Lappeenranta Airport (IATA: LPP, ICAO: EFLP) (Finnish: Lappeenrannan lentoasema) is an international airport in Lappeenranta, Finland. Opened in 1918, Lappeenranta Airport is Finland's oldest still operating airport. In 2011, approximately 116,000 passengers used the airport.[2] The Karelia Aviation Museum is located at the airport. The current airport manager is Petteri Lehti.
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Annual passenger statistics for Lappeenranta Airport [3]
| Year |
Domestic passengers |
International passengers |
Total passengers |
Change |
| 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 passanger decline 2006-2009 is mainly the opening of the new railway shortcut Lahti–Kerava in September 2006. The shortcut shortened the travel time to Helsinki and caused the closure of the Helsinki route. In November 2009, airBaltic started flights to Lappeenranta and in March 2010, Ryanair started flights to Lappeenranta, its second destination in Finland after Tampere. The airport gets a large number of Russian passengers who use the low cost flights provided by Ryanair.[4]
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Media related to Lappeenranta Airport at Wikimedia Commons
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Media related to Lappeenranta Airport at Wikimedia Commons
