Turku Airport
Turku Airport Turun lentoasema Åbo flygplats | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Finavia | ||||||||||
| Serves | Turku | ||||||||||
| Location | Turku | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 49 m / 161 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 60°30′51″N 22°15′46″E / 60.51417°N 22.26278°E | ||||||||||
| Website | [1] | ||||||||||
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Turku Airport (IATA: TKU, ICAO: EFTU), is located some 8 kilometers from Turku, Finland. It serves approximately 320,000 passengers per year, being the fifth biggest (by number of passengers) airport in Finland. The airport has a secondary passenger terminal specifically designed for low-cost airlines. There is a logistic concept LogiCity [2] to create a logistic hub around Turku Airport, in where all ways of cargo transportation can be connected together in same area. From 1st of September in 2008 TNT Airways made Turku Airport as its logistic hub for its Finnish operations.
Logicity
Logicity is project of Pilot Turku Ltd (founded in 2003) which is promoting logistic operations in the Turku region. Logicity will be a logistic hub built around Turku Airport. Plan is to link the different modes of transport together which is possible by the three following facts, Turku Airport is just 20 minutes reach by two significant sea ports the Port of Turku and the Port of Naantali which combined values are comparable to the Port of Vuosaari in Helsinki, Both E18 highway to St. Petersburg and E63 to Tampere go via Turku Airport, and also rail transport connection to Russia and China is inside Logicity area. Pilot Turku describers Turku Region as "the meeting point of the East, the West and the Nordic countries" and as "the multimodal transport centre of the Nordic Triangle"[3].
Logicity is estimated to make at least 3000 to 5000 new jobs. The length of runway at Turku airport will be upgraded to 3000 meters to meet new demands[4]. There are many plans set in the nearby area: new roads, commercial centres, retail parks, industrial estates, logistic terminals and offices. In fact there is already big commercial area along with the E18 ring road just few kilometers away. Logicity is planned in two phases which of phase one allows now to build 400,000 square meters of floorspace and second phase will raise it to 1,000,000 square meters[5]. Many neighboring towns are involved in the project as shareholders of Pilot Turku e.g. Kaarina, Lieto, Naantali and Turku.
Transport Connections
by bus
The bus number 1 departs from the airport in every 20 minutes. You can buy your ticket on board and it is valid for next two hours in all local buses inside the city borders. Bus number 1 goes via the Market Square (Kauppatori, local bus centre) to the port of Turku in which there are excellent connections to Stockholm with Baltic Sea cruiseferries (Ruotsinlaiva). The bus route 1 operates from 05:20 to 00:50. Last bus from airport waits extra 10 minutes if needed.
by taxi
Taxis are usually available after every scheduled flight, but taxis can be reached by calling +358 (0)2 10041. Local taxi fare is approx. 17€ to Turku and the trip takes about 20 minutes. There is also an Airport taxi service, +358 (0)400 919 940, with fixed fare of 12€ per person, e.g. between the airport and the city centre.
History
Turku airport was Finland's first airport when it was built in Artukainen in 1935. It served as the main airport of Turku until the new airport was built on the current location in 1955.
District
Turku Airport (Turun lentoasema in Finnish; Åbo flygstation in Swedish) is also a district in the Maaria-Paattinen ward of Turku. The district has a population of 127 (as of 2004[update]), and an annual growth of 0.79%. 22.05% of the district's population are under 15 years old, while 16.54% are over 65. The district's linguistic makeup is 92.13% Finnish, 0.79% Swedish, and 7.09% other.
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| airBaltic | Riga [begins 10 July] |
| Blue1 | Stockholm-Arlanda |
| Finnair | Helsinki |
| Finncomm Airlines | Helsinki |
| Scandinavian Airlines System operated by Cimber Sterling | Copenhagen |
| Turku Air | Mariehamn |
| Wingo xprs | Stockholm-Bromma, Oulu, Tampere |
| Wizz Air | Gdansk |
Cargo airlines
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| DHL Aviation | Leipzig |
| EXEL | |
| TNT Airways | Liège, Tallinn, Malmö |
External links
Media related to Turku Airport at Wikimedia Commons
- Turku Airport (official site)
- Pilot Turku LogiCity
- Turku Air
- Template:WAD
