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Turku Airport

Turku Airport
Turun lentoasema
Åbo flygplats
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Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Finavia
Serves Turku, Finland
Elevation AMSL 49 m / 161 ft
Coordinates 60°30′53″N 022°15′42″E / 60.51472°N 22.26167°E / 60.51472; 22.26167Coordinates: 60°30′53″N 022°15′42″E / 60.51472°N 22.26167°E / 60.51472; 22.26167
Website finavia.fi
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TKU is located in Finland
TKU
TKU
Location within Finland
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
08/26 2,500 8,202 Asphalt
Statistics (2016)
Passengers 324,077
Landings 3,556
Freight (tons) (2014) 3,059
Source: AIP Finland
Statistics from Finavia
Passengers 324,077
Landings 3,556
Freight (tons) (2014) 3,059

Turku Airport (IATA: TKUICAO: EFTU), is located in Turku, Finland, 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) north of Turku, in Lentokenttä (Finnish for airfield; Swedish: Flygfältet) district in the Maaria-Paattinen ward of Turku. It serves approximately 320,000 passengers per year, being the fourth busiest airport in Finland by the number of passengers (in 2012) and second busiest airport by the amount of cargo tonnes (in 2012). Turku Airport is exclusively operated by the state-owned company Finavia. Among normal operation the airport offers differentiated service specifically designed for low-cost airlines since 2008.

Turku Airport and its surroundings are marketed as LogiCity in hopes to attract logistic companies and manufacturers near the airport.

Turku Airport was Finland's first civilian airport when it was built in Artukainen in 1935, but already in the 1920s there was a water airport on Ruissalo Island. Artukainen served as a main airport of Turku until the new airport was built in the municipality of Rusko in 1955. The location become part of Turku in 1957. New terminal building was opened in 1978. Runway was upgraded to 2500 m in 1980. Air cargo terminal was opened in 1991 as well as air cargo plate. Terminal 1 was renovated and enlarged in 1999. In the 1990s, Lufthansa CityLine operated flights to Hamburg and ELK Airways to Tallinn.

Second cargo terminal was opened in 2003 and second passenger terminal for low-cost airlines in 2008. Wizz Air launched flights to Turku in April 2008 and AirBaltic in July 2009. Wingo xprs operated flights to Stockholm-Bromma in spring 2009 and Jet Air to Gdańsk in 2009–2010.


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