Jyväskylä Airport

Jyväskylä Airport
Jyväskylän lentoasema
IATA: JYV – ICAO: EFJY
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Finavia
Serves Jyväskylä
Location Tikkakoski, Jyväskylä, Finland
Elevation AMSL 140 m / 459 ft
Coordinates 62°24′03″N 025°40′22″E / 62.40083°N 25.67278°E / 62.40083; 25.67278Coordinates: 62°24′03″N 025°40′22″E / 62.40083°N 25.67278°E / 62.40083; 25.67278
Website www.finavia.fi
Map
JYV

Location within Finland

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
12/30 2,601 8,533 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Passengers 88,608
Landings 14,812
Source: AIP Finland[1]
Statistics from Finavia[2]

Jyväskylä Airport (IATA: JYV, ICAO: EFJY; Finnish: Jyväskylän lentoasema) is an airport in Jyväskylä, Finland. It is located in the center of the Finnish Lake District approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of the center of Jyväskylä.[3] The airport terminal was renovated in the fall of 2004.[4]

The Air Force Academy Flight School and the Air Force Academy Supporting Air Operations Wing are stationed at the airport. The main campus of the Air Force Academy is about 5 kilometers from the airport. The Aviation Museum of Central Finland is located near the airport.

History

The airport was founded as an air-force base in 1939. The first commercial flight left the airport 6 years later in 1945.[5]

On August 2, 2010, Finncomm Airlines announced it will stop its service between Helsinki and Jyväskylä on August 16, 2010.[6] However the break was very short as Finnair and Finncomm reached an agreement on September 2010 that Finncomm will take over several Finnair's domestic routes. As a result of that, Finnair stopped its flights to Jyväskylä in late October 2010 and Finncomm started to operate those flights as co-operation with Finnair.[7] On September 9, 2011, Finnair announced that they will end flights to Jyväskylä, the last flight would be on October 29, 2011. Finnair flights to Jyväskylä had been operated by Finncomm Airlines. Finnair has been responsible for ticket sales on the route, Finncomm being solely the operator.[8] After the joint acquisition of Finncomm Airlines by Finnair and Flybe Nordic, it was announced that the link to Helsinki would be taken over by the new FlyBe Nordic on 30 October.[9]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Nordic Regional Airlines Helsinki

Statistics

Annual passenger statistics for Jyväskylä Airport [10]
Year Domestic passengers International passengers Total passengers Change
2005 140,187 9,811 149,998 −1.8% Decrease
2006 135,223 14,099 149,322 −0.5% Decrease
2007 125,476 13,465 138,941 −7.0% Decrease
2008 112,831 15,787 128,618 −7.4% Decrease
2009 92,144 12,045 104,189 −19.0% Decrease
2010 74,982 13,626 88,608 −15.0% Decrease
2011 75,131 13,719 88,850 0.3% Increase
2012 46,139 19,081 65,220 −26.6% Decrease
2013 37,237 13,333 50,570 −22.5% Decrease
2014 39,387 16,319 55,706 10.2% Increase
2015 51,761 10,083 61,844 11.0% Increase

Ground transport

A minibus line serves the airport, departing from the city centre one hour before each outgoing flight. The return trip departs after all passengers have had time to pick up their luggage.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "EFJY Jyväskylä" (PDF). AIP Suomi / Finland. Finavia. 5 May 2011. pp. EFJY AD 2.1, 1–14. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
  2. ↑ "Finavia's Air Traffic Statistics 2010" (PDF). Vantaa: Finavia. pp. 7, 9. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
  3. 1 2 "Transport Connections – Jyväskylä". Finavia. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
  4. ↑ "Official opening of Jyväskylä Airport passenger terminal on Tuesday November 2nd". Civil Aviation Administration. 2 November 2004. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
  5. ↑ https://www.finavia.fi/en/jyvaskyla/About/
  6. ↑ "Finncomm Airlines lopettaa lennot Jyväskylään, Poriin ja Seinäjoelle" (in Finnish). Finncomm Airlines. 2 August 2010. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
  7. ↑ Tanskanen, Jari (20 September 2010). "Finnair siirtää kotimaan lentoja Finncomm Airlinesille". YLE Uutiset (in Finnish). Yleisradio Oy. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
  8. ↑ "Finnair lopettaa lennot Jyväskylään" (in Finnish). Helsingin Sanomat. 9 September 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
  9. ↑ "Flybe steps in to reinstate key route from Jyväskylä - Helsinki". FlyBe. 29 September 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
  10. ↑ "Traffic statistics – Passengers". Finavia. Retrieved 15 February 2016.

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