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Vaasa Airport

ICAO EFVA63.0502°N 21.7625°E6 m / 19 ftLarge airport
On the map
Vaasan lentoasema
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Vaasa Airport (IATA: VAA, ICAO: EFVA) is a large airport in Vaasa, Ostrobothnia Region, Finland. It opened in 1938. It has one runway, 2,660 m (8,727 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Finavia. In 2025 it handled 171 thousand passengers.

Timeline

2 events · 1938–1961
1938
OpenedVaasa Airport opens.
03 JAN 1961
DisasterAero Flight 311.25 killed
From Wikidata and WikipediaEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Vaasan lentoasema
16/34163° / 343° · LIT
LENGTH2,660 m8,727 ftWIDTH48 m157 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
326K
282K
288K
301K
318K
306K
60K
19K
114K
155K
178K
171K
141516171819202122232425

Routes

4 destinations · 3 countries
Most destinationsFinnair 2Scandinavian Airlines 1Sunclass Airlines 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from VAA. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Vaasa Airport” (revision of 7 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers171K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,607of 3,974 · #344 Europe · #7 FILongest runway2,660 m8,727 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,975of 29,823 · =303 Europe · #6 FIElevation6 m19 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=41,473of 43,341 · =5,589 Europe · #83 FIAgeOpened 19382026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=870of 15,079 · =451 Europe · #8 FIRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =643 Europe · =17 FI
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

2 channels
ATISATIS114.500
TWRTWR119.300