Vilnius airport closed due to weather balloons from Belarus, Lithuania crisis management centre says

Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 2:24 PM

HELSINKI, Feb 17 (Reuters) – Operations at Lithuania’s Vilnius airport were halted at 6:30 p.m. GMT on Tuesday evening due to weather balloons from Belarus entering its airspace, the Baltic country’s crisis management centre said.    The airport, located some 30 kilometres (19 miles) from Belarus, has been closed more than 10 times since early October 2025 over similar incidents.

(Reporting by Andrius Sytas, writing by Essi Lehto, editing by Chizu Nomiyama )


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