Kuressaare Airport is an
airport in
Estonia. The airport is situated 3 km from the town of
Kuressaare on
Saaremaa island.The first
runway was built in the last half of the
1930s. The airport was opened officially on
6 March 1945. The air traffic increased during the next years, and between
1949 and
1953 there were from 10 to 14 flights every day between Kuressaare and
Tallinn. During this period around 400 passengers flew to or from Kuressaare each day. The airport didn't get electricity until
1958. The present terminal building was built in
1962. The second runway 05/23 was built in
1976 and on 1999 the main runway was lengthened. The terminal building was modernized in
2007.
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