Tampere–Pirkkala Airport
Tampere-Pirkkala Airport Tampere-Pirkkalan lentoasema | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public/Military | ||||||||||
| Operator | Finavia / Finnish Air Force | ||||||||||
| Serves | Tampere, Finland | ||||||||||
| Location | Pirkkala, Finland | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 119 m / 390 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 61°24′55″N 023°35′16″E / 61.41528°N 23.58778°E | ||||||||||
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Tampere-Pirkkala Airport (IATA: TMP, ICAO: EFTP), located in Pirkkala, 7 NM (13 km; 8.1 mi) south-west[1] of the city of Tampere, is the third busiest airport and the second busiest international airport in Finland. Tampere-Pirkkala is also one of Finland's fastest growing airports, having increased its annual passenger numbers from 256,380 in 2000 to 632,010 in 2006. Most of this growth can be attributed to Ryanair's low cost flights to and from a number of destinations in Central and Western Europe.
The airport is also home to the Satakunta Air Command base of the Finnish Air Force, with F-18 Hornets stationed there.
History
Tampere Airport was founded in 1936 in Härmälä (a district in Tampere) located some 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from the centre of Tampere. At that time Härmälä airport was connected to Helsinki, Vaasa, Oulu and Kemi by Aero O/Y (now Finnair). The first terminal building was built in 1941.
Veljekset Karhumäki (an airline, in English "Karhumäki Brothers", later known as Karhumäki Airways and Kar-Air) began to fly to Stockholm in the 1950s. The runway wasn't paved until 1958. Between 1936 and 1979 Härmälä airport served 1.5 million passengers. In 1979 Härmälä airport was closed and the new airport opened in Pirkkala.
Terminals, airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations | Terminal |
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| AirBaltic | Kittila, Riga, Rovaniemi | 1 |
| Blue1 operated by Golden Air | Stockholm-Arlanda | 1 |
| Finnair operated by Finncomm Airlines | Helsinki | 1 |
| Finncomm Airlines | Seasonal: Kittilä, Kuusamo [2] | 1 |
| Ryanair | Bremen, Edinburgh, Hahn, Kaunas, London-Stansted, Rygge Seasonal: Alicante [begins 27 March], Bergamo, Malaga, Pisa [begins 27 March], Riga | 2 |
Transport links
Terminal 1 is connected to the city by a Paunu city bus service (route 61), while Terminal 2 has a direct Ryanair-affiliated link to the railway station. There is a connection to Helsinki with one change of bus at Tampere coach station using Paunu's route 61. Taxi service is also available.
Statistics
Passengers
| Year | Domestic passengers | International passengers | Total passengers | Change |
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| 2009 | 85,351 | 542,733 | 628,084 | -11.5% 
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| 2008 | 107,954 | 601,402 | 709,356 | +3.1% 
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| 2007 | 113,713 | 573,998 | 687,711 | +8.8%
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| 2006 | 119,432 | 512,578 | 632,010 | +5.8%
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| 2005 | 114,669 | 482,433 | 597,102 | +20.4%
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Freight and mail
| Year | Domestic freight | Domestic mail | International freight | International mail | Total freight and mail | Change |
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| 2009 | 14 | 0 | 845 | 2 | 861 | +188,0%
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| 2008 | 59 | 0 | 240 | 0 | 299 | +75,9%
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| 2007 | 65 | 0 | 105 | 0 | 170 | -16,3%
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| 2006 | 96 | 0 | 107 | 0 | 203 | +82,9%
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| 2005 | 111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 111 | −16,5%
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See also
References
- ^ a b "EFTP Tampere-Pirkkala" (PDF). AIP Suomi / Finland. Finavia. 7 May 2009. pp. EFTP AD 2.1, pp. 1–5. Retrieved 15 June 2009.
- ^ "Finncomm lentää talvella Tampereelta Kuusamoon". Lennälomalle.com. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
- ^ "Annual statistics".
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters:|month=and|coauthors=(help) - ^ "[1]." Finnavia. Retrieved on 16 October 2010.
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