TAYEETU

Tartu Airport

Tartu, Estonia · Europe

Europe Europe/Tallinn

1direct destinations

1airlines

1runway

1,800 mLongest runway

1946opened

Tartu Airport (Estonian: Tartu lennujaam) (IATA: TAY, ICAO: EETU) is an airport in Reola, Ülenurme Parish, 5.9 nautical miles (10.9 km; 6.8 mi) 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 (E263) passes near the airport.

Location

58.307°N, 26.686°E · 67 m s. n. m. (220 ft)

General data

CountryEstonia

CityTartu

IATA codeTAY

ICAO codeEETU

Coordinates58.307°N, 26.686°E

Elevation67 m s. n. m. (220 ft)

Time zoneEurope/Tallinn

Runways1

Longest runway1,800 m

OperatorAS Tallinna Lennujaam

Opened1946

Direct destinations1

Official website

Runways · 1

08/26

Length1,800 m5,906 ft

Width31 m102 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Radio frequencies · 1

ATIS (automatic information)

123.130Tartu ATIS

Look for a live feed on LiveATC External site; not every airport has a feed.

Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.

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 1,799 m (5,902 ft).

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 operating here · 1

Other airlines with direct routes

Finnair

Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).

Photo: Ivo Kruusamägi · CC BY-SA 4.0 · view original

Data from OurAirports (public domain) · destinations and airlines from Wikipedia route tables (CC BY-SA, 2026), unless another source is given · profile and photo from Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons (CC0 / CC) · summary and history from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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This page was last updated on October 15, 2026

APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Tartu Airport (TAY). Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/TAY

MLA

“Tartu Airport (TAY).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/TAY. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

Vuelopedia. “Tartu Airport (TAY).” Fundación Poderia. Last modified October 15, 2026. https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/TAY.

Harvard

Vuelopedia (2026) Tartu Airport (TAY). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/TAY (Accessed: 24 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_tay,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Tartu Airport (TAY)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/TAY},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/TAY}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-24},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-24}
}

Wikipedia

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