S. Darius and S. Girėnas Airport

S. Darius and S. Girėnas Airport, also known as Aleksotas Airport, is a small located in Aleksotas district of , , about 3 kilometres south-west from city centre.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport
  • Also known as: “Aleksotas Airport”, “EYKS”, “S. Darius and S. Girenas Airport”, and “Stepono Dariaus ir Stasio Girėno aerodromas”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Museum of Aviation and House of Perkunas.

Museum
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The Lithuanian Aviation Museum is located in , . The museum was officially opened in 1983. The permanent collection of the museum contains more than 18 000 displays of different fields of technology.

Museum
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The House of Perkūnas is one of the most original and Gothic secular buildings, located in the Old Town of , . Originally built by Hanseatic merchants and served as their office from 1440 until 1532, it was sold in the 16th century to the Jesuits who had established a chapel there in 1643.

Church
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Archcathedral Basilica of Apostles St. Peter and St. Paul of Kaunas is a Roman Catholic Archcathedral basilica in , , the seat of the Archbishop of Kaunas.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yliškės and Julijanava.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

S. Darius and S. Girėnas Airport

Latitude
54.88° or 54° 52′ 48″ north
Longitude
23.88167° or 23° 52′ 54″ east
Elevation
70 metres (230 feet)
Operator
Kauno miesto savivaldybė
ICAO airport code
EYKS
Open location code
9G65VVHJ+XM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 442044738
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
8532044
Wiki­data ID
Q1433461
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Tajik—“S. Darius and S. Girėnas Airport” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “S. Darius and S. Girėnas Airport”
  • Chinese: “达留斯和吉列纳斯机场”
  • German: “Aerodrome Aleksotas”
  • German: “EYKS”
  • German: “Flugplatz Aleksotas”
  • Hungarian: “Aleksotasi repülőtér”
  • Hungarian: “EYKS”
  • Hungarian: “S. Darius és S. Girėnas repülőtér”
  • Indonesian: “EYKS”
  • Japanese: “ステポナス・ダリウス・イル・スタシス・ギレナス空港”
  • Latvian: “S. Darjus un S. Girēna lidlauks”
  • Lithuanian: “Aleksoto aerodromas”
  • Lithuanian: “Aleksoto oro uostas”
  • Lithuanian: “Kauno aerodromas”
  • Lithuanian: “S. Dariaus ir S. Girėno aerodromas”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang S Dariaus”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه سنت داریوش و سنت گریناس”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul S. Darius and S. Girėnas”
  • Swedish: “S. Dariaus och S. Girėno flygplats”
  • Swedish: “S. Darius and S. Girėnas Airport”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи суннат дорйӯш ва суннат гринос”

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