Turku Airport
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Coordinates | 60°30′53″N 022°15′42″E / 60.51472°N 22.26167°E | ||||||||||
Website | finavia.fi | ||||||||||
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Turku Airport (
Turku Airport and its surroundings are marketed as LogiCity[4] aiming to attract logistics companies and manufacturers.
History
Early years
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 became part of Turku in 1957. A new terminal building was opened in 1978. The runway was upgraded to 2500 m in 1980. An air cargo terminal was opened in 1991 as well as an 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.
Development during the 2000s
A second cargo terminal was opened in 2003 and a second passenger terminal for low-cost airlines in 2008.
in 2009–2010.Development since the 2010s
Terminal 2 was closed and its passenger services migrated to the main terminal due to an oil leakage clean up of a spare power unit in autumn 2014. In June 2015 Finavia announced that the low-cost terminal would be completely demolished and the low-cost concept would be continued in the first floor of main terminal in new premises.[8]
In March 2023, Finnair announced the termination of flights between Turku and Helsinki Airport in favor of a coach service due to low demand and the short distance.[9]
Logicity
Logicity started as a project of Pilot Turku Ltd (founded in 2003) but is now operated by Turku Municipal Property Corporation after the contract with Pilot Turku Ltd ended in 2010.
Logicity is estimated to create at least 3,000 to 5,000 new jobs. The length of the runway at Turku airport has an option to be upgraded to reach 3,300 m (10,827 ft) to meet new demands.[12] There are several plans set for the nearby area: new roads, commercial centres, retail parks, industrial estates, logistic terminals and offices. In fact there is already a big commercial area along with the E18 ring road just few kilometers from the airport. Logicity is planned in two phases: Phase One allows to build 400,000 m2 (4,305,564 sq ft) of floorspace and Phase Two will increase it to 1,000,000 m2 (11,000,000 sq ft).[13] The project is regionally important and many towns near the airport (including Turku) are involved in the project as shareholders of Pilot Turku Ltd e.g. Kaarina, Lieto and Naantali.
In 2015, there were three zoning plans pending in the Logicity area: the northern side of the runway, the railway sites on the east and the industrial zones near the railway.[14]
Airlines and destinations
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Turku Airport:
Airlines | Destinations |
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airBaltic | Riga |
Amapola Flyg | Mariehamn[15] |
Stockholm–Arlanda
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Sunclass Airlines | Seasonal charter: Gran Canaria, Tenerife–South[16] |
Rome–Fiumicino[18]
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Statistics
Passengers
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
Year | Domestic passengers | International passengers | Total passengers | Change |
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2006 | 127,582 | 212,338 | 339,920 | +3.6% |
2007 | 130,666 | 178,116 | 308,782 | −9.2% |
2008 | 102,003 | 216,094 | 318,097 | +3.0% |
2009 | 90,746 | 187,275 | 278,021 | −12.6% |
2010 | 104,533 | 252,726 | 357,259 | +28.5% |
2011 | 116,631 | 260,902 | 377,533 | +5.7% |
2012 | 109,995 | 344,953 | 454,948 | +20.5% |
2013 | 96,388 | 228,279 | 324,667 | -28.6% |
2014 | 93,107 | 204,751 | 297,858 | -8.3% |
2015 | 102,095 | 210,010 | 312,105 | +4.9% |
2016 | 97,680 | 226,397 | 324,077 | +3.8% |
2017[21] | 106,022 | 227,582 | 333,604 | +2.9% |
2018 | 105,746 | 263,686 | 369,432 | +10.7% |
2019 | 106,825 | 346,102 | 452,927 | +22.6% |
2020 | 25,251 | 87,334 | 112,585 | -75.1% |
* During 2014 the airport was operating only 11 months due to renovation of the runway
Rank | Airport (2012) |
Passengers (2012) |
Airport (2017) |
Passengers (2017) |
Airport (2018) |
Passengers (2018) |
Airport (2019) |
Passengers (2019) |
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1. | Helsinki | 87,362
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Helsinki | 104,486
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Gdańsk | 117,159
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Gdańsk | 117,261
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2. | Stockholm–Arlanda | 66,761
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Gdańsk | 92,784
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Helsinki | 102,356
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Helsinki | 100,086
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3. | Gdańsk | 61,122
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Stockholm–Arlanda | 83,141
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Stockholm–Arlanda | 85,679
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Stockholm–Arlanda | 86,331
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4. | Copenhagen | 53,567
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Riga
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30,824
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Riga
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35,132
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Riga
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45,536
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5. | Riga
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32,828
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Mariehamn | 19,477
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Mariehamn | 24,446
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Krakow
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26,592
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Freight and mail
Year | Domestic freight | Domestic mail | International freight | International mail | Total freight and mail | Change |
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2006 | 132 | 260 | 2,883 | 3 | 3,278 | +9.8% |
2007 | 50 | 102 | 3,304 | 3 | 3,459 | +5.5% |
2008 | 43 | 0 | 4,650 | 1 | 4,695 | +35.7% |
2009 | 157 | 0 | 6,761 | 0 | 6,919 | +47.4% |
2010 | 72 | 0 | 6,988 | 0 | 7,061 | +2.1% |
2011 | 1 | 1 | 7,852 | 0 | 7,853 | +11.2% |
2012 | 18 | 0 | 7,994 | 0 | 8,012 | +0.2% |
2013 | 0 | 0 | 5,342 | 0 | 5,342 | -33.3% |
2014 | 1 | 0 | 3,058 | 0 | 3,059 | -42.7% |
2015 | - | - | - | - | 4,289 | +40.2% |
2016 | - | - | - | - | 3,731 | -13.0% |
2017 | - | - | - | - | 3,238 | -13.2% |
2018 | - | - | - | - | 4,140 | +27.9% |
2019 | - | - | - | - | 3,692 | -10.8% |
- Finavia has not published Turku Airport's cargo statistics since 2014; 2015–2019 by Eurostat[24]
See also
- List of the largest airports in the Nordic countries
References
- ^ "EFTU Turku" (PDF). AIP Suomi / Finland. Finavia. 30 June 2011. pp. EFTU AD 2.1, 1–14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 May 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- ^ "Finavia's Air Traffic Statistics 2010". Vantaa: Finavia. pp. 7, 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 February 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- ^ "LogiCity". LogiCity. City of Turku. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016.
- ^ "Official Ryanair website - Cheap flights from Finland - Ryanair". Ryanair. Archived from the original on 3 February 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
- ^ "Turun lentoasema on suljettu 30.6.-27.7. / Uutisarkisto". Finavia (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- ^ "Kauttakulkijoiden määrä väheni tuhansilla Turun lentoasemalla". ts.fi (in Finnish). 11 September 2014. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017.
- ^ "Terminal 2 at Turku Airport to be demolished because of the clean-up project / News archive". Finavia. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- ^ aerotelegraph.com - "Short routes: Finnair replaces planes with busses" (German) 5 April 2023
- ^ "How to contact LogiCity". City of Turku. 1 July 2010. Archived from the original on 22 May 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- ^ "Why the Turku region?". LogiCity. City of Turku. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- ^ Heino, Jari (9 April 2008). "Kiitorata pidemmäksi, tieyhteys kentän pohjoispuolelle. Lentokentän seudusta puuhataan 3 000 ihmisen työpaikka-aluetta". Turun Sanomat (in Finnish). Turku, Finland: TS-Yhtymä Oy. Archived from the original on 13 August 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- ^ "LogiCity is a logistically logical location". LogiCity. City of Turku. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- ^ "Pending Zoning Plans" (PDF). Turku. n.d.
- ^ "Amapola Flyg aloittaa 30.10. Lennot Maarianhaminasta Tukholmaan ja 31.10. Turkuun | lentoposti.fi". 18 October 2022.
- ^ "Flights". Tjärborg (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 2 June 2020.
- ^ "WIZZ – Dream more. Live more. Be more". wizzair.com.
- ^ "Stamattina conferenza-stampa Wizz Air a Roma". 17 November 2021.
- ^ "Traffic statistics | Finavia". www.finavia.fi. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ "Passengers 2017" (PDF). Finavia. 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 May 2022.
- ^ "Database - Eurostat". ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
- ^ "Database - Eurostat". ec.europa.eu.
External links
Media related to Turku Airport at Wikimedia Commons
- Finavia – Turku Airport (official site)
- AIP Finland – Turku Airport
- Current weather for EFTU at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for TKU at Aviation Safety Network
- Pilot Turku
- Turku Air
- Ground handling services - Inter Handling