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Kuusamo Airport

Kuusamo Airport (IATA: KAO, ICAO: EFKS) is an airport in Kuusamo, Finland. It is located 6 kilometres (4 mi) northeast of Kuusamo's town centre.

Kuusamo Airport
Kuusamon lentoasema
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorFinavia
ServesKuusamo, Finland
Elevation AMSL866 ft / 264 m
Coordinates65°59′25″N 029°13′55″E / 65.99028°N 29.23194°E / 65.99028; 29.23194
Websitewww.finavia.fi/en/airports/kuusamo
Map
KAO is located in Finland
KAO
KAO
Location within Finland
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
12/30 2,460 8,071 Asphalt
Statistics (2025)
Passengers129,373[1]
Landings955[2]
Source: AIP Finland[3]

Airlines and destinations

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The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Kuusamo Airport:

AirlinesDestinations
airBaltic Seasonal: Berlin (begins 12 December 2026),[4] Hamburg (begins 12 December 2026), [4] London–Gatwick (begins 13 December 2026),[4] Manchester (begins 13 December 2026),[4] Riga (begins 11 December 2026)[4]
Edelweiss Air Seasonal: Zürich[5]
Eurowings Seasonal: Berlin (begins 20 December 2026),[6] Düsseldorf[7]
Finnair Helsinki[8]
Jet2.com Seasonal charter: Manchester[9]
Lufthansa Seasonal: Frankfurt[10][11]
Transavia Seasonal: Rotterdam[12]
TUI Airways Seasonal: Birmingham,[13] London–Gatwick, Manchester[14]
TUI fly Netherlands Seasonal: Rotterdam[15]

Statistics

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Annual passenger statistics for Kuusamo Airport [16][17]
YearDomestic passengersInternational passengersTotal passengersChange
2005 87,80213,476101,278−0.6% Decrease
2006 87,36623,680111,046+9.6% Increase
2007 84,27924,115108,394−2.3% Decrease
2008 78,73824,192102,930−4.8% Decrease
2009 75,13618,94794,083−8.6% Decrease
2010 68,95313,54482,497−12.3% Decrease
2011 81,28310,47691,759+11.2% Increase
2012 75,52110,96586,486−5.7% Decrease
2013 62,41512,16874,583−13.8% Decrease
2014 62,78910,64373,432−1.5% Decrease
2015 57,47811,42768,905−6.2% Decrease
2016 62,90213,94676,848+11.5% Increase
2017 67,18320,56987,752+14.2% Increase
2018 79,51534,054113,569+29.4% Increase
2019 78,10335,890113,993+0.4% Increase
2020 47,68923,25470,943−37.8% Decrease
2021 53,31520,89474,209+4.6% Increase
2022 67,75449,350117,104+57.8% Increase
2023 63,87456,677120,551+2.9% Increase
2024 62,31863,995126,313+4.8% Increase
2025 60,70768,666129,373+2.4% Increase

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "Passengers by Airport 1198-2025". Finavia. Retrieved 29 April 2026.
  2. ↑ "Landings by Airport 1998-2025". Finavia. Retrieved 29 April 2026.
  3. ↑ "EFKS – Kuusamo". AIP Suomi / Finland. Fintraffic ANS. 5 October 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "airBaltic Expands Network for Upcoming Winter Season, Adds 12 New Routes". airBaltic. 24 March 2026. Archived from the original on 24 March 2026. Retrieved 24 March 2026.
  5. ↑ "Winter 2023/24: Lappland mit 18 neuen internationalen Strecken". 3 November 2023.
  6. ↑ "NEW Eurowings/EW route to Finnish Lapland as of Winter 26/27!". Linkedin=access-date=March 21, 2026.
  7. ↑ "Düsseldorf: Eurowings adds further two winter routes to Finland". 5 June 2023.
  8. ↑ "Finnair July/August 2024 Nordic Holiday Destinations Service Expansion". Aeroroutes.
  9. ↑ "Lapland Holidays 2024 | Canterbury Travel". www.canterburytravel.com.
  10. ↑ Liu, Jim (30 October 2024). "Lufthansa NW24 Europe Frequency Changes – 27OCT24". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
  11. ↑ "Newsroom: Lufthansa to expand Europe network: Six new Frankfurt destinations for the winter now fixed". Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  12. ↑ "Reisdetails". www.bbi-travel.nl.
  13. ↑ "TUI AIRWAYS RESUMES BIRMINGHAM – KUUSAMO SERVICE FROM DEC 2023". aeroroutes.com. 3 May 2023.
  14. ↑ "Flight Timetable". tui.co.uk.
  15. ↑ "TUI fly in de winter van Rotterdam Airport naar Egypte en Lapland". 30 May 2022.
  16. ↑ "Traffic statistics | Finavia".
  17. ↑ "Finavia Traffic statistics 1998-2025". Retrieved 25 January 2026.
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