Lappeenranta Airport

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Lappeenranta Airport
Lappeenrannan lentoasema
Flughafen Lappeenranta.JPG
IATA: LPPICAO: 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°E / 61.04583; 28.14861Coordinates: 61°02′45″N 028°08′55″E / 61.04583°N 28.14861°E / 61.04583; 28.14861
Website www.finavia.fi
Map
LPP is located in Finland
LPP
Location within Finland
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
06/24 2,500 8,202 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Passengers 61,100
Landings 1,830
Source: AIP Finland[1]
Statistics from Finavia[2]

Lappeenranta Airport (IATA: LPPICAO: 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
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

Annual passenger statistics for Lappeenranta Airport [4]
Year Domestic passengers International passengers Total passengers Change
2005 46,536 3,112 49,648 +1.7% increase
2006 40,779 8,724 49,503 −0.3% decrease
2007 18,948 4,036 22,984 −53.6% decrease
2008 19,056 4,283 23,339 +1.5% increase
2009 8,265 5,798 14,063 −39.7% decrease
2010 4,190 56,910 61,100 +324.7% increase
2011 310 115,957 116,267 +90.3% increase

The reason for the decline since 2007 is mainly that a new railway shortcut LahtiKerava 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.

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[edit] External links

Media related to Lappeenranta Airport at Wikimedia Commons

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