mi · Ryanair - [RMI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lipr.md) Federico Fellini International Airport · Italy · 1,468 km / 912 mi · Ryanair - [PSR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/libp.md) Abruzzo Airport · Italy · 1,568 km / 974 mi · Ryanair - [PSA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lirp.md) Pisa International Airport · Italy · 1,594 km / 990 mi · Ryanair - [NAP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lirn.md) Naples International Airport · Italy · 1,723 km / 1,071 mi · Ryanair - [RHO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgrp.md) Rhodes International Airport "Diagoras" · Greece · 2,086 km / 1,296 mi · Ryanair - [PMI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lepa.md) Palma de Mallorca Airport · Spain · 2,334 km / 1,450 mi · Ryanair - [MAD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lemd.md) Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport · Spain · 2,592 km / 1,611 mi · Ryanair ### Seasonal charter (2) - [HER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgir.md) Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport · Greece · 2,184 km / 1,357 mi · SkyUp - [TLV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/llbg.md) Ben Gurion International Airport · Israel · 2,690 km / 1,671 mi · FLYYO ## Airlines The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from KUN, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata. ### Hub airlines (1) - KT [Transaviabaltika](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/transaviabaltika) ### Passenger (4) - FR [Ryanair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ryanair) · 27 - [FLYYO](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flyyo) · 1 · seasonal charter - PQ [SkyUp](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/skyup) · 1 · seasonal charter - W6 [Wizz Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/wizz-air) · 1 Former hub of [Air Lithuania](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-lithuania), [Apatas Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/apatas-air). ## Rankings Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place. | Measure | Value | World | Region | Country | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Passengers | 1.6M (2025) | #661 of 3,974 | #172 in Europe | #2 in LT | | Longest runway | 3,250 m / 10,663 ft | =762 of 29,858 | #106 in Europe | #2 in LT | | Elevation | 78 m / 256 ft | =32,427 of 43,403 | =4,011 in Europe | #22 in LT | | Age | Opened 1988 | =9,353 of 15,079 | =1,274 in Europe | #7 in LT | | Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =8 in LT | ## Radio frequencies | Type | Description | MHz | | --- | --- | --- | | APP | APP | 124.200 | | MISC | HANDLING | 121.600 | | TWR | TWR | 118.500 | ## Nearby airports - [EYKD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eykd.md) Kėdainiai Air Base · 40 km / 25 mi - [VNO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eyvi.md) Vilnius International Airport · 85 km / 53 mi - [PNV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eypp.md) Panevėžys Air Base · 88 km / 55 mi - [SQQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eysa.md) Šiauliai International Airport · 112 km / 70 mi - [EYSB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eysb.md) Barysiai Airfield · 127 km / 79 mi ## Sources - [Eurostat](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/avia_paoa/default/table): Source: Eurostat (avia_paoa) (Eurostat reuse policy (CC BY 4.0)) - [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: “Kaunas Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kaunas_Airport&oldid=1365881765), revision of 25 Jul 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/eyka/data