Tampere-Pirkkala Airport Tampere-Pirkkalan lentoasema
IATA: TMP – ICAO: EFTP
Summary
Airport type		Military/Public
Operator		Finavia / Finnish Air Force
Serves		Tampere, Finland
Location		Pirkkala, Finland
Elevation AMSL		119 m / 390 ft
Coordinates		61°24′55″N 023°35′16″E / 61.41528°N 23.58778°E / 61.41528; 23.58778 (Tampere-Pirkkala Airport)Coordinates: 61°24′55″N 023°35′16″E / 61.41528°N 23.58778°E / 61.41528; 23.58778 (Tampere-Pirkkala Airport)
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
06/24	2,700	8,858	Asphalt
Source: AIP Finland[1]

Tampere-Pirkkala Airport (IATA: TMP, ICAO: EFTP), located in Pirkkala, 7 NM (13 km; 8.1 mi) south-west^[1] from the city of Tampere, is the third busiest airport and the second busiest international airport in Finland. 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.

There are two terminals in Tampere-Pirkkala. Low-cost carrier Ryanair uses Terminal 2 and the other airlines use the main terminal (Terminal 1). Tampere-Pirkkala is connected to Helsinki, Turku, Oulu, Stockholm, London Stansted, Milan, Hahn, Dublin, Bremen and Riga. Previous routes to Västerås and Liverpool have been stopped.

Tampere-Pirkkala is also home to the Satakunta Air Command base of the Finnish Air Force, with F-18 Hornets stationed there.

Contents 1 History 2 Airlines and destinations 2.1 Terminal 1 2.2 Terminal 2 3 Transport links 4 Statistics 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

[edit] History

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.

Veljekset Karhumäki (an airline, in English "Karhumäki Brothers", later known as Karhumäki Airways and Kar-Air) 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.

[edit] Airlines and destinations

[edit] Terminal 1

• AirBaltic (Riga, Kuopio)
• Blue1 operated by Air Express (Stockholm-Arlanda)
• Finncomm Airlines (Helsinki, Kittilä)
• Wingo xprs (Turku, Oulu)

[edit] Terminal 2

• Ryanair (Bremen, Edinburgh [begins 1 April], Hahn, London-Stansted, Milan-Orio al Serio, Riga)

[edit] Transport links

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. Taxi service is also available, but buses to Helsinki no longer operate.

[edit] Statistics

Annual passenger statistics for Tampere-Pirkkala Airport ^[2]

Year	Domestic passengers	International passengers	Total passengers	Change
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% ▲

[edit] See also

• List of the largest airports in the Nordic countries

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Tampere-Pirkkala Airport

• Tampere-Pirkkala Airport – Official site
• AIP Finland – Tampere-Pirkkala Airport
• Current weather for EFTP at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for TMP at Aviation Safety Network
• Airpro's Ryanair page (Finnish)
• Paunu – Timetables and info (partially translated into English)
• Tampere regional taxi company (partially translated into English). See Taxiservices for explanation of fares.
• Photos at Airliners.net

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