Mariehamn Airport

Mariehamn Airport Mariehamns flygplats Maarianhaminan lentoasema
Mariehamn Airport terminal
IATA: MHQ – ICAO: EFMA
Summary
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 / 60.12194°N 19.89639°E / 60.12194; 19.89639Coordinates: 60°07′19″N 019°53′47″E / 60.12194°N 19.89639°E / 60.12194; 19.89639
Website		www.finavia.fi
Map
MHQ Location within Finland
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
03/21	1,903	6,243	Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Passengers			48,672
Landings			3,053
Source: AIP Finland[1] Statistics from Finavia[2]

Mariehamn Airport (Swedish: Mariehamns flygplats, Finnish: Maarianhaminan lentoasema) (IATA: MHQ, ICAO: EFMA) is located in Jomala, Åland, Finland, some 3 kilometres (2 mi) north-west of Mariehamn town centre. It served 48,672 passengers in 2010^[2] and is operated by the state owned Finavia.

The airport is the main hub for Air Åland, who provide regional services to Helsinki and Stockholm with Saab 340 A aircraft, with three or four daily departures to Helsinki and two to Stockholm. Turku Air provides flights to Turku, three times daily on weekdays, operating a Piper PA-31 Navajo, though it also operates cargo, taxi and business flights. The departures to Stockholm arrive earlier than they depart from Mariehamn because they go to a different time zone.

The airport has a duty-free shop. Passengers can buy goods, e.g. alcohol without VAT and other taxes. This is allowed both before flying to Finland and to other countries. Normally local taxes must be paid in airport shops before travelling inside the EU, but Åland is outside the EU VAT area, for the very reason to allow taxfree sales onboard ferries and at the airport. Åland is in other respects a part of the EU.

Airlines and destinations

Passengers

Airlines	Destinations
Air Åland operated by Nextjet	Helsinki, Stockholm-Arlanda
Flybe operated by Flybe Nordic	Helsinki
Turku Air	Turku

Freight and charter

• Avion Express
• Scanwings
• Turku Air

Statistics

Annual passenger statistics for Oulu Airport ^[3]

Year	Domestic passengers	International passengers	Total passengers	Change
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%

See also

• List of the largest airports in the Nordic countries

References

1. ^ "EFMA Mariehamn" (PDF). AIP Suomi / Finland. Finavia. 1 July 2010. pp. EFMA AD 2.1, 1–8. https://ais.fi/ais/eaip/pdf/aerodromes/EF_AD_2_EFMA_EN.pdf. Retrieved 8 August 2011. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Finavia's Air Traffic Statistics 2010" (PDF). Vantaa: Finavia. pp. 7, 9. http://www.finavia.fi/files/finavia2/liikennetilastot_pdf/Lentoliikennetilasto_2010.pdf. Retrieved 8 August 2011. 
3. ^ "Traffic statistics – Passengers". Finavia. http://www.finavia.fi/statisticspassengers. Retrieved 8 August 2011. 

External links

• 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 Oct. 2006).
• Accident history for MHQ at Aviation Safety Network
• Airliners.net gallery about this airport