| Tampere-Pirkkala Airport Tampere-Pirkkalan lentoasema |
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| IATA: TMP – ICAO: EFTP | |||
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| Airport type | Public/Military | ||
| Operator | Finavia | ||
| Serves | Tampere, Finland | ||
| Location | Pirkkala, Finland | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 119 m / 390 ft | ||
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| Direction | Length | Surface | |
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| 06/24 | 2,700 | 8,858 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2010) | |||
| Passengers | 617,713 | ||
| Landings | 18,965 | ||
| Source: AIP Finland[1] Statistics from Finavia[2] |
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Tampere-Pirkkala Airport (IATA: TMP, ICAO: EFTP) is located in Pirkkala, 7 NM (13 km; 8.1 mi) south-west[1] of Tampere city centre. The airport is the third busiest airport in Finland, as measured by the number of passengers (617,713 in 2010), and the second busiest airport in Finland, as measured by the number of international passengers (526,401 in 2010).[2] Tampere-Pirkkala is also one of Finland's fastest growing airports, having increased its annual passenger numbers from 256,380 in 2000 to 632,010 in 2006. Most of this growth can be attributed to Ryanair's low cost flights to and from a number of destinations in Central and Western Europe.
The airport is also home to the Satakunta Air Command base of the Finnish Air Force, with F-18 Hornets stationed there. And the airport closes between 01:30 and 04:00 everyday.
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Tampere Airport was founded in 1936 in Härmälä (a district in Tampere) located some 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from the centre of Tampere. At that time Härmälä airport was connected to Helsinki, Vaasa, Oulu and Kemi by Aero O/Y (now Finnair). The first terminal building was built in 1941.
Karhumäki Airways began to fly to Stockholm in the 1950s. The runway wasn't paved until 1958. Between 1936 and 1979 Härmälä airport served 1.5 million passengers. In 1979 Härmälä airport was closed and the new airport opened in Pirkkala.
| Airlines | Destinations | Terminal |
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| AirBaltic | Riga | 1 |
| Airlink operated by Avies | Oulu | 1 |
| Avies | Tallinn | 1 |
| Blue1 operated by Golden Air | Copenhagen, Stockholm-Arlanda | 1 |
| Finnair operated by Flybe Nordic | Helsinki | 1 |
| Flybe operated by Flybe Nordic | Tallinn Seasonal: Kittilä, Kuusamo |
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| Ryanair | Bremen, Frankfurt-Hahn, Kaunas, London-Stansted, Rome-Ciampino Seasonal: Alicante, Milan-Bergamo, Edinburgh, Málaga, Palma de Mallorca [begins 29 March], Pisa, Trapani[3] |
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Terminal 1 is connected to the city by a Paunu city bus service (route 61), while Terminal 2 has a direct Ryanair-affiliated link to the railway station. There is a connection to Helsinki with one change of bus at Tampere coach station using Paunu's route 61. Taxi service is also available.
| Year | Domestic passengers | International passengers | Total passengers | Change |
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| 2005 | 114,669 | 482,433 | 597,102 | +20.4% |
| 2006 | 119,432 | 512,578 | 632,010 | +5.8% |
| 2007 | 113,713 | 573,998 | 687,711 | +8.8% |
| 2008 | 107,954 | 601,402 | 709,356 | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 85,351 | 542,733 | 628,084 | −11.5% |
| 2010 | 91,312 | 526,276 | 617,588 | −1.7% |
| Year | Domestic freight | Domestic mail | International freight | International mail | Total freight and mail | Change |
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| 2005 | 111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 111 | −17% |
| 2006 | 96 | 0 | 107 | 0 | 203 | +83% |
| 2007 | 65 | 0 | 105 | 0 | 170 | −16% |
| 2008 | 59 | 0 | 240 | 0 | 299 | +76% |
| 2009 | 14 | 0 | 845 | 2 | 861 | +188% |
| 2010 | 106 | 0 | 562 | 1 | 669 | −22% |
Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Tampere-Pirkkala_Airport Tampere-Pirkkala Airport] at Wikimedia Commons
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