Turku Airport Turun lentoasema Åbo flygplats
Departure hall
IATA: TUR – ICAO: EFTU
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Finavia
Serves		Turku
Location		Turku
Elevation AMSL		49 m / 161 ft
Coordinates		60°30′53″N 022°15′42″E / 60.51472°N 22.26167°E / 60.51472; 22.26167 (Turku Airport)Coordinates: 60°30′53″N 022°15′42″E / 60.51472°N 22.26167°E / 60.51472; 22.26167 (Turku Airport)
Website		www.finavia.fi
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
08/26	2,500	8,202	Asphalt
Source: Finnish AIP at EUROCONTROL[1]

Turku Airport (IATA: TKU, ICAO: EFTU), is located 3.8 NM (7.0 km; 4.4 mi) north^[1] of 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.

Contents 1 Logicity 2 History 3 District 4 Transport Connections 4.1 by bus 4.2 by taxi 5 Airlines and destinations 5.1 Terminal 1 5.2 Terminal 2 5.3 Cargo airlines 6 Statistics 7 References 8 External links

[edit] 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 located 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 3,000 to 5,000 new jobs. The length of runway at Turku airport will be upgraded to 3,000 m (9,843 ft) 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 m² (4,305,564 sq ft) of floorspace and second phase will raise it to 1,000,000 m² (11,000,000 sq ft).^[5] Many neighboring towns are involved in the project as shareholders of Pilot Turku e.g. Kaarina, Lieto, Naantali and Turku.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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), 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.

[edit] Transport Connections

[edit] 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.

[edit] by taxi

Taxis are usually available after every scheduled flight. Local taxi fare is approx. 17€ to Turku and the trip takes about 20 minutes. There is also an Airport taxi service with a fixed fare of 12€ per person, e.g. between the airport and the city centre.

[edit] Airlines and destinations

[edit] Terminal 1

Airlines	Destinations
airBaltic	Oulu, Riga, Tallinn
Blue1	Stockholm-Arlanda
Finnair	Helsinki
Finncomm Airlines	Helsinki, Kittilä
Jet Air	Gdansk
Scandinavian Airlines System	Copenhagen
Cimber Sterling	Copenhagen
Turku Air	Mariehamn
Wingo xprs	Oulu, Tampere

[edit] Terminal 2

Airlines	Destinations
Wizz Air	Gdansk

[edit] Cargo airlines

Airlines	Destinations
DHL Aviation	Leipzig
EXEL
TNT Airways	Gothenburg, Liège, Malmö, Tallinn
Turku Air

[edit] Statistics

Annual passenger statistics for Turku Airport ^[6]

Year	Domestic passengers	International passengers	Total passengers	Change
2005	119,398	208,796	328,194	+2.2% ▲
2006	127,582	212,338	339,920	+3.6% ▲
2007	130,666	178,116	308,782	-9.2% ▼
2008	102,003	216,094	318,097	+3.0% ▲

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Media related to Turku Airport at Wikimedia Commons
• Turku Airport (official site)
• Pilot Turku LogiCity
• Turku Air

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