Vaasa Airport
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Vaasa Airport is located in Vaasa
Vaasa
Vaasa is a city on the west coast of Finland. It received its charter in 1606, during the reign of Charles IX of Sweden and is named after the Royal House of Vasa...

, Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

, about 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) south-east of Vaasa
Vaasa
Vaasa is a city on the west coast of Finland. It received its charter in 1606, during the reign of Charles IX of Sweden and is named after the Royal House of Vasa...

 city centre. It is the 6th biggest airport in Finland in terms of passengers. In 2010, about 288,000 passengers traveled via the airport. In 2005, and again in 2008, Vaasa Airport was chosen as the Airport of the Year in Finland. Regular users of Vaasa airport are airBaltic
AirBaltic
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, Blue1, Finnair
Finnair
Finnair Plc is the flag carrier and largest airline of Finland, with its headquarters on the grounds of Helsinki Airport in Vantaa, Finland, and its main hub at Helsinki Airport. Finnair and its subsidiaries dominate both the domestic and international air travel markets in Finland. The largest...

 and Flybe Nordic
Flybe Nordic
Flybe Nordic is an airline, jointly owned by Flybe and Finnair, and began operations on 30 October 2011.-History:The airline was announced on 1 July 2011, when Flybe and Finnair revealed plans to jointly purchase Finnish Commuter Airlines and rebrand the airline Flybe Nordic, with Flybe and...

. The airport is also served by several charters with destinations to Bulgaria, Canary Islands, Greece, Spain, Turkey and Thailand.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger statistics

Annual passenger statistics for Vaasa Airport
Year Domestic passengers International passengers Total passengers Change
2000 227,523 98,851 326,374 +4.2%
2001 216,409 95,651 312,060 −4.4%
2002 194,651 74,466 269,117 −13.8%
2003 169,088 79,836 248,924 −7.5%
2004 166,836 94,480 261,316 +5.0%
2005 178,378 118,886 297,264 +13.8%
2006 195,045 111,106 306,151 +3.0%
2007 213,833 108,095 321,928 +5.3%
2008 234,447 108,948 343,395 +6.7%
2009 207,274 86,983 294,257 −14.3%
2010 194,102 94,040 288,142 −2.1%

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