Ruhnu Airport
Ruhnu airfield (ICAO: EERU), an airfield in the southern part of Ruhnu island near Ringsu harbour (57º 47' 02'' N 023º 15' 58'' E, height 10 feet). It belongs to Kuressaare airport managed by Tallinn Airport Ltd.
The airfield covers 31.6 hectares, it has a runway with the direction of 13/31. The length of the grass-covered runway is 600 metres and width 60 metres of which 12,000 square metres (600 m x 20 m) is covered with plastic grass honeycomb (a perforated grass cover; deadweight 7 tonnes).
The airfield has a small terminal building and is equipped with radio communication system. Ruhnu has also a local weather station.
Regular flights from Ruhnu to Pärnu and Kuressaare are arranged from October until May four times a week.
Since 2006 the lines are served by the German airline Luftverkehr Friesland Harle with an 8-seater plane Britten-Norman Bn2 Islander.
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Created in 2013