# Palanga International Airport (PLQ / EYPA)

**Palanga International Airport** (IATA: PLQ, ICAO: EYPA) is a large airport in Palanga, Klaipėda County, Lithuania. It opened in 1937. It has one runway, 2,280 m (7,480 ft) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 443 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: PLQ / EYPA
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Palanga, Klaipėda County, Lithuania
- Opened: 1937
- Elevation: 10 m / 33 ft
- Coordinates: 55.9732, 21.0939
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,280 m / 7,480 ft
- Passengers: 442,814 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+2/+3 · Europe/Vilnius
- Website: https://www.palanga-airport.lt/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palanga_International_Airport (29 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1332588
- Weather station: EYPA · WMO 26502
- Ident: EYPA

## Timeline

- 1937: Palanga International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01/19 | 2,280 m / 7,480 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 013° / 193° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 134,139 | Eurostat |
| 2015 | 146,632 | Eurostat |
| 2016 | 235,874 | Eurostat |
| 2017 | 302,198 | Eurostat |
| 2018 | 321,725 | Eurostat |
| 2019 | 342,942 | Eurostat |
| 2020 | 125,901 | Eurostat |
| 2021 | 86,859 | Eurostat |
| 2022 | 274,437 | Eurostat |
| 2023 | 306,339 | Eurostat |
| 2024 | 372,753 | Eurostat |
| 2025 | 442,814 | Eurostat |

## Routes

7 destinations in 6 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (5)

- [RIX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/evra.md) Riga International Airport · Latvia · 206 km / 128 mi · AirBaltic
- [OSL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/engm.md) Oslo-Gardermoen International Airport · Norway · 751 km / 467 mi · Norwegian Air Shuttle, Wizz Air
- [BGO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/enbr.md) Bergen Airport, Flesland · Norway · 1,045 km / 649 mi · Norwegian Air Shuttle
- [AMS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eham.md) Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · Netherlands · 1,136 km / 706 mi · AirBaltic
- [STN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egss.md) London Stansted Airport · United Kingdom · 1,433 km / 890 mi · Ryanair

### Seasonal charter (2)

- [AYT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltai.md) Antalya International Airport · Türkiye · 2,243 km / 1,394 mi · Mavi Gök Airlines
- [SSH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hesh.md) Sharm El Sheikh International Airport · Egypt · 3,288 km / 2,043 mi · SkyUp

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (6)

- BT [AirBaltic](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/airbaltic) · 2
- DY [Norwegian Air Shuttle](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/norwegian-air-shuttle) · 2
- Mavi Gök Airlines · 1 · seasonal charter
- FR [Ryanair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ryanair) · 1
- PQ [SkyUp](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/skyup) · 1 · seasonal charter
- W6 [Wizz Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/wizz-air) · 1

Former hub of [Amber Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/amber-air).

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 443K (2025) | #1,173 of 3,974 | #264 in Europe | #3 in LT |
| Longest runway | 2,280 m / 7,480 ft | =3,143 of 29,858 | =617 in Europe | #4 in LT |
| Elevation | 10 m / 33 ft | =40,220 of 43,403 | =5,423 in Europe | #35 in LT |
| Age | Opened 1937 | =703 of 15,079 | =404 in Europe | #2 in LT |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =8 in LT |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 124.300 |
| RMP | RMP | 131.500 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.300 |
| ATIS |  | 127.800 |

## Nearby airports

- [LPX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/evla.md) Liepāja International Airport · 61 km / 38 mi
- [KGD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/umkk.md) Khrabrovo Airport · 124 km / 77 mi
- [RU-0028](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-0028.md) Kaliningrad Chkalovsk Naval Air Base · 141 km / 88 mi
- [SQQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eysa.md) Šiauliai International Airport · 144 km / 89 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: “Palanga International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Palanga_International_Airport&oldid=1376487090), revision of 24 Sep 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/eypa/data