Tampere–Pirkkala Airport

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Tampere–Pirkkala Airport

Tampere-Pirkkalan lentoasema

Tammerfors-Birkala flygplats
Tampere-Pirkkala Airport 1.jpg
Summary
Airport typePublic/Military
OperatorFinavia
ServesTampere, Finland
LocationPirkkala
Elevation AMSL119 m / 390 ft
Coordinates61°24′55″N 023°35′16″E��� / 61.41528°N 23.58778°E / 61.41528; 23.58778Coordinates: 61°24′55″N 023°35′16″E / 61.41528°N 23.58778°E / 61.41528; 23.58778
Websitefinavia.fi
Map
TMP is located in Finland
TMP
TMP
Location within Finland
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
06/24 2,700 8,858 Asphalt
Statistics (2017)
Passengers230,024[1]
Landings2,725[2]
Source: AIP Finland[3]

Tampere–Pirkkala Airport (IATA: TMP, ICAO: EFTP; Finnish: Tampere-Pirkkalan lentoasema, Swedish: Tammerfors-Birkala flygplats), or simply Tampere Airport, is located in Pirkkala, Finland, 7 nautical miles (13 kilometres; 8.1 miles) south-west[3] of Tampere city centre. The airport is the eighth-busiest airport in Finland, as measured by the number of passengers (208,930 in 2016), and the third-busiest airport in Finland, as measured by the number of international passengers (122,652 in 2016).[4]

The airport is also home to the Satakunta Air Command base of the Finnish Air Force. F-18 Hornets were stationed at Tampere-Pirkkala airport until the middle of 2014 when the 21st flight of the Satakunta Air command was dissolved.

History[]

Tampere Airport was founded in 1936 in Härmälä neighbourhood, located 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from the centre of Tampere. At that time the airport was connected to Helsinki, Vaasa, Oulu and Kemi by Aero O/Y (now Finnair). The first terminal building was built in 1941. Karhumäki Airways began to fly to Stockholm in the 1950s. The runway was paved in 1958. Between 1936 and 1979 Härmälä airport served 1.5 million passengers. In 1979, Härmälä airport was closed and the new Tampere–Pirkkala Airport was opened.[5][6]

The current terminal 1 building was completed in 1996.[7] Ryanair started flights to Tampere–Pirkkala in April 2003. Its first destinations were Stockholm-Skavsta, London-Stansted, Frankfurt-Hahn and Riga. This made the airport one of Finland's fastest-growing airports and increased its annual passenger numbers from 256,380 to 709,356 between 2000 and 2008. In 2011, Ryanair had 13 destinations from Tampere–Pirkkala. Wizz Air flew to Gdańsk during summers 2010 and 2011. airBaltic resumed flights to Riga in March 2017.

The low-cost airline terminal 2 was renovated in 2014–2015.[8] However, in April 2015, Ryanair announced that it would cancel all the routes from Tampere for the winter season 2015–16 due to a plane shortage. Then, only routes to Bremen and Budapest resumed in spring 2016.[9]

Airlines and destinations[]

{{Airport-dest-list |airBaltic[10] | Copenhagen (begins 3 May 2022), Frankfurt (begins 2 May 2022), Munich (begins 2 May 2022), Oslo (begins 2 May 2022), Riga
Seasonal: Málaga (begins 1 May 2022), Rhodes (begins 3 May 2022) |Finnair | Helsinki |Ryanair | London–Stansted[11] |Scandinavian Airlines | Stockholm–Arlanda (resumes 27 March 2022)[citation needed] </ref>

Statistics[]

Terminal 1
Terminal 2 from inside before 2014 renovations
The check-in area of Terminal 1
9 busiest routes by passengers handled in 2015:[12]
Rank Airport Passengers Operators
1. Finland Helsinki, Finland
Decrease 89,244
 Nordic Regional Airlines
2. Sweden Stockholm–Arlanda, Sweden
Decrease 52,407
 Scandinavian Airlines
3. United Kingdom London–Stansted, United Kingdom
Decrease 41,525
 Ryanair
4. Germany Bremen, Germany
Decrease 33,125
 Ryanair
5. Italy Bergamo, Italy
Increase 30,106
 Ryanair
6. Spain Málaga, Spain
Increase 23,935
 Ryanair, Small Planet Airlines
7. Spain Alicante, Spain
Increase 21,207
 Ryanair
8. Germany Frankfurt–Hahn, Germany
Decrease 20,459
 Ryanair
9. Hungary Budapest, Hungary
Decrease 20,049
 Ryanair

Passengers[]

Annual passenger traffic at TMP airport. See source Wikidata query.
Annual passenger statistics for Tampere–Pirkkala Airport [13]
Year Domestic passengers International passengers Total passengers Change
2005 114,669 482,433 597,102 +20.4% Increase
2006 119,432 512,578 632,010 +5.8% Increase
2007 113,713 573,998 687,711 +8.8% Increase
2008 107,954 601,402 709,356 +3.1% Increase
2009 85,351 542,733 628,084 −11.5% Decrease
2010 91,312 526,276 617,588 −1.7% Decrease
2011 96,625 561,005 657,630 +6.5% Increase
2012 85,738 485,001 570,739 -13.2% Decrease
2013 88,268 378,403 466,671 -18.2% Decrease
2014 93,313 319,296 412,609 -11.6% Decrease
2015 89,938 267,144 357,082 -13.5% Decrease
2016 86,278 122,652 208,930 -41.5% Decrease
2017 85,844 144,180 230,024 +10.1% Increase
2018 81,705 146,391 228,096 -0.8% Decrease
2019 87,006 135,384 222,390 -2.5% Decrease
2020 16,736 19,214 35,950 -83.8% Decrease
2021 295 5,059 5,390 -84.9% Decrease

Freight and mail[]

Loaded/Unloaded freight and mail (tons) Tampere–Pirkkala Airport[14]
Year Domestic freight Domestic mail International freight International mail Total freight and mail Change
2005 111 0 0 0 111 −17% Decrease
2006 96 0 107 0 203 +83% Increase
2007 65 0 105 0 170 −16% Decrease
2008 59 0 240 0 299 +76% Increase
2009 14 0 845 2 861 +188% Increase
2010 106 0 562 1 669 −22% Decrease
2011 109 0 433 0 542 −19% Decrease
2012 1 0 399 0 401 −26% Decrease
2013 69 0 303 0 539 +34% Increase

Ground transportation[]

A parking area near the terminal

The airport is connected to the city centre of Tampere (25 minutes) by bus route 103, which runs a few times a day just after planes land.[15][16] The bus fare for a single ticket to Tampere is €5.50[17] (zones A+B+C). One can change to any other bus, tram or commuter train going anywhere within Tampere and parts of neighbouring municipalities within 90 minutes from the purchase of the ticket.

Bus route 39A goes to central Pirkkala, where one can transfer to a number of buses that go to Tampere or Nokia.

There are long-distance connections to Helsinki and other cities via the Tampere Bus Station. The timetables and fares can be found at the Matkahuolto web site.

A taxi service is also available in front of Terminal 1.

Means of transport at Tampere–Pirkkala Airport
Means of transport Operator Route Destinations Website
Bus Bus Tampere Regional Transport Authority 39A Pirkkala www.nysse.fi
Bus Bus Tampere Regional Transport Authority 103 Tampere railway station
Tampere bus station		 www.nysse.fi

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ https://www.finavia.fi/sites/default/files/documents/Passengers%20by%20Airport-fi_0.pdf
  2. ^ https://www.finavia.fi/sites/default/files/documents/Landings-fi_0.pdf
  3. ^ a b "EFTP Tampere–Pirkkala" (PDF). AIP Suomi / Finland. Finavia. 30 June 2011. pp. EFTP AD 2.1, 1–12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
  4. ^ "Finavia's Air Traffic Statistics 2010". Vantaa: Finavia. pp. 7, 9. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  5. ^ "Tampere-Pirkkala: tärkeä kenttä, loistava sijainti". Business Tampere (in Finnish). 6 September 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  6. ^ Repo, Toni (17 May 2018). "Pääsy kielletty: Tältä näyttää Tampere-Pirkkalan lennonjohtotornissa – 156 askelmaa johdattaa ainutlaatuisen maiseman äärelle". Aamulehti (in Finnish). Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  7. ^ "About us". Finavia. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  8. ^ "Renovation works at Tampere-Pirkkala airport to be completed: Smooth air travel through Terminal 2 / News archive". Finavia. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  9. ^ "Ryanair lentää ensi kesänä Tampereelta vain kahteen kohteeseen". Yle Uutiset. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  10. ^ Koskinen, Anu Leena (14 December 2021). "Tampere-Pirkkalasta tulee Air Balticin kotikenttä, kuusi uutta suoraa lentoa suosikkikohteisiin maailmalle – Yle seurasi suorana". Yle (in Finnish). Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  11. ^ "Ryanair avaa lentoyhteyden Tampere-Pirkkalasta Lontooseen – Helsingistä lentoja 8 kohteeseen". 23 June 2021.
  12. ^ "Database - Eurostat". ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  13. ^ "Traffic statistics – Passengers". Finavia. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  14. ^ "Statistics". Finavia. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  15. ^ "Parking and Transportation: Tampere-Pirkkala public transport". Finavia. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  16. ^ "Tampere Airport (TMP) to Tampere Bus Station". Rome2rio. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  17. ^ "Single Ticket". Tampere Regional Transport Authority. Retrieved 5 October 2021.

External links[]

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