Lentokenttä

Lentokenttä (Swedish: "Flygfältet", English meaning: "airport") is a district of Vantaa, Finland, in the middle of the city. The district is part of the Tikkurila main district and has been named after the Helsinki-Vantaa Airport situated there.

The district of Lentokenttä is the largest single job concentration of Vantaa. In 2001, the district provided jobs for over 11 thousand people, of which almost 9 thousand worked in customer service. As the airport area has grown, the number of jobs has increased dramatically.

The number of permanent residents in the district has fallen drastically in the last few decades. As of 2008, there are only 6 people living permanently in Lentokenttä, giving it a population density of 0.43 people/km². Increased air traffic and air traffic noise has significantly decreased the popularity of the district as a place of residence. In 1980, there were still over 200 people living in the district.

In regard of services, Lentokenttä is fairly self-sufficient, with cafés, restaurants, shops, banks and a bus traffic terminal. The district is secured by its own fire station, deep water supply, water tower and electrical plant. Near the airport, accommodation is available in hotels, and premises for negotiations or conferences are also available. Because of the nature of activity in an international airport, some of the services are only available to passengers having gone through security control.

There are offices of many air traffic carriers, cargo stations and aircraft hangars in the district.

The district also includes:
* The Finnish Aviation Museum
* The main office of Finnair
* The main office of Finavia
* The main office of the Finnish Bureau of Aviation
* The Avia College aviation academy
* The cemetery of Ruskeasanta
* A chapel built of logs (1927, designed by Armas Lindgren)

The Aviapolis job area has recently been built near the airport.

The quietest spots in the district include the Kylmäoja part of the Keravanjoki river located northeast of the airport.

ources

* Vantaa alueittain (2003). Especially the starting part pp. 136-139: (District 53, Lentokenttä). The work is downloadable in two PDF files (179 pages, 11 MB, and 101 pages, 6 MB) from the website of the City of Vantaa: [http://www.vantaa.fi/i_perusdokumentti.asp?path=1;2075;6962;]
* Vantaan väestö kaupunginosittain 1.1.2006. Statistical map, available as two PDF files from the website of the City of Vantaa: [http://www.vantaa.fi/i_perusdokumentti.asp?path=1;2075;17440]