Jyväskylä Airport

Jyväskylä Airport (IATA: JYV, ICAO: EFJY; Finnish: Jyväskylän lentoasema) is an airport in Jyväskylä, Finland. It is in the center of the Finnish Lake District, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of the center of Jyväskylä.[3] The airport terminal was renovated in the fall of 2004.[4]

Jyväskylä Airport

Jyväskylän lentoasema
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorFinavia
ServesJyväskylä
LocationTikkakoski, Jyväskylä, Finland
Elevation AMSL460 ft / 140 m
Coordinates62°24′03″N 025°40′22″E
Websitewww.finavia.fi
Map
JYV is located in Finland
JYV
JYV
Location within Finland
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
12/30 2,601 8,533 Asphalt
Statistics (2017)
Passengers67,966
Source: AIP Finland[1]
Statistics from Finavia[2]

The Air Force Academy Flight School and the Air Force Academy Supporting Air Operations Wing are stationed at the airport. The main campus of the Air Force Academy is about 5 kilometres (3 mi) from the airport. The Aviation Museum of Central Finland is near the airport.

History

The airport was founded as an air-force base in 1939. The first commercial flight left the airport 6 years later in 1945.[5]

On August 2, 2010, Finncomm Airlines announced it will stop its service between Helsinki and Jyväskylä on August 16, 2010.[6] However the break was very short as Finnair and Finncomm reached an agreement in September 2010 that Finncomm will take over several Finnair's domestic routes. As a result of that, Finnair stopped its flights to Jyväskylä in late October 2010 and Finncomm started to operate those flights as co-operation with Finnair.[7] On September 9, 2011, Finnair announced that they will end flights to Jyväskylä, the last flight would be on October 29, 2011. Finnair flights to Jyväskylä had been operated by Finncomm Airlines. Finnair has been responsible for ticket sales on the route, Finncomm being solely the operator.[8] After the joint acquisition of Finncomm Airlines by Finnair and Flybe Nordic, it was announced that the link to Helsinki would be taken over by the new FlyBe Nordic on 30 October.[9] The service between Helsinki and Jyväskylä was then operated by NyxAir until the spring of 2021,[10] when it became non-operational; a new PSO tender re-enabled a twice-daily service which started operating October 31, 2022.[11]

Airlines and destinations

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

AirlinesDestinations
Avion Express Seasonal charter: Chania, Rhodes
Finnair Helsinki[12]
Pegasus Airlines Seasonal charter: Antalya

Statistics
Annual passenger traffic at JYV airport. See Wikidata query.
Annual passenger statistics for Jyväskylä Airport [13]
YearDomestic passengersInternational passengersTotal passengersChange
2005 140,1879,811149,998−1.8% Decrease
2006 135,22314,099149,322−0.5% Decrease
2007 125,47613,465138,941−7.0% Decrease
2008 112,83115,787128,618−7.4% Decrease
2009 92,14412,045104,189−19.0% Decrease
2010 74,98213,62688,608−15.0% Decrease
2011 75,13113,71988,8500.3% Increase
2012 46,13919,08165,220−26.6% Decrease
2013 37,23713,33350,570−22.5% Decrease
2014 39,38716,31955,70610.2% Increase
2015 51,76110,08361,84411.0% Increase
2016 51,60310,84562,4481.0% Increase
2017 [14] 56,81411,15267,9668.8% Increase
2018 59,51212,56772,0796.1% Increase
2019 57,0279,54566,572−7.6% Decrease

Ground transport

There are no public transit connection directly to the passenger terminal. A car rental service is available. Taxi is available upon request. Bus-line number 22 goes from a nearby town to downtown Jyväskylä.

See also

References
  1. "EFJY Jyväskylä" (PDF). AIP Suomi / Finland. Finavia. 5 May 2011. pp. EFJY AD 2.1, 1–14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 March 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
  2. "Finavia's Air Traffic Statistics 2010" (PDF). Vantaa: Finavia. pp. 7, 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
  3. "Transport Connections – Jyväskylä". Finavia. Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
  4. "Official opening of Jyväskylä Airport passenger terminal on Tuesday November 2nd". Civil Aviation Administration. 2 November 2004. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
  5. "Jyväskylä | Finavia".
  6. "Finncomm Airlines lopettaa lennot Jyväskylään, Poriin ja Seinäjoelle" (in Finnish). Finncomm Airlines. 2 August 2010. Archived from the original on 23 September 2010. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
  7. Tanskanen, Jari (20 September 2010). "Finnair siirtää kotimaan lentoja Finncomm Airlinesille". YLE Uutiset (in Finnish). Yleisradio Oy. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
  8. "Finnair lopettaa lennot Jyväskylään" (in Finnish). Helsingin Sanomat. 9 September 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
  9. "Flybe steps in to reinstate key route from Jyväskylä - Helsinki". FlyBe. 29 September 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
  10. "Loss-making regional aviation routes get continued €1,000+ per passenger subsidies". News. 2021-09-10. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
  11. "Finnair wins tender for air services to all five regional airports". traficom.fi. 6 September 2022. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
  12. "FINNAIR ADDS STATE-SUBSIDISED ROUTES IN 4Q22". Aeroroutes. 7 November 2022. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  13. "Traffic statistics – Passengers". Finavia. Archived from the original on 3 November 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  14. https://www.finavia.fi/sites/default/files/documents/Passengers%20by%20Airport-fi_0.pdf

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