# Kajaani Airport (KAJ / EFKI)

**Kajaani Airport** (IATA: KAJ, ICAO: EFKI) is a medium airport in Kajaani, Kainuu Region, Finland. It opened in 1957. It has one runway, 2,499 m (8,199 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Finavia. In 2025 it handled 43 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/efki

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KAJ / EFKI
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Finavia
- Serves: Kajaani, Kainuu Region, Finland
- Opened: 1957
- Elevation: 147 m / 483 ft
- Coordinates: 64.2855, 27.6924
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,499 m / 8,199 ft
- Passengers: 43,363 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+2/+3 · Europe/Helsinki
- Website: https://www.finavia.fi/en/kajaani/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kajaani_Airport (25 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q739238
- Weather station: EFKI · WMO 02897
- Ident: EFKI

## Timeline

- 1957: Kajaani Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 07/25 | 2,499 m / 8,199 ft | 48 m / 157 ft | Asphalt | 080° / 260° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 71,812 | Eurostat |
| 2015 | 84,020 | Eurostat |
| 2016 | 85,766 | Eurostat |
| 2017 | 87,913 | Eurostat |
| 2018 | 89,546 | Eurostat |
| 2019 | 87,884 | Eurostat |
| 2020 | 17,428 | Eurostat |
| 2021 | 17,888 | Eurostat |
| 2022 | 26,074 | Eurostat |
| 2023 | 41,125 | Eurostat |
| 2024 | 39,969 | Eurostat |
| 2025 | 43,363 | Eurostat |

## Routes

3 destinations in 3 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [HEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/efhk.md) Helsinki Vantaa Airport · Finland · 463 km / 288 mi · Finnair

### Seasonal (2)

- [AMS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eham.md) Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · Netherlands · 1,869 km / 1,161 mi · TUI fly Netherlands
- [MAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egcc.md) Manchester Airport · United Kingdom · 2,079 km / 1,292 mi · TUI Airways

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from KAJ, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (3)

- AY [Finnair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/finnair) · 1
- BY [TUI Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tui-airways) · 1 · seasonal
- OR [TUI fly Netherlands](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tui-fly-netherlands) · 1 · seasonal

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 43K (2025) | #2,136 of 3,974 | #448 in Europe | #11 in FI |
| Longest runway | 2,499 m / 8,199 ft | =2,575 of 29,858 | =475 in Europe | =17 in FI |
| Elevation | 147 m / 483 ft | =27,441 of 43,403 | #2,819 in Europe | #19 in FI |
| Age | Opened 1957 | =4,248 of 15,079 | =876 in Europe | #24 in FI |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =17 in FI |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | AFIS | 118.100 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 114.900 |

## Nearby airports

- [OUL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/efou.md) Oulu Airport · 133 km / 82 mi
- [KUO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/efku.md) Kuopio Airport · 142 km / 88 mi
- [YLI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/efyl.md) Ylivieska Airfield · 146 km / 91 mi

## Sources

- [Eurostat](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/avia_paoa/default/table): Source: Eurostat (avia_paoa) (Eurostat reuse policy (CC BY 4.0))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Kajaani Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kajaani_Airport&oldid=1363046903), revision of 7 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/efki/data