Tartu Airport
Tartu Airport is an airport in Reola, Ülenurme Parish, south southwest of Tartu, the second largest city in Estonia. It is also called Ülenurme Airport due to its proximity to the village of Ülenurme. The Tallinn–Tartu–Võru–Luhamaa highway passes near the airport.
History
The airport was opened on 15 May 1946. In 1981, a new terminal building was built, and the runway and taxiway were upgraded. Since 2005, the airport has been operated by Tallinn Airport. In 2009, the runway was lengthened to.Besides commercial passenger flights, a large part of flight operations at Tartu Airport consist of training flights by the Estonian Aviation Academy, which is situated right beside the airport. Medical flights from Tartu University Clinic also operate from the airport.
Airlines and destinations
After Finnair ended flights from Tartu in October 2022 there were no regular commercial passenger flights to Tartu. In 2024, Finnair won the procurement for subsidized flights and the Helsinki line was reopened in March. In April 2024, the flights were suspended for a month due to Russian GPS jamming. The airport requires GNSS for initial approach on landings. In the first year after the resumption of flights to Helsinki, Tartu Airport served 37,369 passengers.Ground transportation
Bus
Connection to Tartu is provided by airport shuttle E1. For early-morning and late-night flights, shuttle service runs from Annelinna Center to Tartu city center to the airport and vice versa. During daytime departures, the bus operates between the airport and the city centre only.Furthermore, regional bus 323 from Tartu coach station to Otepää provides service to the airport.