Kokkola-Pietarsaari Airport

{{Infobox airport

| name = Kokkola-Pietarsaari Airport

| nativename = {{lang|sv|Karleby-Jakobstad flygplats}}
{{lang|fi|Kokkola-Pietarsaaren lentoasema}}

| image = Finavia Logo.svg

| image-width = 200

| image2 = Kokkola-Pietarsaari Airport 2017.jpg

| image2-width = 250

| IATA = KOK

| ICAO = EFKK

| pushpin_map = Finland

| pushpin_label_position =

| pushpin_label = KOK

| pushpin_map_alt =

| pushpin_mapsize =

| pushpin_image =

| pushpin_map_caption = Location within Finland

| type = Public

| owner =

| operator = Finavia

| owner-oper =

| city-served = Kokkola, Jakobstad

| location = Kronoby

| elevation-f = 85

| elevation-m =

| coordinates = {{coord|63|43|13|N|023|08|21|E|region:FI-12|display=inline,title}}

| website = [http://www.kokkola-pietarsaariairport.fi/ kokkola-pietarsaariairport.fi]

| timezone = EET

| utc = UTC+2

| summer = EEST

| utcs = UTC+3

| metric-elev =

| metric-rwy = yes

| r1-number = 01/19

| r1-length-f = 8,202

| r1-length-m = 2,500

| r1-surface = Asphalt

| r2-number = 11/29

| r2-length-f = 2,297

| r2-length-m = 700

| r2-surface = Asphalt

| stat-year = 2018

| stat1-header = Passengers

| stat1-data = 68,636

| stat2-header = Landings

| stat2-data = 1,486

| footnotes = Source: AIP Finland{{Cite web |url= https://ais.fi/ais/eaip/pdf/aerodromes/EF_AD_2_EFKK_EN.pdf |title= EFKK Kokkola-Pietarsaari |accessdate= 14 July 2013 |date= 13 December 2012 |work= AIP Suomi / Finland |publisher= Finavia |location= Vantaa |pages= EFKK AD 2.1, 1–12 |url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20160810102606/https://ais.fi/ais/eaip/pdf/aerodromes/EF_AD_2_EFKK_EN.pdf |archivedate= 10 August 2016 }}
Statistics from Finavia{{Cite web|title=Finavia's Air Traffic Statistics 2010 |pages=7, 9 |location=Vantaa |publisher=Finavia |url=http://www.finavia.fi/files/finavia2/liikennetilastot_pdf/Lentoliikennetilasto_2010.pdf |accessdate=16 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120124205801/http://www.finavia.fi/files/finavia2/liikennetilastot_pdf/Lentoliikennetilasto_2010.pdf |archivedate=24 January 2012 }}

}}

Kokkola-Pietarsaari Airport ({{langx|sv|Karleby-Jakobstad flygplats}}, {{langx|fi|Kokkola-Pietarsaaren lentoasema}}; {{Airport codes|KOK|EFKK|p=n}}) is located in Kronoby, Finland, about {{convert|19|km}} south of Kokkola city centre and {{convert|30|km}} north-east of Jakobstad city centre.

Overview

The airport opened to traffic in 1960, when Aero began operating a route between Helsinki and Kokkola-Pietarsaari, then Kruunupyy Airport. In 1964 the first airport and air traffic control building are completed.

In 1991 the airport's runway is extended to {{convert|2,500|metres}}, while in 1997 the terminal's expansion is completed.

Until March 1, 2010, the name of the airport was Kruunupyy Airport or Kronoby Airport.{{Cite web |url= http://www.finavia.fi/airports/airport_kokkola-pietarsaari?pg=news&tid=1&nid=2213480 |title= Kruunupyy Airport to be changed to Kokkola-Pietarsaari |accessdate= 16 July 2011 |date= 25 February 2010 |publisher= Finavia |location= Vantaa |url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110813010158/http://www.finavia.fi/airports/airport_kokkola-pietarsaari?pg=news&tid=1&nid=2213480 |archivedate= 13 August 2011 }}

In 2010, about 80,000 passengers traveled via the airport. Scheduled serviced to Helsinki Airport is flown by Nordic Regional Airlines (Norra), operated as a code-share with Finnair. Finnair ended its own flights to Kokkola-Pietarsaari on 29 October 2010. Flights to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport by Nextjet began on 8 February 2014, with some flights being operated via Pori Airport. During winters, the airport is also used by charter flight airliners with a destination to southern Europe. The airport has two runways.

In 2012 the main runway was paved and the airport's lighting system was replaced.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Kokkola-Pietarsaari Airport:

{{Airport-dest-list

| Finnair | Helsinki,{{cite web | url=https://www.finnair.com/en/bluewings/world-of-finnair/finnair-flies-state-subsidised-routes-to-kajaani--kokkola--kemi--jyv%C3%A4skyl%C3%A4-and-joensuu-from-october-to-july-2725564 | title=Finnair flies state-subsidised routes to Kajaani, Kokkola, Kemi, Jyväskylä and Joensuu from October to July | date=3 October 2022 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/221107-aynw22pso|title=Finnair Adds State-Subsidised Routes in 4Q22|website=Aeroroutes}} Kemi{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/221107-aynw22pso|title=Finnair Adds State-Subsidised Routes in 4Q22|website=Aeroroutes}}

| Freebird Airlines |Seasonal charter: Antalya{{Cite web|title=tui.fi|url=https://www.tui.fi/fi/hae-matka/varaa/yhteenveto}}

}}

Statistics

class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;" \|+ Annual passenger statistics for Kokkola-Pietarsaari Airport{{cite web \|url=http://www.finavia.fi/en/finavia-corporation/statistics/\|title=Traffic statistics – Passengers \|accessdate= 8 November 2014 \|publisher= Finavia }} ! Year !! Domestic passengers !! International passengers !! Total passengers !! Change
2005 \| 84,548 \|\| 13,967 \|\| 98,515 \|\| style="color:red"\|−0.8% {{decrease}}
2006 \| 85,798 \|\| 12,378 \|\| 98,176 \|\| style="color:red"\|−0.3% {{decrease}}
2007 \| 84,615 \|\| 11,402 \|\| 96,017 \|\| style="color:red"\|−2.2% {{decrease}}
2008 \| 88,008 \|\| 10,315 \|\| 98,323 \|\| style="color:green"\|+2.2% {{increase}}
2009 \| 81,634 \|\| 10,563 \|\| 92,197 \|\| style="color:red"\|−6.2% {{decrease}}
2010 \| 76,979 \|\| 3,202 \|\| 80,181 \|\| style="color:red"\|−13.0% {{decrease}}
2011 \| 87,384 \|\| 7,300 \|\| 94,684 \|\| style="color:green"\|+18.1% {{increase}}
2012 \| 60,476 \|\| 26,600 \|\| 87,076 \|\| style="color:red"\|−8% {{decrease}}
2013 \| 51,790 \|\| 17,201 \|\| 68,991 \|\| style="color:red"\|−20.8% {{decrease}}
2014 \| 48,478 \|\| 20,191 \|\| 68,669 \|\| style="color:red"\|−0.5% {{decrease}}
2015 \| 69,534 \|\| 18,505 \|\| 88,039 \|\| style="color:green"\|+28.2% {{increase}}
2016 \| 69,433 \|\| 19,333 \|\| 88,766 \|\| style="color:green"\|+0.8% {{increase}}
2017 {{Cite web \|title=Passengers 2017 \|url=https://www.finavia.fi/sites/default/files/documents/Passengers%20by%20Airport-fi_0.pdf \|website=Finavia}} \| 60,681 \|\| 19,138 \|\| 79,819 \|\| style="color:red"\|−10.1% {{decrease}}
2018 \| 57,286 \|\| 11,350 \|\| 68,636 \|\| style="color:red"\|−14% {{decrease}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"

|+ Annual passenger statistics for Kokkola-Pietarsaari Airport{{cite web |url=http://www.finavia.fi/en/finavia-corporation/statistics/|title=Traffic statistics – Passengers |accessdate= 8 November 2014 |publisher= Finavia }}

! Year !! Domestic passengers !! International passengers !! Total passengers !! Change

2005

| 84,548 || 13,967 || 98,515 || style="color:red"|−0.8% {{decrease}}

2006

| 85,798 || 12,378 || 98,176 || style="color:red"|−0.3% {{decrease}}

2007

| 84,615 || 11,402 || 96,017 || style="color:red"|−2.2% {{decrease}}

2008

| 88,008 || 10,315 || 98,323 || style="color:green"|+2.2% {{increase}}

2009

| 81,634 || 10,563 || 92,197 || style="color:red"|−6.2% {{decrease}}

2010

| 76,979 || 3,202 || 80,181 || style="color:red"|−13.0% {{decrease}}

2011

| 87,384 || 7,300 || 94,684 || style="color:green"|+18.1% {{increase}}

2012

| 60,476 || 26,600 || 87,076 || style="color:red"|−8% {{decrease}}

2013

| 51,790 || 17,201 || 68,991 || style="color:red"|−20.8% {{decrease}}

2014

| 48,478 || 20,191 || 68,669 || style="color:red"|−0.5% {{decrease}}

2015

| 69,534 || 18,505 || 88,039 || style="color:green"|+28.2% {{increase}}

2016

| 69,433 || 19,333 || 88,766 || style="color:green"|+0.8% {{increase}}

2017 {{Cite web |title=Passengers 2017 |url=https://www.finavia.fi/sites/default/files/documents/Passengers%20by%20Airport-fi_0.pdf |website=Finavia}}

| 60,681 || 19,138 || 79,819 || style="color:red"|−10.1% {{decrease}}

2018

| 57,286 || 11,350 || 68,636 || style="color:red"|−14% {{decrease}}

Ground transportation

colspan="8" style="background:gray; color:light red;"\|{{center\|Means of transport at Kokkola-Pietarsaari Airport}}
class="toc" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="5" style="width:75%;" font-size:90%;"
style="background:#efefef;" !width=22% \|Means of transport !width=20% \|Operator !width=10% \|Route !width=22% \|Destinations
File:Emojione_1F696.svg Taxi	Dahl Citybus	Airport Taxi	Kokkola
File:Emojione_1F696.svg Taxi	City Taxi Jeppis	Airport Taxi	Jakobstad

References

External links

[http://www.kokkola-pietarsaariairport.fi/ Finavia – Kokkola-Pietarsaari Airport]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20071014073449/http://www.ais.fi/ais/eaip/html/efkk.htm AIP Finland – Kokkola-Pietarsaari Airport]
{{NWS-current|EFKK}}
{{GCM|KOK|source=DAFIF}}
{{ASN|KOK}}

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