Vilnius International Airport (IATA: VNO, ICAO: EYVI) (Lithuanian: Vilniaus oro uostas) is the airport of Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. It is located 5.9 km (3.7 mi) south of the city center. It is the largest of the three commercial airports in Lithuania by passenger traffic, with one runway and 5 million passengers a year. Vilnius International Airport serves as a base for airBaltic, Ryanair, and Wizz Air. The airport is managed by Joint Stock Company Lithuanian Airports under the Ministry of Transport and Communications. It is the 96th busiest airport in Europe.

The airport began operations on 17 August 1932 as Wilno–Porubanek, Porubanek was the name of the neighbouring village which today is part of the Kirtimai district of Vilnius. Before World War II, it operated the then-domestic route between Wilno (Vilnius) and Warsaw as well as international route to Riga. Since 15 April 1939, it inaugurated a new route to Kaunas. The airport was used as a military airfield during WWII. The airport resumed its activity as a civil airport as of 17 July 1944.

Lithuanian Airlines (branded later as FlyLAL) was established as the Lithuanian flag carrier following independence in 1991 and inherited the Vilnius-based Aeroflot fleet of Tupolev Tu-134, Yakovlev Yak-40, Yak-42 and Antonov An-24, An-26 aircraft, but rapidly replaced these Soviet-era aircraft types with modern Boeing 737 and Boeing 757 jets and Saab 340, Saab 2000 turboprops. Operations were suspended effective 17 January 2009 as a result of growing financial difficulties. With the collapse of flyLAL, the airport lost its scheduled services to Amsterdam, Budapest, Istanbul, Madrid and Tbilisi. flyLAL used to operate to Dublin, Frankfurt, London, Milan and Paris in competition with Aer Lingus, airBaltic or Lufthansa.

AirBaltic, the national airline of Latvia and under Scandinavian Airlines part-ownership, opened up a second base at Vilnius in 2004 to complement its Riga operation and became the largest carrier at Vilnius, using Boeing 737 jets and Fokker 50 turboprops. At one point, airBaltic operated to 19 destinations from Vilnius but, in 2009, the network covered only three destinations served by two aircraft based at Vilnius.

Vilnius Airport is the main hub for Grand Cru Airlines and a base for Wizz Air. It used to be a main hub for Star1 Airlines until their end of operations in September 2010 and Aurela until Aurela had lost its flight license. It was the hub for Small Planet Airlines and Aviavilsa until both airlines folded. The airport was a secondary hub for airBaltic, Estonian Air and Skyways Express until they closed the bases in Vilnius.

On 30 June 2013, Air Lituanica also began its flights from the Vilnius Airport and established its base there serving several European cities. However, by 22 May 2015, the airline shut down all operations as well.

The airport was closed for 35 days from 14 July 2017 to 17 August 2017 (inclusive) for runway reconstruction work, with all flights diverted to Kaunas Airport.

The original terminal was built in 1934-1936 to a design by Józefa Mrówkowa-Ochmańska; Stanisław Połujan was the construction manager. The three-story building was designed in modernist style, and had a restaurant with a terrace, a hotel for passengers, a newspaper kiosk, a customs post, a police station and a post office. The building was criticized for its overly luxurious interior design and size, which was unsuitable for the small, nascent civilian air traffic in Vilnius.

The construction of the current airport building started in 1949 and completed in 1954. It features a standard 1950s Soviet airport terminal design, originally intended for an airport with up to 20 aircraft movements per day. On the outside, it is decorated with sculptures of soldiers, workers and aviators, while inside walls and ceilings feature wreaths, bay leaves and stars, and until the early 1990s, the Soviet hammer and sickle, typical decor for Soviet public buildings of early post-war years.

A new departure terminal, connected with the old building, was built in 1993. Since then, the old building has been used as the arrival terminal only.

In November 2007, the new 1,000 m (11,000 sq ft) terminal building was opened for operations which improved the capacity and facilities of the airport and complies with the requirements of the Schengen agreement. The passenger throughput of the terminal increased, passenger service quality was improved and more stringent aviation security measures were implemented. The new area of the renovated passenger terminal now reaches 3,462 m (37,260 sq ft). It is equipped with 6 passenger boarding bridges, modern passenger check-in equipment, new travel value and duty-free shops were opened as well as business lounge and VIP Lounge.

Construction of a new departure terminal at Vilnius Airport started in January 2023. After the completion of this 14,400 sq. m. terminal, the total area of Vilnius Airport passenger terminals will increase by one third, and passenger throughput will double – from 1,200 passengers per hour to 2,400. Together with the construction of the new terminal, a redevelopment of road infrastructure is planned, including upgrades of engineering networks and a new transport scheme. The terminal is scheduled to open in February 2025 with projected cost of 50.2 million euros.

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights to and from Vilnius:

Airlines	Destinations
Aegean Airlines	Athens
airBaltic	Amsterdam, Berlin, Chișinău (resumes 2 April 2025), Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Kraków, Lisbon, Málaga, Munich, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Prague (begins 30 March 2025), Riga, Tallinn, Tel Aviv (begins 30 March 2025) Seasonal: Dubai–International, Dubrovnik, Gran Canaria, Heraklion, Ibiza (begins 5 June 2025), Nice, Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes (begins 2 April 2025), Sandefjord, Tenerife–South, Tirana (begins 3 June 2025), Turin, Valencia (begins 16 April 2025)
Air Montenegro	Seasonal charter: Tivat
Austrian Airlines	Vienna
Avion Express	Seasonal charter: Antalya, Barcelona, Bergamo, Burgas, Catania, Enfidha, Faro, Funchal, Gazipaşa, Heraklion, Hurghada, Larnaca, Lamezia Terme, Lyon, Rhodes, Salzburg, Sharm El Sheikh, Tenerife–South, Tivat, Zakynthos
Brussels Airlines	Brussels
Finnair	Helsinki
Freebird Airlines	Seasonal charter: Antalya, Bodrum
GetJet Airlines	Seasonal charter: Antalya, Barcelona, Bodrum, Burgas, Corfu, Funchal, Gazipaşa, Heraklion, Hurghada, Lamezia Terme, Málaga, Marsa Alam, Olbia, Palma de Mallorca, Patras, Rhodes, Rimini, Salzburg, Sharm El Sheikh, Tenerife–South, Varna
Heston Airlines	Seasonal charter: Antalya, Enfidha, Heraklion, Hurghada, Kavala, Sharm El Sheikh, Tivat
LOT Polish Airlines	London–City, Warsaw–Chopin
Lufthansa	Frankfurt
Mavi Gok Aviation	Seasonal charter: Antalya, Bodrum
Norwegian Air Shuttle	Oslo Seasonal: Stockholm–Arlanda
Play	Seasonal: Reykjavik–Keflavik
Ryanair	Barcelona, Beauvais, Bergamo, Berlin, Bremen, Eindhoven, London–Luton, London–Stansted, Malta, Nuremberg, Oslo, Rome–Ciampino, Tel Aviv (suspended), Treviso, Turin, Vienna Seasonal: Athens, Billund, Corfu, Dublin, Hahn, Rome–Fiumicino, Stockholm–Arlanda, Varna
Scandinavian Airlines	Copenhagen, Stockholm–Arlanda
Skyline Express Airlines	Seasonal charter: Enfidha, Hurghada, Sharm El Sheikh
SkyUp	Seasonal charter: Antalya, Hambantota, Heraklion, Hurghada, Sharm El Sheikh
Smartwings	Seasonal charter: Tirana
Swiss International Air Lines	Zürich
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul Seasonal charter: Antalya
Wizz Air	Barcelona, Beauvais, Dortmund, Eindhoven, Kutaisi, Larnaca, London–Luton, Málaga, Milan–Malpensa, Rome–Fiumicino, Tel Aviv Seasonal: Grenoble, Split

Airlines	Destinations
DHL Aviation	Leipzig/Halle, Riga
Turkish Cargo	Istanbul, Prague

"Vilnius airport statistics".

Annual Passenger Traffic

Year	Passengers	% Change	Change
2024 (Jan-Oct)	4,141,346	-	-
2023	4,406,019	12.5%	490,149
2022	3,915,870	106.2%	2,017,053
2021	1,898,817	44.7%	585,349
2020	1,312,468	73.8%	3,692,453
2019	5,004,921	1.7%	81,972
2018	4,922,949	30.9%	1,161,112
2017	3,761,837	1.4%	52,164
2016	3,814,001	14.3%	477,917
2015	3,336,084	13.4%	393,414
2014	2,942,670	10.6%	280,801
2013	2,661,869	20.6%	453,773
2012	2,208,096	28.9%	495,629
2011	1,712,467	24.7%	338,608
2010	1,373,859	5.0%	65,227
2009	1,308,632	36.1%	739,807
2008	2,048,439	19.3%	331,217
2007	1,717,222	18.3%	265,754
2006	1,451,468	13.2%	169,596
2005	1,281,872	33.0%	317,708
2004	964,164

Top 20 busiest routes from Vilnius in 2023

Rank	Airport	Passengers	Airlines
1	Antalya	368,711	Avion Express, Freebird Airlines, GetJet Airlines, Heston Airlines, SkyUp, Turkish Airlines
2	Warsaw-Chopin	266,187	LOT Polish Airlines,
3	Riga	229,613	airBaltic
4	London-Luton	210,557	Ryanair, Wizz Air
5	Frankfurt	181,259	Lufthansa
6	Istanbul	180,396	Turkish Airlines
7	Oslo	167,381	Ryanair, Norwegian Air Shuttle
8	London-Stansted	131,615	Ryanair
9	Helsinki	126,976	Finnair
10	Eindhoven	106,638	Ryanair, Wizz Air
11	Barcelona	103,108	Ryanair, Wizz Air
12	Rome-Fiumicino	98,780	Ryanair, Wizz Air
13	Copenhagen	96,105	Scandinavian Airlines
14	Berlin	91,703	airBaltic, Ryanair
15	Stockholm-Arlanda	90,577	Norwegian Air Shuttle, Scandinavian Airlines, Ryanair
16	Bergamo	88,400	Ryanair
17	Vienna	87,242	Austrian Airlines, Ryanair
18	Heraklion	84,574	airBaltic, Avion Express, GetJet Airlines, Heston Airlines, SkyUp
19	Amsterdam	84,064	airBaltic
20	Beauvais	82,310	Ryanair, Wizz Air

Top 10 most frequent routes from Vilnius as of June 2024

Rank	City	Flights per week
1	Warsaw Chopin	~33
2	Riga	~28
3	Helsinki	~28
4	Frankfurt	~17
5	Istanbul	~15
6	London Luton	~14
7	Oslo Gardermoen	~12
8	Rome Fiumicino	~11
9	Barcelona El Prat	~10
10	Berlin Brandenburg	~9

Direct train services between Vilnius Airport Railway Station (referred to as "Oro uostas" in the schedules) and the central station of Vilnius were started in October 2008. Distance from the Airport to the Vilnius Central Railway Station (LTG Link) is 4.3 kilometres (2.7 mi), the journey takes 8 minutes.

The direct intercity express services operate from the Airport to Klaipėda, Palanga, Minsk and Daugavpils. Also, the Latvian company Flybus.lv operates service from Vilnius airport to Riga (via Panevėžys and Bauska).

City's public buses operate from the airport. Tickets can be bought from: Trafi, M.Ticket. Also, the company Toks transports passengers from the bus station to Vilnius airport and back by microbuses.

Passenger handling, aircraft handling, into-plane fueling and de-icing/anti-icing services are handled by BGS and Litcargus.
Pilot training is conducted at Kyviskes Airfield, a non-commercial airport about 25 kilometers from Vilnius Airport.

• Scandinavian Airlines Flight 2748, operated with Dash-8-400 (LN-RDS) with 48 passengers and 4 crew members, took off from Copenhagen Airport on 12 September 2007. It was heading to Palanga, Lithuania, but was diverted to Vilnius Airport (better suited for an emergency landing) when landing gear problems were discovered before landing. Upon touchdown, the right landing gear collapsed. All passengers and crew were evacuated safely. The local officials at the Vilnius International Airport noted that this was the most serious incident in recent years. This accident, along with the Aalborg accident just days earlier, caused all SAS Dash 8 Q400 planes to be grounded until the beginning of October.

• On 23 May 2021, Ryanair Flight 4978, operated using a Boeing 737-8AS with 171 passengers on board, traveling in Belarusian airspace en route from Athens to Vilnius, was intercepted by a Belarusian MiG-29 before it could reach Lithuanian airspace. It was then forced to land at Minsk National Airport. Upon landing, the Belarusian KGB arrested two of the passengers, opposition activist Roman Protasevich and his girlfriend Sofia Sapega. The other passengers were allowed to reboard the plane to depart for Vilnius after seven hours.

• On 21 June 2023, the runway was closed after Brussels Airlines Flight 2372, set to fly to Brussels Airport could not take off as a landing gear tire popped while taxiing.

• On 3 February 2024, the airport was closed after Avion Express Flight 8242, landing from Milan Bergamo Airport slid off the runway upon touchdown.

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Media related to Vilnius International Airport at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (in Lithuanian)
• Interview with CCO of Vilnius Airport
• Accident history for VNO at Aviation Safety Network