Turku Airport

Turku Airport

Turun lentoasema
Åbo flygplats
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorFinavia
ServesTurku, Finland
Elevation AMSL49 m / 161 ft
Coordinates60°30′53″N 022°15′42″E / 60.51472°N 22.26167°E / 60.51472; 22.26167
Websitefinavia.fi
Map
TKU is located in Finland
TKU
TKU
Location within Finland
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
08/26 2,500 8,202 Asphalt
Statistics (2020)
Passengers112,585
Flight volume14,219
Freight (tons)3,692 (2019)
Source: AIP Finland[1]

Turku Airport (IATA: TKU, ICAO: EFTU), is located in Turku, Finland, 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) north of the center,[2] in Lentokenttä (Finnish for 'airfield'; Swedish: Flygfältet) district in the Maaria-Paattinen ward of Turku. It serves approximately 450,000 passengers per year, being the fourth busiest airport in Finland by the number of passengers (in 2019) and second busiest airport by the amount of cargo tonnes (in 2012).[3] 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[4] aiming to attract logistics companies and manufacturers.

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Turku Airport – Transport Connections". Finavia. Archived from the original on 10 January 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
  3. ^ "Finavia's Air Traffic Statistics 2010". Vantaa: Finavia. pp. 7, 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 February 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
  4. ^ "LogiCity". LogiCity. City of Turku. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016.