Kuusamo Airport

Airport

Kuusamo Airport

Kuusamon lentoasema

* IATA: KAO
* ICAO: EFKS

Summary
Airport type| Public
Operator| Finavia
Serves| Kuusamo, Finland
Elevation AMSL| 866 ft / 264 m
Coordinates| 65°59′25″N 029°13′55″E﻿ / ﻿65.99028°N 29.23194°E﻿ / 65.99028; 29.23194
Website| www.finavia.fi/en/airports/kuusamo
Map

KAO

Location within Finland

Runways
| Direction | Length  | Surface

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m  | ft
12/30  | 2,460  | 8,071  | Asphalt
Statistics (2017)
| Passengers| 87,752[1]

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Landings| 530[2]

Source: AIP Finland[3]

Kuusamo Airport (IATA: KAO, ICAO: EFKS) is an airport in Kuusamo, Finland. It is located 6 kilometres (4 mi) northeast of Kuusamo's town centre.

## Airlines and destinations[edit]

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Kuusamo Airport:

Airlines| Destinations

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Edelweiss Air |  Seasonal: Zürich (begins 2 February 2024)[4]
Eurowings |  Seasonal: Düsseldorf[5]
Finnair|  Helsinki
Jet2.com |  Seasonal charter: Dublin, London–Gatwick, Manchester[6]
Lufthansa|  Seasonal: Frankfurt[7]
Transavia |  Seasonal: Rotterdam (begins 24 December 2023)[8]
TUI Airways|  Seasonal: Birmingham,[9] London–Gatwick, Manchester[10]
TUI fly Netherlands|  Seasonal: Rotterdam[11]

## Statistics[edit]

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.

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Annual passenger statistics for Kuusamo Airport [12] Year | Domestic passengers | International passengers | Total passengers | Change

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2005  | 87,802 | 13,476 | 101,278 | −0.6%
2006  | 87,366 | 23,680 | 111,046 | +9.6%
2007  | 84,279 | 24,115 | 108,394 | −2.3%
2008  | 78,738 | 24,192 | 102,930 | −4.8%
2009  | 75,136 | 18,947 | 94,083 | −8.6%
2010  | 68,953 | 13,544 | 82,497 | −12.3%
2011  | 81,283 | 10,476 | 91,759 | +11.2%
2012  | 75,521 | 10,965 | 86,486 | -5.7%
2013  | 62,415 | 12,168 | 74,583 | -13.8%
2014  | 62,789 | 10,643 | 73,432 | -1.5%
2015  | 57,478 | 11,427 | 68,905 | -6.2%
2016  | 62,902 | 13,946 | 76,848 | +11.5%
2017[13] | 67,183 | 20,569 | 87,752 | +14.2%

## See also[edit]

* List of the largest airports in the Nordic countries

## References[edit]

1. ^ https://www.finavia.fi/sites/default/files/documents/Passengers by Airport-fi_0.pdf[bare URL PDF]
2. ^ https://www.finavia.fi/sites/default/files/documents/Landings-fi_0.pdf[bare URL PDF]
3. ^ "EFKS – Kuusamo". AIP Suomi / Finland. Fintraffic ANS. 5 October 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
4. ^ https://aviation.direct/winter-2023-24-lappland-mit-18-neuen-internationalen-strecken
5. ^ "Düsseldorf: Eurowings adds further two winter routes to Finland". 5 June 2023.
6. ^ "lapland-holidays-2023".
7. ^ "Newsroom: Lufthansa to expand Europe network: Six new Frankfurt destinations for the winter now fixed". Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
8. ^ "Reisdetails". www.bbi-travel.nl.
9. ^ "TUI AIRWAYS RESUMES BIRMINGHAM – KUUSAMO SERVICE FROM DEC 2023". aeroroutes.com. 3 May 2023.
10. ^ "Flight Timetable". tui.co.uk.
11. ^ "TUI fly in de winter van Rotterdam Airport naar Egypte en Lapland". 30 May 2022.
12. ^ "Traffic statistics | Finavia".
13. ^ https://www.finavia.fi/sites/default/files/documents/Passengers by Airport-fi_0.pdf[bare URL PDF]

## External links[edit]

Media related to Kuusamo Airport at Wikimedia Commons

* Finavia – Kuusamo Airport
* AIP Finland – Kuusamo Airport
* Current weather for EFKS at NOAA/NWS
* Airport information for KAO at Great Circle Mapper.
* Accident history for KAO at Aviation Safety Network

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Airports in Finland

Major international|

* Helsinki-Vantaa

Minor international|

* Ivalo
* Joensuu
* Kittilä
* Kokkola-Pietarsaari
* Kuusamo
* Kuopio
* Lappeenranta
* Mariehamn
* Oulu
* Rovaniemi
* Tampere-Pirkkala
* Turku
* Vaasa

Domestic|

* Jyväskylä
* Kajaani
* Kemi-Tornio
* Pori
* Savonlinna

Unscheduled|

* Enontekiö
* Halli
* Helsinki-Malmi
* Mikkeli
* Seinäjoki
* Utti
* Varkaus

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