Kuressaare Airport guide

Kuressaare Airport (ICAO EEKE) is the main air gateway to Saaremaa, Estonia's largest island. It sits about 3 km southeast of Kuressaare town centre, at an elevation of roughly 4 metres above sea level. The first runway was built in the late 1930s, and the airport opened officially on 6 March 1945.

The airport has two asphalt runways. Runway 17/35 is 2,000 metres long and was lengthened in 1999. Runway 05/23 is 799 metres long and dates from 1976. The terminal building went up in 1962 and was modernised in 2007.

The airport is part of the Tallinn Airport group, which also runs Kärdla, Pärnu and Tartu. The year-round link is the Tallinn route, a flight of about 40 minutes operated once or twice a day by NyxAir. A winter service to Ruhnu runs from 1 October to 30 April, and Finnair flies to Helsinki in summer. Diamond Sky also connects Saaremaa with Pärnu and Ruhnu.

Passengers can reach the airport by car, bus or taxi. Check-in closes 30 minutes before departure, so arrive early. Traffic reached 34,776 passengers in 2025, up from 19,702 in 2010.