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Ports
Most important ports and harbors are Heltermaa, Lehtma, Orjaku, Suursadam
and Sõru.
Roads
Total length of roads is approximately 1 000 km, of which about 350 km are
paved. Paved roads provide access to all larger towns and villages.
Airport
Hiiumaa is served by Kärdla Airport that is licensed by Estonian Aviation
Board as an international instrumental airport.
Communications
There are 6 post-offices on Hiiumaa.
The County has telephone network and GSM mobile network. Several optical
communication cables connecting Estonia and Sweden pass via Hiiumaa.
There are 16 Open Internet Points in Hiiumaa. Island is wired with communication
lines suitable for data processing. All local authorities and schools
have Internet connections.
Connection with other regions
Connection with mainland:
Ferry between Heltermaa - Rohuküla, 4-7 times a day, travel time about 90
minutes.
Plane between Kärdla - Tallinn, 5 days a week, 2 times a day, travel time
about 45 minutes.
Connection with Saaremaa island:
Ferry between Sõru - Triigi, 2-4 times a day, travelling time about 60 minutes.
Corresponding statistics of the year 2003
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Number of trips |
Number of passengers |
Number of
vehicles |
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Ferry between Heltermaa-Rohuküla |
4 628 |
367 973 |
119 649 |
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Ferry between Sõru-Triigi |
1 052 |
22 162 |
8 466 |
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Plane between Kärdla-Tallinn |
992 |
7 008 |
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