Tampere–Pirkkala Airport
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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[2] of Tampere city centre. The airport is the sixth-busiest airport in Finland, as measured by the total number of passengers (168,328 in 2022), and the third-busiest as measured by the number of international passengers (159,801 in 2022).[1]
Tampere–Pirkkala Airport Tampere-Pirkkalan lentoasema Tammerfors-Birkala flygplats | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public/Military | ||||||||||
Operator | Finavia | ||||||||||
Serves | Tampere, Pirkkala, Finland | ||||||||||
Hub for | airBaltic | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 119 m / 390 ft | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 61°24′55″N 023°35′16″E | ||||||||||
Website | finavia.fi | ||||||||||
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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.