Seinäjoki Airport

{{Short description|Airport in Ilmajoki, Finland}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}

{{Infobox airport

| name = Seinäjoki Airport

| nativename = {{lang|fi|Seinäjoen lentoasema}}

| image = Seinäjoen lentoasema.JPG

| image-width = 250

| IATA = SJY

| ICAO = EFSI

| pushpin_map = Finland

| pushpin_label_position =

| pushpin_label = SJY

| pushpin_map_alt =

| pushpin_mapsize =

| pushpin_image =

| pushpin_map_caption = Location within Finland

| type = Public

| owner =

| operator = Rengonharju-säätiö

| city-served = Seinäjoki

| location = Ilmajoki, Finland

| metric-elev = y

| elevation-m = 92

| elevation-f = 302

| coordinates = {{coord|62|41|37|N|022|49|55|E|region:FI|display=inline,title}}

| website = [http://www.seinajoenlentoasema.fi/ seinajoenlentoasema.fi]

| metric-rwy = y

| r1-number = 14/32

| r1-length-m = 2,000

| r1-length-f = 6,562

| r1-surface = Asphalt

| stat-year = 2010

| stat1-header = Passengers

| stat1-data = 33,930

| stat2-header = Landings

| stat2-data = 1,497

| footnotes = Source: AIP Finland{{Cite web |url= https://ais.fi/ais/eaip/pdf/aerodromes/EF_AD_2_EFSI_EN.pdf |title= EFSI Seinäjoki |date= 16 December 2010 |work= AIP Suomi / Finland |publisher= Finavia |pages= EFSI AD 2.1, 1–12 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110726053542/https://ais.fi/ais/eaip/pdf/aerodromes/EF_AD_2_EFSI_EN.pdf |archive-date= 26 July 2011 }}
Statistics from Finavia{{Cite web| title = Finavia's Air Traffic Statistics 2010| pages = 7, 9, 11| location = Vantaa| publisher = Finavia| url = http://www.finavia.fi/files/finavia2/liikennetilastot_pdf/Lentoliikennetilasto_2010.pdf| access-date = 15 July 2011| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120124205801/http://www.finavia.fi/files/finavia2/liikennetilastot_pdf/Lentoliikennetilasto_2010.pdf| archive-date = 24 January 2012}}

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Seinäjoki Airport ({{langx|fi|Seinäjoen lentoasema}}; {{airport codes|SJY|EFSI|p=n}}) is an airport in Ilmajoki, Finland, about {{convert|6|NM|0|abbr=on|lk=in}} south-southwest of Seinäjoki city centre. The airport has been operated since 2016 by Seinäjoen Lentoasema Oy (Seinäjoki Airport Ltd). Before that (from 1976 to 2016) it was operated by Rengonharju-säätiö (Rengonharju Foundation).

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of {{convert|92|m|0}} above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 14/32 with an asphalt surface measuring {{convert|2000|x|45|m|0}}.

Airlines and destinations

At the moment there are no scheduled flights and the traffic consists mainly of private business and charter flights, in addition to general aviation. In the past, scheduled flights from Seinäjoki have been operated at least by Finnair, Finncomm Airlines, Flybe Nordic, Direktflyg, Golden Air, Air Botnia and Wasawings, which in 1983 became the airport's first scheduled operator.

Statistics

=Passengers=

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

|+ Annual passenger statistics for Seinäjoki Airport {{Cite web| title = Finavia's Air Traffic Statistics 2009| pages = 9, 13| location = Vantaa| publisher = Finavia| url = http://www.finavia.fi/files/finavia2/liikennetilastot_pdf/finavia_lentoliikennetilasto2009_web.pdf| access-date = 15 July 2011| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120415190629/http://www.finavia.fi/files/finavia2/liikennetilastot_pdf/finavia_lentoliikennetilasto2009_web.pdf| archive-date = 15 April 2012}}

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

2005

| 35,766 || 197 || 35,963 || style="color:green"|+9.5% {{increase}}

2006

| 38,858 || 133 || 38,991 || style="color:green"|+8.4% {{increase}}

2007

| 38,784 || 164 || 38,948 || style="color:red"|−0.1% {{decrease}}

2008

| 37,168 || 160 || 37,328 || style="color:red"|−4.2% {{decrease}}

2009

| 33,840 || 1,368 || 35,208 || style="color:red"|−5.7% {{decrease}}

2010

| 30,603 || 3,317 || 33,920 || style="color:red"|−3.7% {{decrease}}

=Freight and mail=

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

|+ Loaded/unloaded freight and mail (tons, kg) at Seinäjoki Airport

! Year !! Domestic freight !! Domestic mail !! International freight !! International mail !! Total freight and mail !! Change

2006

| 11 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 11 || N/A

2007

| 0.4 || 0.2 || 0 || 0 || 0.6 || style="color:red"|−95% {{decrease}}

2008

| 8.6 || 2.7 || 0 || 0 || 11.3 || style="color:green"|+1783% {{increase}}

2009

| 10 || 1.7 || 0 || 0 || 11.7 || style="color:green"|+4% {{increase}}

2010

| 11 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 13 || style="color:green"|+11% {{increase}}

See also

References

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