Vaasa Airport

Vaasa Airport
Vaasan lentoasema
Vasa flygplats
IATA: VAA – ICAO: EFVA
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Finavia
Location Vaasa, Finland
Elevation AMSL 21 ft / 6 m
Coordinates 63°02′43″N 021°45′51″E / 63.04528°N 21.76417°ECoordinates: 63°02′43″N 021°45′51″E / 63.04528°N 21.76417°E
Website finavia.fi/airport_vaasa
Map
VAA

Location within Finland

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
16/34 2,500 8,202 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Passengers 288,142
Landings 5,884
Source: AIP Finland[1]
Statistics from Finavia[2]

Vaasa Airport (Finnish: Vaasan lentoasema, Swedish: Vasa flygplats) (IATA: VAA, ICAO: EFVA) is located in Vaasa, Finland, about 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) south-east of Vaasa city centre. It is the 6th biggest airport in Finland in terms of passengers. In 2010, about 288,000 passengers traveled via the airport.[2] In 2005,[3] and again in 2008,[4] Vaasa Airport was chosen as the Airport of the Year in Finland. Regular users of Vaasa airport are airBaltic, Blue1, Finnair and Flybe Nordic. The airport is also served by several charters with destinations to Bulgaria, Canary Islands, Greece, Spain, Turkey and Thailand.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Aegean Airlines Seasonal charter: Chania
Corendon Airlines Seasonal charter: Antalya
Finnair Helsinki
Finnair
operated by Flybe Nordic 		Helsinki
Freebird Airlines Seasonal charter: Antalya
Norwegian Air ShuttleSeasonal: Stockholm-Arlanda
Scandinavian Airlines
operated by Braathens Regional		 Stockholm-Arlanda
SunExpress Seasonal charter: Antalya
Thomas Cook Airlines Seasonal charter: Amsterdam
Interior of Vaasa Airport Terminal

Passenger statistics

Annual passenger statistics for Vaasa Airport [5]
Year Domestic passengers International passengers Total passengers Change
2000 227,523 98,851 326,374+4.2% Increase
2001 216,409 95,651 312,060 −4.4% Decrease
2002 194,651 74,466 269,117 −13.8% Decrease
2003 169,088 79,836 248,924 −7.5% Decrease
2004 166,836 94,480 261,316 +5.0% Increase
2005 178,378 118,886 297,264 +13.8% Increase
2006 195,045 111,106 306,151 +3.0% Increase
2007 213,833 108,095 321,928 +5.3% Increase
2008 234,447 108,948 343,395 +6.7% Increase
2009 207,274 86,983 294,257 −14.3% Decrease
2010 194,102 94,040 288,142 −2.1% Decrease
2011 226,931 111,568 338,499 +18.0% Increase
2012 218,742 155,399 374,141 +10.5% Increase

See also

References

  1. ↑ "EFVA Vaasa" (PDF). AIP Suomi / Finland. Finavia. 5 May 2011. pp. EFVA AD 2.1, 1–14. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Finavia's Air Traffic Statistics 2010" (PDF). Vantaa: Finavia. pp. 7, 9. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
  3. ↑ "Vaasa is Airport of the Year". Vantaa: Finavia. 28 November 2005. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
  4. ↑ "Vaasa is Airport of the Year 2008". Vantaa: Finavia. 11 November 2008. Retrieved 7 January 2009.
  5. ↑ "Traffic statistics – Passengers". Finavia. Retrieved 16 July 2011.

External links

Media related to Vaasa Airport at Wikimedia Commons