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Pori Airport

*Porin lentoasema*
Pori Airport; Porin lentoasema
	IATA: POR; ICAO: EFPO;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Finavia
Serves	Pori
Location	Pori, Finland
Elevation AMSL	45 ft / 14 m
Coordinates	61°27′41″N 021°47′52″E / 61.46139°N 21.79778°E
Website	finavia.fi
Map
	POR Location within Finland
Runways
Statistics (2018)
Passengers
Passengers	17,625
	Source: AIP Finland; Statistics from Finavia

Pori Airport (Finnish: Porin lentoasema) (IATA: POR, ICAO: EFPO) is an airport in Pori,^[3] Finland. The airport is located 1.4 nautical miles (2.6 km; 1.6 mi) south of the Pori town centre.^[1] It has two check-in desks, and a cafeteria service. During 2011 Pori Airport served 54,056 passengers, an increase of 25.2% from previous year.^[2] However, in 2014 it was down to 24 983.^[4]

History edit

During Continuation War, Pori airfield was used by Luftwaffe. The aviation equipment depot Feldluftpark 3/XI Pori operating at the airfield was from where Germans dispatched aircraft to the north and carried out major overhauls.^[5]

Facilities edit

The airport is at an elevation of 13 metres (43 ft) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 12/30 measures 2,351 by 60 metres (7,713 ft × 197 ft) and 17/35 is 801 by 30 metres (2,628 ft × 98 ft).^[1]

The Finnish Aviation Academy is a flight school based at Pori Airport.^[6] As is the Satakunta Parachute club "Satakunnan Laskuvarjourheilijat".^[7] Flight training for private pilots (PPL/LAPL-licences) is given by local flight school Porin Lentotilaus Oy.^[8]

Airlines and destinations edit

Airlines	Destinations
Budapest Aircraft Service	Helsinki

Statistics edit

Annual passenger traffic at POR airport. See Wikidata query.

Annual passenger statistics for **Pori Airport** ^[9]
Year	Domestic passengers	International passengers	Total passengers	Change
2005	52,456	7,734	60,190	+5.5%
2006	58,196	6,191	64,387	+7.0%
2007	58,962	6,952	65,914	+2.4%
2008	55,839	10,469	66,308	+0.9%
2009	50,961	11,169	62,130	−6.9%
2010	36,458	6,703	43,161	−30.5%
2011	46,175	7,881	54,056	+25.2%
2012	14,932	20,381	35,313	−34,7%
2013	16,275	9,954	26,229	−25,7%
2014	7,406	17,577	24,943	−4,8%
2015	543	10,523	11,066	−55,7%
2016	3,683	5,946	9,629	−13,0%
2017	9,645	13,538	23,183	+140,8%
2018^[10]	5,789	11,836	17,625	-24%

Ground transportation edit

Means of transport at Pori Airport
Means of transport	Operator	Route	Destinations	Website	Notes
Bus	Matkahuolto	--	Bus station (Finnish: Linja-autoasema)	www.matkahuolto.fi	Every hour

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c "EFPO Pori" (PDF). AIP Suomi / Finland. Finavia. 10 February 2011. pp. EFPO AD 2.1, 1–12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Finavia's Air Traffic Statistics 2010" (PDF). Vantaa: Finavia. pp. 7, 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
^ "Pori Airport". Finavia. 2008. Archived from the original on 10 May 2009. Retrieved 8 October 2008.
^ "About Finavia | Finavia".
^ Väisänen, Teemu. "Feldluftpark Pori: Luftwaffen huoltokenttää tutkimassa". Skas 1/2020 (in Finnish). Suomen keskiajan arkeologian seura: 64–68.
^ "Finnish Aviation Academy". Pori: Finnish Aviation Academy. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
^ "Satakunnan Laskuvarjourheilijat". Satakunnan LaskuvarjoUrheilijat ry. 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
^ "Nextjet lopettaa toistaiseksi lennot Porista". Yle Uutiset. 17 April 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
^ "Traffic statistics – Passengers" (PDF). Finavia. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
^ "Matkustajat lentoasemittain-fi_11.pdf" (PDF). Retrieved 9 June 2019.