S. Darius and S. Girėnas Airport
S. Darius and S. Girėnas Airport S. Dariaus ir S. Girėno aerodromas | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Kaunas, Lithuania | ||||||||||
| Location | Aleksotas | ||||||||||
| Built | 1915 | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 246 ft / 75 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 54°52′48″N 023°52′54″E / 54.88000°N 23.88167°E | ||||||||||
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S. Darius and S. Girėnas Airport (S. Dariaus ir S. Girėno aerodromas) (ICAO: EYKS), also known as Aleksotas Airport (Aleksoto aerodromas), is a small airport located in Aleksotas district of Kaunas, Lithuania, about 3 kilometres south-west from city centre. On May 6, 1993, the airport was named after the Lithuanian pilots Steponas Darius and Stasys Girėnas, who perished in a crash near the end of an attempted non-stop flight from New York to Lithuania in 1933.