Mariehamn Airport

Mariehamn Airport (Swedish: Mariehamns flygplats, Finnish: Maarianhaminan lentoasema) (IATA: MHQ, ICAO: EFMA) is located in Jomala, Åland (a territory of Finland). The airport is located some 3 kilometres (2 mi) north-west of Mariehamn town centre. It served 61,568 passengers in 2017[2] and is operated by the state-owned Finavia.

Mariehamn Airport

Mariehamns flygplats
Maarianhaminan lentoasema
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerFinavia
ServesMariehamn
LocationJomala, Åland, Finland
Elevation AMSL17 ft / 5 m
Coordinates60°07′19″N 019°53′47″E
Websitehttps://www.finavia.fi/en/mariehamn/
Map
MHQ
Location within Finland
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
03/21 1,903 6,243 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Passengers54,640
Landings1,389
Source: AIP Finland[1]
Statistics from Finavia[2]

The airport has a duty-free shop where passengers may purchase goods such as alcohol without paying VAT and other taxes, when flying to destinations outside Åland, including to Finland. Normally local taxes must be paid in airport shops before travelling inside the EU, but Åland is outside the EU VAT area, to allow tax-free sales onboard ferries and at the airport. Åland is in other respects a part of the EU.

The Aero Flight 217 aviation accident that resulted in 22 deaths occurred near the airport in 1963.

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
Air Leap Stockholm-Arlanda[3] (PSO), Turku (PSO)[4]
Finnair Helsinki, Turku

Statistics
Annual passenger statistics for Mariehamn Airport [5]
YearDomestic passengersInternational passengersTotal passengersChange
2005 43,2664,07947,345−18.9%
2006 57,3646,75064,114+35.4%
2007 53,26910,03263,301−1.3%
2008 51,21010,90062,110−1.9%
2009 41,94914,30556,254−9.4%
2010 36,90411,76848,672−13.5%
2011 39,20914,35953,568+10.1%
2014 37,43614,66152,097-0.8%
2015 42,36516,97159,336+13.9%
2016 42,86416,68059,544+0.4%
2017 42,48819,08061,568+3.4%
2018 41,37713,26354,640-11.3%

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

References
  1. "EFMA Mariehamn" (PDF). AIP Suomi / Finland. Finavia. 1 July 2010. pp. EFMA AD 2.1, 1–8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 April 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
  2. "Finavia's Air Traffic Statistics 2010" (PDF). Vantaa: Finavia. pp. 7, 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
  3. "Nytt flygbolag på den skandinaviska marknaden". Mynewsdesk (in Swedish). Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  4. "LEAP börjar flyga Mariehamn – Åbo". www.mynewsdesk.com (in Swedish). 13 July 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  5. "Traffic statistics – Passengers". Finavia. Archived from the original on 24 July 2009. Retrieved 8 August 2011.

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