URE — Kuressaare Airport
Medium-sized airport in Kuressaare, Estonia.
- IATA code
- URE
- ICAO code
- EEKE
- Size
- medium
- OurAirports class
- Passengers
- 38,749
- 2022 · Wikidata
- Nonstop routes
- 1
- With open traffic data
- Time zone
- UTC+2 / UTC+3
- Europe/Tallinn
- Elevation
- 4 m
- 13 ft
- Runways
- 2
- Longest 2,000 m
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About URE
Kuressaare Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Kuressaare, Estonia. It opened in 1945 and is run by AS Tallinna Lennujaam. 38,749 passengers used it in 2022. Open traffic data shows 1 nonstop route from URE.
Wikidata (CC0). Sources
Busiest nonstop routes from URE
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| URE → TLL | 188 km | 41,320 |
Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports. Routes outside these are not counted.
Nearest airports
| Code | Airport | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| KDL | Kärdla Airport | 87 km |
| EPU | Pärnu Airport | 117 km |
| RIX | Riga International Airport | 170 km |
| TLL | Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport | 188 km |
| TAY | Tartu Airport | 244 km |
Distance from URE to the major hubs
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 2,000 m | 30 m | Asphalt |
| 05/23 | 799 m | 30 m | Asphalt |
OurAirports (public domain). Sources
Location
Kuressaare, Saare County, Estonia · 58.2299, 22.5095
Questions
Kuressaare Airport has the IATA code URE and the ICAO code EEKE. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.
URE is a medium-sized airport in Kuressaare, Saare County, Estonia, at 58.2299, 22.5095, 4 m above sea level.
URE is in the Europe/Tallinn time zone, UTC+2 / UTC+3 (winter / summer).
38,749 passengers in 2022, according to Wikidata.
Kuressaare Airport opened in 1945.
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