Kauhava Airfield Explained

Kauhava Airfield
Nativename:Finnish: Kauhavan lentokenttä
Iata:KAU
Icao:EFKA
Pushpin Map:Finland
Pushpin Label:KAU
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Finland
Type:Uncontrolled airfield
Owner:LSK Business Park Oy
Operator:Ilmasotakoulun Lentokerho ry
Location:Kauhava, Finland
Elevation-F:151
Elevation-M:46
Coordinates:63.1242°N 23.0511°W
Metric-Elev:Y
Metric-Rwy:Y
R1-Number:17/35
R1-Length-F:8858
R1-Length-M:2700
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2010
Stat1-Header:Passengers
Stat1-Data:155
Stat2-Header:Landings
Stat2-Data:5900
Footnotes:Source:[1]
Statistics from Finavia[2]

Kauhava Airfield (; Finnish: Kauhavan lentokenttä) is an airfield located in Kauhava, Finland, 3km (02miles) north of Kauhava town centre.

The airfield used to be a military airport until the end of 2014, owned and operated by Finavia. Training Air Wing of the Finnish Air Force was based at the airport. In May 2014, Finavia announced that it would sell the airport properties to Kasvuyrittäjät Oy.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: EFKA. Kauhavan lentopaikan toimintakäsikirja . Kauhava Aerodrome Operations Manual . PDF . 1.2 . 14 April 2015 . Kauhava . Ilmasotakoulun Lentokerho ry . 24 May 2015 . Finnish . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053742/http://lentopaikat.fi/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/EFKA_toimintak%C3%A4sikirja.pdf . dead .
  2. Web site: Finavia's Air Traffic Statistics 2010 . 7, 9 . Vantaa . Finavia . PDF . 15 July 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120124205801/http://www.finavia.fi/files/finavia2/liikennetilastot_pdf/Lentoliikennetilasto_2010.pdf . 24 January 2012 .
  3. Web site: Kauhavan lentosotakoulu myydään pohjalaisyrittäjille. 2014-05-06. Turun Sanomat. fi. 2019-08-15.