Kuusamo Airport

Kuusamo Airport (IATA: KAO, ICAO: EFKS) is an airport in Kuusamo, Finland. It is located 6 kilometres (4 mi) northeast of Kuusamo's town centre.

Kuusamo Airport Kuusamon lentoasema
IATA: KAO ICAO: EFKS
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Finavia
Serves	Kuusamo, Finland
Elevation AMSL	866 ft / 264 m
Coordinates	65°59′25″N 029°13′55″E
Website	www.finavia.fi/en/airports/kuusamo
Map
KAO Location within Finland
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 12/30 2,460 8,071 Asphalt
Statistics (2017)
Passengers 87,752[1] Landings 530[2]
Source: AIP Finland[3]

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Kuusamo Airport:

Airlines	Destinations
Edelweiss Air	Seasonal: Zürich[4]
Eurowings	Seasonal: Düsseldorf[5]
Finnair	Helsinki[6]
Jet2.com	Seasonal charter: Dublin, London–Gatwick, Manchester[7]
Lufthansa	Seasonal: Frankfurt[8]
Transavia	Seasonal: Rotterdam[9]
TUI Airways	Seasonal: Birmingham,[10] London–Gatwick, Manchester[11]
TUI fly Netherlands	Seasonal: Rotterdam[12]

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at KAO airport. See Wikidata query.

Annual passenger statistics for Kuusamo Airport ^[13]

Year	Domestic passengers	International passengers	Total passengers	Change
2005	87,802	13,476	101,278	−0.6%
2006	87,366	23,680	111,046	+9.6%
2007	84,279	24,115	108,394	−2.3%
2008	78,738	24,192	102,930	−4.8%
2009	75,136	18,947	94,083	−8.6%
2010	68,953	13,544	82,497	−12.3%
2011	81,283	10,476	91,759	+11.2%
2012	75,521	10,965	86,486	-5.7%
2013	62,415	12,168	74,583	-13.8%
2014	62,789	10,643	73,432	-1.5%
2015	57,478	11,427	68,905	-6.2%
2016	62,902	13,946	76,848	+11.5%
2017[1]	67,183	20,569	87,752	+14.2%

See also

• List of the largest airports in the Nordic countries

References

1. "PASSENGERS 2017" (PDF). Finavia. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
2. "AIR TRANSPORT LANDINGS 2017" (PDF). Finavia. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
3. "EFKS – Kuusamo". AIP Suomi / Finland. Fintraffic ANS. 5 October 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
4. "Winter 2023/24: Lappland mit 18 neuen internationalen Strecken". 3 November 2023.
5. "Düsseldorf: Eurowings adds further two winter routes to Finland". 5 June 2023.
6. "Finnair July/August 2024 Nordic Holiday Destinations Service Expansion". Aeroroutes.
7. "Lapland Holidays 2024 | Canterbury Travel". www.canterburytravel.com.
8. "Newsroom: Lufthansa to expand Europe network: Six new Frankfurt destinations for the winter now fixed". Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
9. "Reisdetails". www.bbi-travel.nl.
10. "TUI AIRWAYS RESUMES BIRMINGHAM – KUUSAMO SERVICE FROM DEC 2023". aeroroutes.com. 3 May 2023.
11. "Flight Timetable". tui.co.uk.
12. "TUI fly in de winter van Rotterdam Airport naar Egypte en Lapland". 30 May 2022.
13. "Traffic statistics | Finavia".

External links

• Media related to Kuusamo Airport at Wikimedia Commons
• Finavia – Kuusamo Airport
• AIP Finland – Kuusamo Airport
• Current weather for EFKS at NOAA/NWS
• Airport information for KAO at Great Circle Mapper.
• Accident history for KAO at Aviation Safety Network