Oulu Airport
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Oulu Airport is located in the municipality of Oulunsalo
, Finland
, 5.7 NM 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 (700,576 in 2010) and the amount of freight transported. There are around twenty daily flights to Helsinki
. Oulu Airport is also extensively used by Finnish Air Force
s for training purposes. Recently the old terminal was demolished for more apron space. A major extension of the main terminal (mainly jetbridges) is scheduled for 2010 and was completed in September 2011. The managing body of the airport is Finavia
. Oulu Airport has offered free wireless network access for passengers since May 2007.
, 12/30, which is 2501 m (8,205 ft) long and 60 m (197 ft) wide. Runway 12 is equipped with Category II Instrument landing system
.
made an announcement to establish a new hub at Oulu Airport. The hub is scheduled to open at the turn of the year 2012–2013.
Oulunsalo
Oulunsalo is a municipality in the region of Northern Ostrobothnia, in Finland. The municipality is located in Northern Finland just south-west of the city of Oulu. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is...
, 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...
, 5.7 NM south-west of Oulu
Oulu
Oulu is a city and municipality of inhabitants in the region of Northern Ostrobothnia, in Finland. It is the most populous city in Northern Finland and the sixth most populous city in the country. It is one of the northernmost larger cities in the world....
city centre. The airport is the second busiest in Finland after 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...
, as measured by the number of passengers (700,576 in 2010) and the amount of freight transported. There are around twenty daily flights to Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
. Oulu Airport is also extensively used by Finnish Air Force
Finnish Air Force
The Finnish Air Force is one of the branches of the Finnish Defence Forces. Its peacetime tasks are airspace surveillance, identification flights, and production of readiness formations for wartime conditions...
s for training purposes. Recently the old terminal was demolished for more apron space. A major extension of the main terminal (mainly jetbridges) is scheduled for 2010 and was completed in September 2011. The managing body of the airport is Finavia
Finavia
Finavia Corporation , the former Finnish Civil Aviation Administration, is the managing body of 25 airports 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...
. Oulu Airport has offered free wireless network access for passengers since May 2007.
Runway
Oulu Airport has one runwayRunway
According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...
, 12/30, which is 2501 m (8,205 ft) long and 60 m (197 ft) wide. Runway 12 is equipped with Category II Instrument landing system
Instrument Landing System
An instrument landing system is a ground-based instrument approach system that provides precision guidance to an aircraft approaching and landing on a runway, using a combination of radio signals and, in many cases, high-intensity lighting arrays to enable a safe landing during instrument...
.
Airlines and destinations
On September 23, 2010, AirBalticAirBaltic
A/S Air Baltic Corporation, operating as AirBaltic and styled as airBaltic, is the Latvian flag carrier airline and a low-cost carrier, with its head office on the grounds of Riga International Airport in Mārupe municipality, near the capital, Riga...
made an announcement to establish a new hub at Oulu Airport. The hub is scheduled to open at the turn of the year 2012–2013.
Statistics
| Year | Domestic passengers | International passengers | Total passengers | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 764,831 | 83,115 | 847,946 | +4.6% |
| 2007 | 764,674 | 75,276 | 839,950 | −0.9% |
| 2008 | 709,779 | 92,176 | 801,955 | −4.5% |
| 2009 | 605,534 | 82,424 | 687,958 | −14.3% |
| 2010 | 595,457 | 105,119 | 700,576 | +1,7% |