Mariehamn Airport

Mariehamn Airport
Characteristics
ICAO code	EFMA
IATA code	MHQ
Coordinates	60 ° 7 '20 " N , 19 ° 53' 53" E Coordinates: 60 ° 7 '20 " N , 19 ° 53' 53" E
Height above MSL	5 m (16 ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	3 km northwest of Mariehamn
Basic data
opening	1937
operator	Finavia
Terminals	1
Passengers	51,597 (2019)
Air freight	1,416 t (2012)
Flight ; movements	3,443 landings (2012)
Start-and runway
03/21	1903 m × 60 m asphalt

The Mariehamn Airport ( IATA : MHQ , ICAO : EFMA ) is the airport of the city of Mariehamn in the autonomous Finnish region of Åland in the southwest of Finland . It is operated by the Finnish airport operator Finavia .

Airlines and Destinations

The airline Finnair flies to Helsinki and Turku are operated these flights from My Jet Xpress Airlines . The airline Air Leap flies to Stockholm-Arlanda and also to Turku . Air Leap's flights are also operated by FlexFlight.

Location and transport links

The airport is located in the municipality of Jomala , three kilometers northwest of Mariehamn. Parking at the airport is free, and there is no connection to the public bus network or the free bus network of the capital Mariehamn, which is three kilometers away. Three car rental companies, including a local provider, can be found directly in the terminal.

history

The airport was officially opened in 1937 and scheduled air traffic began in 1940. The airport and air traffic control building, the parking lot and the access to the airport were completed in the 1960s.

The airport was the home airport of the airline Air Åland, founded in 2005 . This operated different routes to Finland and Sweden. This included flights to Stockholm-Arlanda , Turku and Helsinki . In 2008 Air Åland transported a total of 61,000 passengers to and from Mariehamn. The flights to Helsinki were discontinued on May 28, 2012, as the line was in deficit since November 2011 due to competition from Flybe Nordic . Air Åland's flights were taken over by the Swedish airline Nextjet in 2012 .

The Turku Air also offered with Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain -Propellermaschinen charter flights to Turku on. The company stopped flight operations in 2016 due to low demand.

On May 16, 2018, NextJet declared bankruptcy and ceased flight operations. The parts of Nextjet became the Swedish Air Leap , which resumed flight operations at Mariehamn Airport in June 2018.

Special

Mariehamn Airport has a special feature. It is the only airport in Finland with a red runway. There is also the Kumlinge airfield , which also has a runway made of red asphalt. This results from the fact that Åland gets its road surface from the red Åland granite and as a result, asphalted and gravel roads on the island have a reddish color. Thus the runway and the tarmac at Mariehamn Airport also received this unique color. According to pilots, this is the best runway to land because it is easy to see in all weather conditions.

Incidents

On November 8, 1963, a Douglas DC-3 / C-47A of Aero O / Y (Finnair) ( aircraft registration OH-LCA ) crashed near Mariehamn and burned out, killing 22 of the 25 occupants. The cause was most likely a defect in the captain's altimeter , which meant that the minimum descent altitude was not reached in very bad weather.

Web links

Commons : Mariehamn Airport - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Information about the airport on the website of the airport company
Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )

Individual evidence

↑ Finavia Annual Review 2019. Accessed May 24, 2020 .
↑ http://www.nyan.aland.fi/nyheter/?news_id=70911
↑ http://www.turkuair.fi Homepage with information on the cessation of operations. Accessed December 31, 2018.
↑ Swedish airline cancels all flights after filing for bankruptcy. In: thelocal.se. May 16, 2018, accessed September 30, 2019 .
↑ Det åländska samhället, p. 106, Kurt Lindh, LIFAM Ab, Saltvik, Åland, 1998
↑ ICAO Aircraft Accident Digest 15 Volume II, Circular 78-AN / 66, pp. 201-207.
^ Accident report DC-3 OH-LCA , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on January 23, 2016.

[1] Finavia Annual Review 2019. Accessed May 24, 2020 .

[2] ttp://www.nyan.aland.fi/nyheter/?news_id=70911

[3] ttp://www.turkuair.fi Homepage with information on the cessation of operations. Accessed December 31, 2018.

[4] Swedish airline cancels all flights after filing for bankruptcy. In: thelocal.se. May 16, 2018, accessed September 30, 2019 .

[5] Det åländska samhället, p. 106, Kurt Lindh, LIFAM Ab, Saltvik, Åland, 1998

[6] ICAO Aircraft Accident Digest 15 Volume II, Circular 78-AN / 66, pp. 201-207.

[7] Accident report DC-3 OH-LCA , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on January 23, 2016.