# Turku Airport (TKU / EFTU)

**Turku Airport** (IATA: TKU, ICAO: EFTU) is a large airport in Turku, Southwest Finland Region, Finland. It opened in 1956. It has one runway, 2,500 m (8,202 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Finavia. In 2025 it handled 280 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: TKU / EFTU
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Finavia
- Serves: Turku, Southwest Finland Region, Finland
- Opened: 1956
- Elevation: 49 m / 161 ft
- Coordinates: 60.5141, 22.2628
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,500 m / 8,202 ft
- Passengers: 279,791 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+2/+3 · Europe/Helsinki
- Website: https://www.finavia.fi/en/turku/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turku_Airport (31 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1130231
- Weather station: EFTU · WMO 02972
- Ident: EFTU

## Timeline

- 1956: Turku Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 2,500 m / 8,202 ft | 60 m / 197 ft | Asphalt | 085° / 265° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 297,824 | Eurostat |
| 2015 | 312,037 | Eurostat |
| 2016 | 323,847 | Eurostat |
| 2017 | 334,699 | Eurostat |
| 2018 | 370,965 | Eurostat |
| 2019 | 454,905 | Eurostat |
| 2020 | 113,492 | Eurostat |
| 2021 | 51,535 | Eurostat |
| 2022 | 133,522 | Eurostat |
| 2023 | 233,659 | Eurostat |
| 2024 | 255,697 | Eurostat |
| 2025 | 279,791 | Eurostat |

## Routes

6 destinations in 5 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (5)

- [MHQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/efma.md) Mariehamn Airport · Finland · 137 km / 85 mi · Amapola Flyg
- [HEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/efhk.md) Helsinki Vantaa Airport · Finland · 150 km / 93 mi · Finnair
- [ARN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/essa.md) Stockholm-Arlanda Airport · Sweden · 259 km / 161 mi · Scandinavian Airlines, Finnair
- [RIX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/evra.md) Riga International Airport · Latvia · 412 km / 256 mi · AirBaltic
- [GDN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epgd.md) Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport · Poland · 719 km / 447 mi · Wizz Air

### Seasonal charter (1)

- [RHO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgrp.md) Rhodes International Airport "Diagoras" · Greece · 2,712 km / 1,685 mi · Aegean Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (6)

- AY [Finnair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/finnair) · 2
- A3 [Aegean Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aegean-airlines) · 1 · seasonal charter
- BT [AirBaltic](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/airbaltic) · 1
- HP [Amapola Flyg](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/amapola-flyg) · 1
- SK [Scandinavian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/scandinavian-airlines) · 1
- W6 [Wizz Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/wizz-air) · 1

Former hub of [Turku Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/turku-air).

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 280K (2025) | #1,381 of 3,974 | #302 in Europe | #5 in FI |
| Longest runway | 2,500 m / 8,202 ft | =2,333 of 29,858 | =390 in Europe | =11 in FI |
| Elevation | 49 m / 161 ft | =34,980 of 43,403 | =4,540 in Europe | #66 in FI |
| Age | Opened 1956 | =4,178 of 15,079 | =859 in Europe | #23 in FI |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =17 in FI |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ATIS | ATIS | 130.050 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [POR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/efpo.md) Pori Airport · 108 km / 67 mi
- [TMP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eftp.md) Tampere-Pirkkala Airport · 124 km / 77 mi
- [MHQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/efma.md) Mariehamn Airport · 137 km / 85 mi
- [HEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/efhk.md) Helsinki Vantaa Airport · 150 km / 93 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: “Turku Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Turku_Airport&oldid=1376625815), revision of 25 Sep 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/eftu/data