Mikkeli Airport ( IATA : MIK , ICAO : EFMI ) is located in Mikkeli , Finland , about 2.5 km from the city center. This airport does not currently operate scheduled flights. There were flights to Helsinki once a day in the morning there and back in the evening using Saab SF propeller airplanes; the travel time was 35 minutes [3] .
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| Location | Mikkeli , Finland | ||||||
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| Operator | Mikkeli city | ||||||
| NUM height | one hundred | ||||||
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| Annual passenger flow | 1,214 | ||||||
Now the airport is used mainly in the summer for recreational purposes for paragliding , gliding and parachuting . One of the few airports in Finland that are operated by local authorities and not by the state-owned Finavia company.
There is one runway 1702 x 44 meters, suitable for receiving small aircraft, but equipped with an accurate landing control system Instrument landing system . [1] There is an airport terminal with free parking, equipped with a parking space heating system (for a fee). The journey time by taxi to Mikkeli is 10 - 15 minutes. The terminal has a conference room for 5–15 visitors, vending machines for coffee and soft drinks, a room for mother and child [4] . Near the airport there are golf courses and the industrial area of Tuscu [5]
In addition, the airport is used for military purposes, since in Mikkeli it is located the command of the Eastern direction of the Finnish Defense Forces, as well as the headquarters of the Ground Forces [5] . The airport’s website claims that it has, among other things, great strategic importance [6]
For charter flights wishing to arrive at Mikkeli Airport from outside the European Union, it is necessary to obtain permission from the Finnish customs authorities at least 24 hours before the estimated time of arrival. It should also be borne in mind that the airport does not have reserves of some types of aviation fuel [4] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 EFMI Mikkeli (PDF). AIP Suomi / Finland EFMI AD 2.1, 1–8. Finavia (June 30, 2011). Date of treatment July 21, 2011. Archived July 20, 2011.
- ↑ Finavia's Air Traffic Statistics 2010 (PDF) 7, 9. Vantaa: Finavia. Date of treatment July 21, 2011. Archived July 4, 2012.
- ↑ MIKKELI CITY AIRPORT Navigointi unopened (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment May 3, 2012. Archived March 28, 2012.
- ↑ 1 2 MIKKELI CITY AIRPORT Navigointi unopened (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment May 3, 2012. Archived on September 20, 2012.
- ↑ 1 2 MIKKELI CITY AIRPORT Navigointi unopened (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment May 3, 2012. Archived on September 20, 2012.
- ↑ MIKKELI CITY AIRPORT Navigointi unopened (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment May 3, 2012. Archived on September 19, 2012.
Links
- Mikkeli airport
- AIP Finland - Mikkeli Airport
- Current weather for EFMI at NOAA / NWS
- Airport MIK incident history on Aviation Safety Network