Kuressaare Airport, Regional airport in Kuressaare, Saaremaa, Estonia
Kuressaare Airport is a small regional airport in the town of Kuressaare, on the Estonian island of Saaremaa. The terminal building has a handful of check-in counters and basic services, with asphalt runways long enough to handle small passenger aircraft.
The first runway was built in the late 1930s, and the airport officially opened in 1945, shortly after the end of World War II. In the following decades, a new terminal was added in the 1960s, and the building was modernized in 2007.
For many people on Saaremaa, this airport is the normal way to reach the Estonian mainland, avoiding the long ferry crossing. The small terminal reflects the unhurried pace of island life, where arrivals and departures feel more like a village routine than a busy travel hub.
The airport sits on the edge of Kuressaare town and is easy to reach by car, bike, bus, or taxi. Because the terminal is small, arriving well before your flight is a good idea, as check-in closes earlier than at larger airports.
For its first years of operation, the airport had no electricity, a basic service that was only added in 1958. Seasonal routes connect the airfield to the small island of Ruhnu in winter and to Helsinki in summer, a wide reach for such a modest facility.
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