The Airports in Tampere serve the visitors coming to this city everyday. The city of Tampere is serviced by Tampere-Pirkkala airport. The airport is located 17 kilometers from the city center and was opened in current location in the year 1979. There are direct flights to London (Heathrow), Stockholm and Copenhagen from the airports in Tampere.
More importantly for the budget traveler, Ryanair provides services to Riga, London (Stansted), Frankfurt - Hahn, Dublin and Bremen.
The IATA code of Tampere-Pirkkala Airport is TMP and the ICAO code is EFTP. The Tampere airport is the third busiest airport and the second busiest international airport in Finland. The Tampere-Pirkkala is also one of Finland's fastest developing airports. It has increased its annual passenger numbers from 256,380 in 2000 to 632,010 in the year 2006.
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, Milan, Frankfurt-Hahn, Dublin, Bremen and Riga.
Brief History of the Tampere-Pirkkala Airport
The Tampere-Pirkkala Airport was founded in the year 1936 in Härmälä (a district in Tampere). It was located some 6 kilometers from the city centre of Tampere. At that time Härmälä airport was connected to Vaasa, Helsinki, Oulu and Kemi by Aero Oy (a precursor of Finnair). The first terminal building was built in the year 1941.
Getting to the Airports in Tampere
There are regular bus services from the airport to Tampere. It takes about 40 minutes to reach the airport. Ryanair has its own bus service and the airport is also served by local bus routes. You can also take a taxi from the center of Tampere to reach the airport taxi. The one-way fare is €12 for one person and travel time to the airport is about 20 minutes.
Airlines operating in Airports in Tampere
Some of the popular airlines operating in the airports in Tampere are Blue1 (Stockholm-Arlanda), Aero Airlines (Helsinki), Finncomm Airlines (Helsinki), Scandinavian Airlines System (Copenhagen) and Cimber Air (Copenhagen).
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