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The airport is located 1.4 nautical miles (2.6 km; 1.6 mi) south of the Pori town centre. [1] It has two check-in desks, and a cafeteria service. During 2011 Pori Airport served 54,056 passengers, an increase of 25.2% from previous year. [ 2 ]
Pori Airport: Civil 23,183 (0.10%) Rovaniemi: Lapland: EFRO: RVN Rovaniemi Airport: Civil/military 579,470 (2.55%) Savonlinna: Etelä-Savo: EFSA Archived 20 July 2011 ...
From 1942 to 1944 Pori Airport served as an air depot for the Jagdgeschwader 5 of German Luftwaffe. [28] Pori air depot was known as "Feldluftpark Pori" and it was one of the major German air depots in Northern Europe. In September 1944, Germans left the airport and destroyed many of their facilities with explosives. [29]
The airport is surrounded by the municipalities of Matosinhos (to the south and west) and Vila do Conde (to the north) and Maia (to the east). It covers the parishes of Santa Cruz do Bispo, Perafita and Lavra (in Matosinhos); Aveleda and Vilar do Pinheiro (Vila do Conde); and Vila Nova da Telha and Moreira (Maia). [2]
During a Fouga Magister jet training mission at Pori Airport on April 12, 1969, a Finnish Defence Forces flight controller told pilot-in-training Tarmo Tukeva to investigate seven air balloons that were floating at approximately 1500-3000 meters above the airport. Tukeva reported that the objects were ball or disc shaped, but could not ...
"IATA Airline and Airport Code Search". International Air Transport Association. "United Nations Code for Trade and Transport Locations". UN/LOCODE 2011-2. UNECE. 28 February 2012. - includes IATA codes
In 1944 the unit was moved to Pori Airport and it was equipped with Messerschmitt Bf 109s. It was the first unit of the Finnish Air Force to be equipped with jet aircraft, when it received its De Havilland Vampires. It was later to receive Folland Gnats and MiG-21s. The unit was renamed into the "Satakunta Wing" in 1957 and the headquarters was ...
Port of Pori (Finnish: Porin satama) is a complex of three harbours. It is by the Gulf of Bothnia in Pori, Finland. The port authority of Pori was established in 1780. Today the Port of Pori is a corporation owned by the city. Port of Pori has liner service to several ports in Northern Europe, for example Hamburg, Ghent, St. Petersburg and ...