Finavia
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Finavia Corporation the former Finnish Civil Aviation Administration, is the managing body of 25 airport
s located in Finland
. Finavia maintains the airport
network as well as the navigation
system. Finavia's customers are both the travel industry as well as air passengers. Its headquarters
are located at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport
in Vantaa
, Finland
.
Finavia also runs a special vocation establishment Avia College, which is also situated in the grounds of Helsinki-Vantaa Airport. At the beginning of 2006, the former Finnish Civil Aviation Administration was divided into Finavia and Finnish Civil Aviation Authority. Finavia's subsidiaries include Airpro.
Airport
An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...
s located in Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
. Finavia maintains the airport
Airport
An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...
network as well as the navigation
Navigation
Navigation is the process of monitoring and controlling the movement of a craft or vehicle from one place to another. It is also the term of art used for the specialized knowledge used by navigators to perform navigation tasks...
system. Finavia's customers are both the travel industry as well as air passengers. Its headquarters
Headquarters
Headquarters denotes the location where most, if not all, of the important functions of an organization are coordinated. In the United States, the corporate headquarters represents the entity at the center or the top of a corporation taking full responsibility managing all business activities...
are located at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport
Helsinki-Vantaa Airport
Helsinki Airport or Helsinki-Vantaa Airport is the main international airport of the Helsinki metropolitan region and the whole of Finland. It is located in Vantaa, Finland, about west of Tikkurila, the centre of Vantaa, and north of Helsinki city centre...
in Vantaa
Vantaa
Vantaa is a city and municipality in Finland. Helsinki, Vantaa, Espoo and Kauniainen make up the Helsinki Metropolitan Area.Vantaa, with its population of , is the fourth most populated city of Finland. The biggest airport in Finland, the Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, is located there...
, Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
.
Finavia also runs a special vocation establishment Avia College, which is also situated in the grounds of Helsinki-Vantaa Airport. At the beginning of 2006, the former Finnish Civil Aviation Administration was divided into Finavia and Finnish Civil Aviation Authority. Finavia's subsidiaries include Airpro.
Airports
Airports managed by Finavia:- Helsinki-Vantaa AirportHelsinki-Vantaa AirportHelsinki Airport or Helsinki-Vantaa Airport is the main international airport of the Helsinki metropolitan region and the whole of Finland. It is located in Vantaa, Finland, about west of Tikkurila, the centre of Vantaa, and north of Helsinki city centre...
- Helsinki-Malmi AirportHelsinki-Malmi AirportHelsinki-Malmi Airport is an airport in the city of Helsinki, Finland, located in the district of Malmi, north north-east of the city centre. Until the opening of the Helsinki-Vantaa Airport in 1952 it was the main airport of Helsinki and all Finland. Today, the airport is still actively used in...
- Enontekiö AirportEnontekiö AirportEnontekiö Airport is an airport located in Enontekiö, Finland, west southwest of Hetta, the municipal centre of Enontekiö.It is mainly used by charter flights, whose passengers account for 95% of the airport's passenger volume. Regular flights to Enontekiö are established only in the spring...
- Halli AirportHalli AirportHalli Airport is a military airport located in Kuorevesi, Jämsä, Finland, west of Jämsä town centre. The Aircraft and Weapon Systems Training Wing of the Finnish Air Force is based at the airport. The Hallinportti Aviation Museum is located near the airport....
- Ivalo AirportIvalo AirportIvalo Airport is an airport in Ivalo, Inari, Finland. It is located southwest from Ivalo, the municipal centre of Inari, and north of Saariselkä. It is the northernmost airport in Finland.-Airlines and destinations:-Statistics:- External links :*...
- Joensuu AirportJoensuu AirportJoensuu Airport is an airport in Liperi, Finland, about northwest of Joensuu city centre.-Airlines and destinations:-Statistics:-Weather station:...
- Jyväskylä AirportJyväskylä AirportOn August 2, 2010, Finncomm Airlines announced it will stop its service between Helsinki and Jyväskylä on August 16, 2010. However the break was very short as Finnair and Finncomm reached an agreement on September 2010 that Finncomm will take over several Finnair's domestic routes...
- Kajaani AirportKajaani AirportKajaani Airport is an airport in Paltaniemi, Kajaani, Finland, approximately northwest of Kajaani city centre.-Airlines and destinations:-Statistics:-External links:* *...
- Kauhava AirportKauhava AirportKauhava Airport is a military airport located in Kauhava, Finland, north of Kauhava town centre. Training Air Wing of the Finnish Air Force is based at the airport.- External links :*...
- Kemi-Tornio AirportKemi-Tornio AirportKemi-Tornio Airport is an airport in Kemi, Finland. The airport is located near the district of Lautiosaari, east of the Kemijoki , north of Kemi city centre and east of Tornio city centre.The airport is owned and operated by Finavia....
- Kittilä AirportKittilä AirportKittilä Airport is a general aviation and commercial airport located in Kittilä, Finland, inside the Arctic Circle. It is one of the main airports in Northern Finland and carried circa 215,000 passengers in 2010.-Airlines and destinations:-Fire:...
- Kokkola-Pietarsaari Airport
- Kuopio AirportKuopio AirportKuopio Airport is an airport in Siilinjärvi, Finland, about north of Kuopio city centre.It is currently the seventh busiest airport in Finland , as measured by the number of passengers...
- Kuusamo AirportKuusamo Airport-Statistics:- External links :* *...
- Lappeenranta AirportLappeenranta AirportLappeenranta Airport is an international airport in Lappeenranta, Finland. In 2010, approximately 61,000 passengers used the airport. Opened in 1918, Lappeenranta Airport is Finland's oldest still operating airport...
- Mariehamn AirportMariehamn AirportMariehamn Airport is located in Jomala, Åland, Finland, some north-west of Mariehamn town centre. It served 48,672 passengers in 2010 and is operated by the state owned Finavia....
- Oulu AirportOulu AirportOulu Airport is located in the municipality of Oulunsalo, Finland, south-west of Oulu city centre. The airport is the second busiest in Finland after Helsinki-Vantaa airport, as measured by the number of passengers and the amount of freight transported. There are around twenty daily flights to...
- Pori AirportPori AirportPori Airport is an airport in Pori, Finland. The airport is located south of the Pori town centre. It has two check-in desks, and a cafeteria service.During 2010 Pori Airport served 43,185 passengers, a decrease of 30.5% from previous year.- Facilities :...
- Rovaniemi AirportRovaniemi AirportRovaniemi Airport is the fifth biggest airport in Finland by annual number of passengers, located in Rovaniemi, Finland, about north of Rovaniemi city centre. The Arctic Circle crosses the runway closer to its northern end.- History :...
- Savonlinna AirportSavonlinna Airport-Statistics:-External links:* *...
- Tampere-Pirkkala AirportTampere-Pirkkala AirportTampere-Pirkkala Airport is located in Pirkkala, south-west of Tampere city centre. The airport is the third busiest airport in Finland, as measured by the number of passengers , and the second busiest airport in Finland, as measured by the number of international passengers...
- Turku AirportTurku AirportTurku Airport , is located in Turku, Finland, north of Turku city centre. It serves approximately 350,000 passengers per year, being the fourth busiest airport in Finland. Turku Airport is operated by a stated-owned company Finavia exclusively. The airport has a secondary passenger terminal...
- Utti AirportUtti AirportUTTI Airport is a military airport located in Utti, Kouvola, Finland, east of Kouvola city centre. The helicopter battalion of the Utti Jaeger Regiment is based at the airport.- External links :*...
- Vaasa AirportVaasa AirportVaasa Airport is located in Vaasa, Finland, about south-east of Vaasa city centre. It is the 6th biggest airport in Finland in terms of passengers. In 2010, about 288,000 passengers traveled via the airport. In 2005, and again in 2008, Vaasa Airport was chosen as the Airport of the Year in...
- Varkaus AirportVarkaus AirportVarkaus Airport is an airport in Joroinen, Finland, about south of Varkaus.-Airlines and destinations:-Statistics:-External links:* – Official website*...
See also
- List of the largest airports in the Nordic countries