Kauhava Airfield

Airport in Kauhava, Finland

Kauhava Airfield

Kauhavan lentokenttä

BAe Hawk fighter of the Finnish Air Force at the airport

* IATA: KAU
* ICAO: EFKA

Summary
Airport type| Uncontrolled airfield
Owner| LSK Business Park Oy
Operator| Ilmasotakoulun Lentokerho ry
Location| Kauhava, Finland
Elevation AMSL| 46 m / 151 ft
Coordinates| 63°07′27″N 023°03′04″E﻿ / ﻿63.12417°N 23.05111°E﻿ / 63.12417; 23.05111
Map

KAU

Location within Finland

Runways
| Direction | Length  | Surface

|
|

m  | ft
17/35  | 2,700  | 8,858  | Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
| Passengers| 155

|

Landings| 5900

Source:[1]
Statistics from Finavia[2]

Kauhava Airfield (IATA: KAU, ICAO: EFKA; Finnish: Kauhavan lentokenttä) is an airfield located in Kauhava, Finland, 3 kilometres (2 mi) north of Kauhava town centre.

The airfield used to be a military airport until the end of 2014, owned and operated by Finavia. Training Air Wing of the Finnish Air Force was based at the airport. In May 2014, Finavia announced that it would sell the airport properties to Kasvuyrittäjät Oy.[3]

## See also

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* List of the largest airports in the Nordic countries

## References

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1. ^ "EFKA. Kauhavan lentopaikan toimintakäsikirja" [Kauhava Aerodrome Operations Manual] (PDF) (in Finnish) (1.2 ed.). Kauhava: Ilmasotakoulun Lentokerho ry. 14 April 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
2. ^ "Finavia's Air Traffic Statistics 2010" (PDF). Vantaa: Finavia. pp. 7, 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2012. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
3. ^ "Kauhavan lentosotakoulu myydään pohjalaisyrittäjille". Turun Sanomat (in Finnish). 2014-05-06. Retrieved 2019-08-15.

## External links

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* Media related to Kauhava Airport at Wikimedia Commons
* AIP Finland – Kauhava Airport
* Current weather for EFKA at NOAA/NWS
* Accident history for KAU at Aviation Safety Network

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