Kaunas Airport territory to be expanded

The Lithuanian government has approved a proposal to expand the territory of Kaunas International Airport by incorporating 16 state-owned land plots, adding 2.34 hectares to its total area. The Ministry of Transport and Communications prepared the proposal, citing the need to ensure flight safety and proper maintenance of the airport's engineering infrastructure.

Currently, a portion of the airport's boundary fence falls within the flight path. Additionally, the existing airport territory does not include the area where approach lights are installed, nor the land parcels outside the fence that Lietuvos Oro Uostai (Lithuanian Airports) is responsible for maintaining according to regulations.

The expansion involves acquiring land for public needs and registering the state's ownership rights. The National Land Service will manage these acquired plots. The ministry also noted that after a land parcel within the Kaunas district municipality was reconfigured, its data needs to be updated.

This reconfiguration occurred as part of a special plan to optimize transport infrastructure connecting to the Kaunas Free Economic Zone. The Kaunas district municipality requested that one of the resulting smaller plots (0.0050 hectares) not be assigned to the airport, as it is needed for implementing the special plan's solutions.

Following the proposed changes, the total area of Kaunas Airport will increase from 437.87 hectares to 440.19 hectares. The majority of the airport's land is located in the Kaunas district, with a smaller portion in the Jonava district.