Pori Airport
Pori Airport Porin lentoasema | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Operator | Finavia | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Pori | ||||||||||||||
Location | Pori, Finland | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 45 ft / 14 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 61°27′41″N 021°47′52″E / 61.46139°N 21.79778°E | ||||||||||||||
Website | finavia.fi | ||||||||||||||
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Pori Airport (Finnish: Porin lentoasema) (IATA: POR, ICAO: EFPO) is an airport in Pori,[3] Finland. The airport is located 1.4 nautical miles (2.6 km; 1.6 mi) south of the Pori town centre.[1] It has two check-in desks, and a cafeteria service. During 2011 Pori Airport served 54,056 passengers, an increase of 25.2% from previous year.[2] However, in 2014 it was down to 24 983.[4]
History
[edit]During Continuation War, Pori airfield was used by Luftwaffe. The aviation equipment depot Feldluftpark 3/XI Pori operating at the airfield was from where Germans dispatched aircraft to the north and carried out major overhauls.[5]
Facilities
[edit]The airport is at an elevation of 13 metres (43 ft) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 12/30 measures 2,351 by 60 metres (7,713 ft × 197 ft) and 17/35 is 801 by 30 metres (2,628 ft × 98 ft).[1]
The Finnish Aviation Academy is a flight school based at Pori Airport.[6] As is the Satakunta Parachute club "Satakunnan Laskuvarjourheilijat".[7] Flight training for private pilots (PPL/LAPL-licences) is given by local flight school Porin Lentotilaus Oy.[8]
Airlines and destinations
[edit]Airlines | Destinations |
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Budapest Aircraft Service | Helsinki |
Statistics
[edit]Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
Year | Domestic passengers | International passengers | Total passengers | Change |
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2005 | 52,456 | 7,734 | 60,190 | +5.5% |
2006 | 58,196 | 6,191 | 64,387 | +7.0% |
2007 | 58,962 | 6,952 | 65,914 | +2.4% |
2008 | 55,839 | 10,469 | 66,308 | +0.9% |
2009 | 50,961 | 11,169 | 62,130 | −6.9% |
2010 | 36,458 | 6,703 | 43,161 | −30.5% |
2011 | 46,175 | 7,881 | 54,056 | +25.2% |
2012 | 14,932 | 20,381 | 35,313 | −34,7% |
2013 | 16,275 | 9,954 | 26,229 | −25,7% |
2014 | 7,406 | 17,577 | 24,943 | −4,8% |
2015 | 543 | 10,523 | 11,066 | −55,7% |
2016 | 3,683 | 5,946 | 9,629 | −13,0% |
2017 | 9,645 | 13,538 | 23,183 | +140,8% |
2018[10] | 5,789 | 11,836 | 17,625 | -24% |
Ground transportation
[edit]Means of transport at Pori Airport
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Means of transport | Operator | Route | Destinations | Website | Notes | ||
Bus | Matkahuolto | -- | Bus station (Finnish: Linja-autoasema) | www.matkahuolto.fi | Every hour |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "EFPO Pori" (PDF). AIP Suomi / Finland. Finavia. 10 February 2011. pp. EFPO AD 2.1, 1–12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
- ^ a b "Finavia's Air Traffic Statistics 2010" (PDF). Vantaa: Finavia. pp. 7, 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
- ^ "About Finavia | Finavia".
- ^ Väisänen, Teemu. "Feldluftpark Pori: Luftwaffen huoltokenttää tutkimassa". Skas 1/2020 (in Finnish). Suomen keskiajan arkeologian seura: 64–68.
- ^ "Finnish Aviation Academy". Pori: Finnish Aviation Academy. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
- ^ "Satakunnan Laskuvarjourheilijat". Satakunnan LaskuvarjoUrheilijat ry. 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
- ^ "Nextjet lopettaa toistaiseksi lennot Porista". Yle Uutiset. 17 April 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- ^ "Matkustajat lentoasemittain-fi_11.pdf" (PDF). Retrieved 9 June 2019.
External links
[edit]Media related to Pori Airport at Wikimedia Commons