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Tampere-Pirkkala Airport
IATA: TMP - ICAO: EFTP
Summary
Airport type		Military/Public
Operator		Finnish Air Force Finavia
Serves		Pirkkala
Elevation AMSL		390 ft (119 m)
Coordinates		61°24′51″N, 23°36′16″E
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
06/24	8,858	2,700	Asphalt

Tampere-Pirkkala Airport (IATA: TMP, ICAO: EFTP), located in Pirkkala, some 17 kilometres from the city of Tampere, is the third busiest airport and the second busiest international airport in Finland. Tampere-Pirkkala is also one of Finland's fastest growing airports, having increased its annual passenger numbers from 256,380 in 2000 to 597,000 in 2005.

There are two terminals in Tampere-Pirkkala. Low-cost carrier Ryanair uses Terminal 2 and the other airlines use the main terminal (Terminal 1). Tampere-Pirkkala is connected to Helsinki, Stockholm, Copenhagen, London Stansted, Liverpool, Frankfurt-Hahn, Dublin, Bremen and Riga.

Tampere-Pirkkala also is the main base of the Finnish Air Force with F-18 Hornets based here.

Contents 1 History 2 Airlines & destinations 2.1 Terminal 1 2.2 Terminal 2 3 Getting there 3.1 Buses 3.2 Taxi 4 External links

Tampere Airport was founded in 1936 in Härmälä (a district in Tampere) located some 6 kilometres from the centre of Tampere. At that time Härmälä airport was connected to Helsinki, Vaasa, Oulu and Kemi by Aero Oy (a precursor of Finnair). The first terminal building was built in 1941.

Veljekset Karhumäki (an airline, in English "Bearhill brothers") began to fly to Stockholm in the 1950s. The runway wasn't asphalted until 1958. Between 1936 and 1979 Härmälä airport served 1.5 million passengers. In 1979 Härmälä airport was closed and the new airport opened to Pirkkala.

• Blue1 (Stockholm-Arlanda)
• Finnair
• Aero Airlines (Helsinki)
• Finncomm Airlines (Helsinki)
• Scandinavian Airlines System (Copenhagen)
• Cimber Air (Copenhagen)

• Ryanair (Bremen, Dublin, Frankfurt-Hahn, Liverpool, London-Stansted, Riga)

Paunu's (bus company in Tampere) bus number 61 runs from Pyynikintori square in the centre of Tampere to Tampere-Pirkkala airport once in hour on weekdays and less frequently in weekends. The bus stops in the centre of Tampere at Keskustori (Central square), Koskipuisto park and the bus station. The drive takes about 40 minutes and costs €3.80 (oneway ticket for adults). The timetable of Paunu's bus number 61 is here.

Tokee's (bus company in Tampere) bus for Ryanair's flights leaves from Tampere railway station in the centre of Tampere and goes to Terminal 2. The drive takes about 30 minutes and costs €6. Mobus's (bus company in Helsinki) bus for Ryanair's flights leaves from Rautatientori (Railway square) in the centre of Helsinki and goes to Terminal 2 in Tampere-Pirkkala airport. The drive takes about 2 hours and 30 minutes and costs €25. The bus timetables for Ryanair flights are here.

You can call a taxi everywhere in Tampere, Pirkkala, Nokia, Lempäälä, Kangasala or Ylöjärvi tel. 10041 and from mobile phone or other parts of Finland tel. 01004131. The web page of Tampereen Aluetaksi Oy (Tampere area local cab Ltd.).

Airport taxi transports you from the centre of Tampere to Tampere-Pirkkala airport and vice versa. One way (from the centre of Tampere to Tampere-Pirkkala or vice versa) costs €12 for one person and travel time is about 20 minutes. You can call an Airport taxi tel. 10041 and from mobile phone and other parts of Finland tel. 01004131.

There is a taxi rank outside the Terminal 1.

• Tampere-Pirkkala Airport official site (English)
• World Aero Data airport information for EFTP