Kihnu Airfield is situated in Kihnu Island in southern Estonia. The village of Saarekula is situated closest to the Kihnu Airfield. The Kihnu Airfield has two runways that inter-cross each other. The runway measures 60 meters in width and 600 meters in length. The runway is unpaved and is covered with grass. The Kihnu Airfield is possessed by AS Parnu Lennujaam the owner of Parnu Airport Limited.
The Kihnu Airfield is not a very well developed airport. It does not have a proper navigational system. There is also no lights in the runway to help in the landing of the flights. This is the reason why the Kihnu Airfield is licensed to operate only during the daytime. The airport is not fenced. So before landing care is taken to make sure that there is no one in the runway. The Kihnu Airfield does not have any IATA airport code. However the Kihnu Airfield possesses a ICAO airport code which is EEKU.
Estonia experiences severe weather conditions during winter. Most of the winter season is frozen. Due to the lack of landing lights, all operations in the Kihnu Airfield are suspended during winter. Snow and lack of proper lighting makes flying hazardous.
Mainly domestic flights operate in the Kihnu Airfield. International flights are not allowed to operate from the Kihnu Airfield. Air Livonia has regular flights from Kihnu Airfield. Several private planes and Antonio AN-28 flights operate from the Kihnu Airfield.
Kihnu Airfield is definitely not an important airport in Estonia. It mainly helps in internal transportation and short distance trips. However tourists wanting to visit other cities in Russia can take advantage of the minor flights from the Kihnu Airfield. The air tickets are cheap and help in cheap air transportation. The Kihnu Airfield offers its passengers facilities for telephonic booking.
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