Vaasa Airport Vaasan lentoasema Vasa flygplats
IATA: VAA – ICAO: EFVA
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Finavia
Location		Vaasa
Elevation AMSL		19 ft / 6 m
Coordinates		63°02′43″N 021°45′51″E / 63.04528°N 21.76417°E / 63.04528; 21.76417
Website		finavia.fi/airport_vaasa
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
16/34	2,500	8,202	Asphalt
Source: AIP Finland[1]

Vaasa Airport (Finnish: Vaasan lentoasema, Swedish: Vasa flygplats) (IATA: VAA, ICAO: EFVA) is located about 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) south-east of Vaasa city centre. It is the 5th biggest airport in Finland in terms of passengers. In 2007, 321,928 passengers traveled via the airport. In 2005, and again in 2008^[2], Vaasa Airport was chosen as the Airport of the Year in Finland. Regular users of Vaasa airport are Blue1, Finnair and Finncomm Airlines. The airport is also served by several charters with destinations to Bulgaria, Canary Islands, Greece, Spain, Turkey and Thailand.

Contents 1 Statistics 2 Airlines and destinations 2.1 Scheduled flights 2.2 Charter flights (autumn 2008 - spring 2009) 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Statistics

Annual passenger statistics for Vaasa Airport ^[3]

Year	Domestic passengers	International passengers	Total passengers	Change
2000	227,523	98,851	326,374	+4.2% ▲
2001	216,409	95,651	312,060	-4.4% ▼
2002	194,651	74,466	269,117	-13.8% ▼
2003	169,088	79,836	248,924	-7.5% ▼
2004	166,836	94,480	261,316	+5.0% ▲
2005	178,378	118,886	297,264	+13.8% ▲
2006	195,045	111,106	306,151	+3.0% ▲
2007	213,833	108,095	321,928	+5.3% ▲
2008	234,447	108,948	343,395	+6.7% ▲

[edit] Airlines and destinations

[edit] Scheduled flights

• airBaltic (Riga [begins 29 march])
• Blue1 (Helsinki, Stockholm) (some flights to Stockholm are operated by Air Express, after March 30:th all flights to Stockholm will be operated by Air Express).
• Finnair (Helsinki)
• Finncomm Airlines (Helsinki)

[edit] Charter flights (autumn 2008 - spring 2009)

• Atlasjet (Antalya)
• Bulgaria Air (Varna)
• Freebird Airlines (Antalya)
• Pegasus Airlines (Antalya)
• Primera Air (Mallorca, Monastir)
• Spanair (Las Palmas, Mallorca, Tenerife)

[edit] See also

• List of the largest airports in the Nordic countries

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Vaasa Airport

• Finavia – Vaasa Airport
• AIP Finland – Vaasa Airport
• Google Maps image of Vaasa and Vaasa Airport
• Current weather for EFVA at NOAA/NWS
• Airport information for EFVA at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.. Source: DAFIF.
• Airport information for VAA at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
• Accident history for VAA at Aviation Safety Network

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