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Varkaus Airport

{{Infobox airport

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| name = Varkaus Airport

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

| nativename-a =

| nativename-r =

| image = Joroistenkenttä.jpg

| image-width = 250

| IATA = VRK

| ICAO = EFVR

| pushpin_map = Finland

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| pushpin_label = VRK

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location within Finland

| FAA =

| LID =

| type = Public

| owner-oper =

| owner =

| operator = Finavia

| city-served = Varkaus

| location = Joroinen, Finland

| built =

| used =

| commander =

| occupants =

| metric-elev = yes

| elevation-f = 286

| elevation-m = 87

| coordinates = {{coord|62|10|16|N|027|52|07|E|region:FI-04|display=inline,title}}

| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20090828041043/http://www.finavia.fi/airport_varkaus www.finavia.fi/...]

| metric-rwy = yes

| r1-number = 14/32

| r1-length-f = 6,562

| r1-length-m = 2,000

| r1-surface = Asphalt

| stat-year = 2015

| stat1-header = Passengers

| stat1-data = 0

| stat2-header = Landings

| stat2-data = 0

| passenger_services_ceased = January 2014

| closed = 31 December 2015

| footnotes = Source: AIP Finland
Statistics from Finavia

}}

Varkaus Airport {{airport codes|VRK|EFVR}} was an airport in Joroinen, Finland, about {{convert|16|km|mi|0}} south of Varkaus.

History

The only scheduled service offered by Flybe Nordic to Helsinki ended in January 2014 leaving the airport without any scheduled flights.[http://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/25425-flybe-nordic-abandons-savonlinna-and-varkaus Flybe. Nordic abandons Savonlinna and Varkaus - ch-aviation] According to Finavia {{cite web | url=https://www.finavia.fi/en/newsroom/2015/websites-lappeenranta-and-varkaus-airports-will-be-closed-31-december-2015 | title=The websites of Lappeenranta and Varkaus airports will be closed on 31 December 2015 | Finavia | date=3 December 2019 }} Varkaus Airport ceased operations on 31 December 2015. The (former) airport code EFVR is no longer referenced in the [https://ais.fi/ais/eaip/en/ Finish AIP]. Currently the former terminal is used by non-aviation business.

Statistics

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|+ Annual passenger statistics for Varkaus Airport

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

2005

| 15,550 || 519 || 16,069 || style="color:red"|−24.0% {{decrease}}

2006

| 11,947 || 305 || 12,252 || style="color:red"|−23.8% {{decrease}}

2007

| 2,337 || 30 || 2,367 || style="color:red"|−80.7% {{decrease}}

2008

| 6,251 || 151 || 6,402 || style="color:green"|+170.5% {{increase}}

2009

| 9,116 || 742 || 9,858 || style="color:green"|+54.0% {{increase}}

2010

| 7,601 || 456 || 8,057 || style="color:red"|−18.3% {{decrease}}

2011

| 7,210 || 1,525 || 8,735 || style="color:green"|+8.4% {{increase}}

2012

| 5,576 || 1,074 || 6,650 || style="color:red"|−23.9% {{decrease}}

2013

| 5,022 || 1,737 || 6,759 || style="color:green"|+1.6% {{increase}}

2014

| 18 || 2 || 20 || style="color:red"|−99.7% {{decrease}}

2015

| 0 || 0 || 0 || style="color:red"|−100.0% {{decrease}}

2016

| 0 || 0 || 0 || 0%

See also

References

{{reflist|refs=

{{Cite web |url= https://ais.fi/ais/eaip/pdf/aerodromes/EF_AD_2_EFVR_EN.pdf |title= EFVR Varkaus |access-date= 21 July 2011 |date= 30 June 2011 |work= AIP Suomi / Finland |publisher= Finavia |pages= EFVR AD 2.1, 1–12 |url-status = dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110720182537/https://ais.fi/ais/eaip/pdf/aerodromes/EF_AD_2_EFVR_EN.pdf |archive-date= 20 July 2011 }}

{{Cite web |url= http://www.finavia.fi/en/finavia-corporation/statistics/ |title= Traffic statistics |access-date= 28 January 2016 |publisher= Finavia Corporation }}

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External links

{{Commons category inline|Varkaus Airport}}

  • {{Official website|http://www.finavia.fi/airport_varkaus}}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20071014073633/http://www.ais.fi/ais/eaip/html/efvr.htm AIP Finland – Varkaus Airport]
  • {{NWS-current|EFVR}}
  • {{GCM|VRK}}
  • {{ASN|VRK}}

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