Varkaus Airport

Airport in Joroinen, Finland

VRK

Location within Finland

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
14/32	2,000	6,562	Asphalt

Statistics (2015)

Passengers	0
Landings	0

Source: AIP Finland^[1]
Statistics from Finavia^[2]

Varkaus Airport (IATA: VRK, ICAO: EFVR) was an airport in Joroinen, Finland, about 16 kilometres (10 mi) south of Varkaus.

According to Finavia ^[3] Varkaus Airport ceased operations on 31 December 2015. The (former) airport code EFVR is no longer referenced in the Finish AIP. Currently the (former) terminal is used by non-aviation business.

Airlines and destinations

The only scheduled service offered by Flybe Nordic to Helsinki ended in January 2014 leaving the airport without any scheduled flights.^[4]

Statistics

Annual passenger statistics for **Varkaus Airport** ^[2]
Year	Domestic passengers	International passengers	Total passengers	Change
2005	15,550	519	16,069	−24.0%
2006	11,947	305	12,252	−23.8%
2007	2,337	30	2,367	−80.7%
2008	6,251	151	6,402	+170.5%
2009	9,116	742	9,858	+54.0%
2010	7,601	456	8,057	−18.3%
2011	7,210	1,525	8,735	+8.4%
2012	5,576	1,074	6,650	−23.9%
2013	5,022	1,737	6,759	+1.6%
2014	18	2	20	−99.7%
2015	0	0	0	−100.0%
2016	0	0	0	0%

References

^ "EFVR Varkaus" (PDF). AIP Suomi / Finland. Finavia. 30 June 2011. pp. EFVR AD 2.1, 1–12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Traffic statistics". Finavia Corporation. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
^ https://www.finavia.fi/en/newsroom/2015/websites-lappeenranta-and-varkaus-airports-will-be-closed-31-december-2015
^ Flybe. Nordic abandons Savonlinna and Varkaus - ch-aviation