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Air Traffic

Air Traffic
Airport Shuttle

International Air Traffic

Airlines

As of March 31, 2024, Finnair airline will start operating the Tartu–Helsinki air connection.

There are 12 trips a week between Tartu and Helsinki Airports. Flights to Helsinki depart from Tartu at 06:00 am and at 15:00. Flights to Tartu depart from Helsinki at 13:50 and 23:55. The approximate duration of a one-way flight is 45 minutes. The flights to Helsinki ensure convenient connecting flights to nearly a hundred destinations worldwide.

See the exact flight schedule and purchase tickets from the Finnair website.    

On 23 December 2023, the City of Tartu and Finnair Oyj signed a public service agreement under which Finnair will operate scheduled flights between the Tartu and Helsinki Airport from 31 March 2024 until 31 December 2027. For this, the City of Tartu will pay the airline a total of €3.2 million in compensation.

Tartu Airport is located 10 kilometers (about 6.21 mi) from the center of Tartu. Tartu city centre and the airport are conveniently connected by bus and taxi connections, and there is an unattended parking lot free of charge at the airport.  More information about getting to the airport can be found on the Tartu Airport website.

Photo by Mana Kaasik
Photo by Mana Kaasik

History

Tartu Airport has stood where it now stands since 1946, when a unit for medical aid aircraft was set up there. Later it was known as a base for ambulance flights for Maarjamõisa Hospital. Most flights from the airport were nevertheless organised to meet agricultural and forestry needs. When the number of passenger flights increased, a new runaway and facilities were built.

 

Regular flights to Piirissaare, Jõhvi, Narva, Viljandi, Pärnu, Kihnu, Ruhnu, Valga, Võru, Kuressaare, Kärdla, Leningrad (St Petersburg), Moscow, Minsk, Kyiv, Odessa, Simferopol and Helsinki started from here.

 

Since 1990 Tartu Airport has been a training base for aviation education. At present the Estonian Aviation Academy is the biggest employer at the airport, with the proportion of training flights per year reaching as high as 98%.

 

Regular air traffic in Tartu was restored in 2009.

Last changed 25.03.2024

Airport Shuttle

Express bus No. E1 operates between Tartu Airport and Tartu city.

For late-night and early-morning flights, the bus runs from Annelinna Center to the city center to the airport and vice versa. During daytime departures, the bus operates between the airport and the city center.

A single ticket on the airport bus costs 5 euros. Tickets can be purchased from the bus driver using a contactless bank card or with money loaded onto a bus card.

Detailed timetables and stops are provided below.

Departure times from the airport are approximate, as the bus departs from the airport only after all passengers have disembarked.

The service is provided by GoBus AS.

Timetable from Monday to Friday

Towards the airport

Annelinna keskus - Lennujaam 
(Annelinn Centre - Airport)

04:30 Annelinna keskus
04:33 Eeden
04:41 Kesklinn V
04:48 Karete
05:00 Lennujaam
    
Kesklinn - Lennujaam 
(City centre - Airport)
 
13:40 Kesklinn V  
13:48 Karete  
14:00 Lennujaam
 

Towards the city centRE

Lennujaam - Kesklinn 
(Airport - City centre)

15:05 Lennujaam
15:17 Karete (request stop)
15:19 Aardla (request stop)
15:20 Rahu (request stop)
15:21 Teguri (request stop)
15:22 Kastani (request stop)
15:23 Lootuse (request stop)
15:24 Riiamäe (request stop)
15:27 Kesklinn II  

Lennujaam - Annelinna keskus 
(Airport - Annelinn Centre)  

01:10 Lennujaam    
01:22 Karete (request stop)
01:23 Aardla (request stop)
01:24 Rahu (request stop)
01:25 Teguri (request stop)
01:26 Kastani (request stop)
01:27 Lootuse (request stop)
01:28 Riiamäe (request stop)
01:30 Kesklinn (request stop)
01:31 Pikk (request stop)
01:32 Kanali (request stop)
01:33 Eeden (n(request stop)
01:34 Kalda tee (request stop)
01:35 Annelinna keskus

 

Timetable on Saturdays

Towards the airport

Annelinna keskus - Lennujaam
(Annelinn Centre - Airport)
   
04:30 Annelinna keskus    
04:33 Eeden    
04:41 Kesklinn V   
04:48 Karete    
05:00 Lennujaam

Timetable on Sundays

Towards the airport

Kesklinn - Lennujaam 
(City centre - Airport)
 
13:40 Kesklinn V
13:48 Karete
14:00 Lennujaam 

Towards the City centRE

Lennujaam - Kesklinn
(Airport - City centre)

15:05 Lennujaam    
15:17 Karete (request stop)
15:19 Aardla (request stop)
15:20 Rahu (request stop)
15:21 Teguri (request stop)
15:22 Kastani request stop)
15:23 Lootuse (request stop)
15:24 Riiamäe (request stop)
15:27 Kesklinn II

Lennujaam - Annelinna keskus
(Airport - Annelinn centre)
  
01:10 Lennujaam    
01:22 Karete (request stop)
01:23 Aardla (request stop)
01:24 Rahu (request stop)
01:25 Teguri (request stop)
01:26 Kastani (request stop)
01:27 Lootuse (request stop)
01:28 Riiamäe (request stop)
01:30 Kesklinn II    
01:31 Pikk (request stop)
01:32 Kanali (request stop)
01:33 Eeden (request stop)
01:34 Kalda tee (request stop)
01:35 Annelinna keskus

Last changed 31.05.2024