- Kuopio Airport
Kuopio Airport is an airport in
Siilinjärvi ,Finland airport codes|KUO|EFKU and serving the city ofKuopio .It is currently 7th most popular airport in Finland (inland airports: 2nd, after Rovaniemi).Thanks to a growing number of passengers [The Airport was closed during the main holiday period in July 2007 because of renovation. There were 330 000 passengers in 2006.] and shared use of the runways by the
Finnish Air Force and civil airlines, Kuopio Airport is one of only five profitable airports in Finland.Kuopio Airport was completed in November 1939. Flight operations started in May 1940.It was used by the
Luftwaffe duringWorld War II (1942–43).During the
Continuation War the runways were made fromplywood .Lake terminal
A unique airport Lake Terminal was completed in March 2008.The terminal is situated some 200 meters from the airport tower. It connects the airport to
Lake Saimaa -region.Lake Saimaa offers a waterway connection to the cities of the
Finnish Lakeland :Imatra ,Joensuu , Kuopio,Lappeenranta ,Mikkeli ,Savonlinna andVarkaus .Vuoksi River flows from Saimaa toLake Ladoga (Russia).Saimaa Canal connects Saimaa with theGulf of Finland .Airlines and destinations
DOMESTIC
*Blue1 (Helsinki )
*Finnair (Helsinki)
*Finncomm Airlines (Helsinki)INTERNATIONAL
*AirBaltic (Riga)Also charter flights during main holiday periods.Finnish Air Force
Kuopio Airport is also home of the
Finnish Air Force 'sKarelian Air Command and the Fighter Squadron 31 (HävLLv 31).References
External links
* [http://www.finavia.fi/airport_kuopio?airport_url=%2Flentoasema_kuopio Kuopio Airport]
* [http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?id=FI54404 World Aero Data: Kuopio Airport]
* [http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?placesearch=Kuopio%20(-%20Rissala)%20(KUO%20%2F%20EFKU)&distinct_entry=true Airliners.net: Pictures from the Kuopio Airport]
* [http://www.airbaltic.com/public/32111.html airBaltic Kuopio]
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