Lappeenranta Airport
| Lappeenranta Airport Lappeenrannan lentoasema |
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| IATA: LPP – ICAO: EFLP | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Finavia | ||
| Serves | Lappeenranta | ||
| Location | Lappeenranta, Finland | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 106 m / 349 ft | ||
| Coordinates | 61°02′45″N 028°08′55″E / 61.04583°N 28.14861°ECoordinates: 61°02′45″N 028°08′55″E / 61.04583°N 28.14861°E | ||
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| Direction | Length | Surface | |
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| 06/24 | 2,500 | 8,202 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2010) | |||
| Passengers | 61,100 | ||
| Landings | 1,830 | ||
| Source: AIP Finland[1] Statistics from Finavia[2] |
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Lappeenranta Airport (IATA: LPP, ICAO: EFLP) (Finnish: Lappeenrannan lentoasema) is an international airport in Lappeenranta, Finland. In 2010, approximately 61,000 passengers used the airport.[2] Opened in 1918, Lappeenranta Airport is Finland's oldest still operating airport. The current airport manager is Petteri Lehti.
Lappeenranta Aiport is known also as St. Petersburg West [3], because it is located near Saint Petersburg, Russia.
The Karelia Aviation Museum is located at the airport.
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[edit] Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| airBaltic | Riga |
| Ryanair | Brussels-Charleroi [ends 21 April 2012], Milan-Orio al Serio, Weeze |
There are no flights to Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, the main hub in Finnish aviation, since the train takes only 2 hours.
[edit] Statistics
| Year | Domestic passengers | International passengers | Total passengers | Change |
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| 2005 | 46,536 | 3,112 | 49,648 | +1.7%  |
| 2006 | 40,779 | 8,724 | 49,503 | −0.3%  |
| 2007 | 18,948 | 4,036 | 22,984 | −53.6% |
| 2008 | 19,056 | 4,283 | 23,339 | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 8,265 | 5,798 | 14,063 | −39.7% |
| 2010 | 4,190 | 56,910 | 61,100 | +324.7% |
| 2011 | 310 | 115,957 | 116,267 | +90.3% |
The reason for the decline since 2007 is mainly that a new railway shortcut Lahti–Kerava was opened September 2006, which considerably shortened the railway travel time to Helsinki. In 2010, Ryanair started flights to Lappeenranta, its second destination in Finland after Tampere. It is believed that the airport brings a large number of Russian passengers to the airport to us the low cost flights provided by Ryanair.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "EFLP Lappeenranta" (PDF). AIP Suomi / Finland. Finavia. 26 August 2010. pp. EFLP AD 2.1, 1–8. https://ais.fi/ais/eaip/pdf/aerodromes/EF_AD_2_EFLP_EN.pdf. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
- ^ a b "Finavia's Air Traffic Statistics 2010" (PDF). Vantaa: Finavia. pp. 7, 9. http://www.finavia.fi/files/finavia2/liikennetilastot_pdf/Lentoliikennetilasto_2010.pdf. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
- ^ Blue1 yllätti Lappeenrannan kaupungin reittitiedotteellaan
[edit] External links
Media related to Lappeenranta Airport at Wikimedia Commons
- Finavia – Lappeenranta Airport
- AIP Finland – Lappeenranta Airport
- Current weather for EFLP at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for LPP at Aviation Safety Network
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