Jyväskylä Airport

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]

Jyväskylä Airport

Jyväskylän lentoasema
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorFinavia
ServesJyväskylä
LocationTikkakoski, Jyväskylä, Finland
Elevation AMSL460 ft / 140 m
Coordinates62°24′03″N 025°40′22″E
Websitewww.finavia.fi
Map
JYV
Location within Finland
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
12/30 2,601 8,533 Asphalt
Statistics (2017)
Passengers67,966
Source: AIP Finland[1]
Statistics from Finavia[2]

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
Finnair Helsinki, Kajaani

Statistics
Annual passenger statistics for Jyväskylä Airport [10]
YearDomestic passengersInternational passengersTotal passengersChange
2005 140,1879,811149,998−1.8%
2006 135,22314,099149,322−0.5%
2007 125,47613,465138,941−7.0%
2008 112,83115,787128,618−7.4%
2009 92,14412,045104,189−19.0%
2010 74,98213,62688,608−15.0%
2011 75,13113,71988,8500.3%
2012 46,13919,08165,220−26.6%
2013 37,23713,33350,570−22.5%
2014 39,38716,31955,70610.2%
2015 51,76110,08361,84411.0%
2016 51,60310,84562,4481.0%
2017 [11] 56,81411,15267,9668.8%
2018 59,51212,56772,0796.1%
2019 57,0279,54566,572−7.6%

Ground transport

Bus-line number 22 goes from nearby suburb to the downtown Jyväskylä. Taxi is available on request.

See also
  • List of the largest airports in the Nordic countries

References
  1. "EFJY Jyväskylä" (PDF). AIP Suomi / Finland. Finavia. 5 May 2011. pp. EFJY AD 2.1, 1–14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 March 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
  2. "Finavia's Air Traffic Statistics 2010" (PDF). Vantaa: Finavia. pp. 7, 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
  3. "Transport Connections – Jyväskylä". Finavia. Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
  4. "Official opening of Jyväskylä Airport passenger terminal on Tuesday November 2nd". Civil Aviation Administration. 2 November 2004. Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. 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. Archived from the original on 23 September 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. Archived from the original on 3 November 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  11. https://www.finavia.fi/sites/default/files/documents/Passengers%20by%20Airport-fi_0.pdf

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