Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport

Tallinn Airport, officially Tallinn Lennart Meri Airport, is the principal airport of Estonia and the largest airport in the Baltic states by passenger volume after Riga (RIX) and Vilnius (VNO), handling roughly 3 million passengers annually. TLL is named for Lennart Meri, the post-independence President of Estonia and a cultural figure central to Estonia's re-emergence from Soviet rule. The airport is widely recognized as one of the most user-friendly airports in Europe — its relatively small size, compact single-terminal layout, and deliberately Estonian design sensibility (wood-paneled gate lounges, a library, local coffee shops) give it a distinctive character, and it has won the ACI 'Best Airport in Europe' award in the 1–5 million passenger category multiple times. TLL is a base for airBaltic, the Latvian flag carrier, which operates a significant A220-300 fleet from Tallinn with service to European and Nordic cities. Ryanair, Wizz Air, Finnair, LOT, Turkish, Lufthansa, Brussels Airlines, KLM, and SAS serve TLL, with Helsinki, Stockholm, Frankfurt, Riga, Warsaw, and Istanbul the densest international corridors. No scheduled long-haul service operates from TLL; intercontinental traffic connects via Helsinki, Frankfurt, or Istanbul. A single runway, 08/26, measures 10,072 ft (3,070 m). The modern terminal has 12 gates with six jet bridges. TLL is unusually close to central Tallinn for a major capital airport — just 4 km (2.5 mi) southeast, with central Tallinn visible from the departures lounge on clear days — and is connected to the city by a tram line, trolley bus, and urban bus services. The airport sits at an elevation of 131 ft (40 m) on the shore of Lake Ülemiste. TLL is wholly owned and operated by state company AS Tallinna Lennujaam.