Kuopio Airport

Kuopio Airport
Characteristics
ICAO code	EFKU
IATA code	KUO
Coordinates	63 ° 0 '26 "  N , 27 ° 47' 52"  E Coordinates: 63 ° 0 '26 "  N , 27 ° 47' 52"  E
Height above MSL	98 m (322  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	17 km north of Kuopio
Basic data
opening	1940
operator	Finavia
Terminals	1
Passengers	243,529 (2019)
Runways
06/24 (closed)	1500 m × 45 m asphalt
15/33	2800 m × 60 m asphalt

The Kuopio Airport (Finland) is located 17 kilometers north of Kuopio in the south of the municipality of Siilinjärvi near the village Rissala.

The airport is served by the airline Finnair . which offers flights to Helsinki . Some of these are carried out by My Jet Xpress Airlines . Juneyao Airlines markets some of these flights.

Flight operations began in 1940. In 2008 a sea terminal was built next to the airport.

There are bus connections to the cities of Kuopio and Iisalmi .

Military airfield

The southern part of the civil airfield is used by the Finnish Air Force . One of the three squadrons of the Finnish Air Force is stationed at the airport (Karelia squadron: Karjalan lennosto ). In the squadron serve 600 soldiers and it has 20 multi-role combat aircraft of type F / A-18C / D Hornet . In the rock to the west of the plate are two entrances to an aircraft cavern .

Web links

Commons : Kuopio Airport  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Information about the airport on the side of the airport company (English)
• Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Finavia Annual Review 2019. Accessed May 24, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Website of the Finnish Air Force ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Finnish)