Mariehamn Airport
Mariehamn Airport (Swedish: Mariehamns flygplats, Finnish: Maarianhaminan lentoasema) (IATA: MHQ, ICAO: EFMA) is located in Jomala, Åland (a territory of Finland). The airport is located some 3 kilometres (2 mi) north-west of Mariehamn town centre. It served 61,568 passengers in 2017[1] and is operated by the state-owned Finavia.
Mariehamn Airport Mariehamns flygplats Maarianhaminan lentoasema | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Finavia | ||||||||||
| Serves | Mariehamn | ||||||||||
| Location | Jomala, Åland, Finland | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 17 ft / 5 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 60°07′19″N 019°53′47″E | ||||||||||
| Website | finavia.fi | ||||||||||
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The airport has a duty-free shop where passengers may purchase goods such as alcohol without paying VAT and other taxes, when flying to destinations outside Åland, including to Finland. Normally local taxes must be paid in airport shops before travelling inside the EU, but Åland is outside the EU VAT area, to allow tax-free sales onboard ferries and at the airport. Åland is in other respects a part of the EU.
The Aero Flight 217 aviation accident that resulted in 22 deaths occurred near the airport in 1963.
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Air Leap | Stockholm–Arlanda,[2] Turku[3] |
| Finnair | Helsinki, Turku |
Statistics
| Year | Domestic passengers | International passengers | Total passengers | Change |
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| 2005 | 43,266 | 4,079 | 47,345 | −18.9%  |
| 2006 | 57,364 | 6,750 | 64,114 | +35.4%  |
| 2007 | 53,269 | 10,032 | 63,301 | −1.3% |
| 2008 | 51,210 | 10,900 | 62,110 | −1.9% |
| 2009 | 41,949 | 14,305 | 56,254 | −9.4% |
| 2010 | 36,904 | 11,768 | 48,672 | −13.5% |
| 2011 | 39,209 | 14,359 | 53,568 | +10.1% |
| 2014 | 37,436 | 14,661 | 52,097 | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 42,365 | 16,971 | 59,336 | +13.9% |
| 2016 | 42,864 | 16,680 | 59,544 | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 42,488 | 19,080 | 61,568 | +3.4% |
| 2018 | 41,377 | 13,263 | 54,640 | -11.3% |
References
- "Finavia's Air Traffic Statistics 2010" (PDF). Vantaa: Finavia. pp. 7, 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
- "Nytt flygbolag på den skandinaviska marknaden". Mynewsdesk (in Swedish). Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- "LEAP börjar flyga Mariehamn – Åbo". www.mynewsdesk.com (in Swedish). 13 July 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
External links
Media related to Mariehamn Airport at Wikimedia Commons
- Finavia – Mariehamn Airport (official website)
- AIP Finland – Mariehamn Airport
- Current weather for EFMA at NOAA/NWS
- Airport information for EFMA at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
- Airport information for MHQ at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- Accident history for MHQ at Aviation Safety Network