KAOEFKS

Kuusamo Airport

Kuusamo, Finland · Europe

Europe Europe/Helsinki

8direct destinations

6airlines

1runway

2,500 mLongest runway

1969opened

Kuusamo Airport (IATA: KAO, ICAO: EFKS) is an airport in Kuusamo, Finland. It is located 6 kilometres (4 mi) northeast of Kuusamo's town centre.

Location

65.988°N, 29.239°E · 264 m s. n. m. (866 ft)

General data

CountryFinland

CityKuusamo

IATA codeKAO

ICAO codeEFKS

Coordinates65.988°N, 29.239°E

Elevation264 m s. n. m. (866 ft)

Time zoneEurope/Helsinki

Runways1

Longest runway2,500 m

OperatorFinavia

Opened1969

Direct destinations8

Official website

Runways · 1

12/30

Length2,500 m8,202 ft

Width45 m148 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Radio frequencies · 1

Flight information

118.650

Look for a live feed on LiveATC External site; not every airport has a feed.

Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.

Airlines operating here · 6

Other airlines with direct routes

TUI Airways Edelweiss Air Eurowings Finnair Lufthansa TUI fly Netherlands

Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).

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Data from OurAirports (public domain) · destinations and airlines from Wikipedia route tables (CC BY-SA, 2026), unless another source is given · profile and photo from Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons (CC0 / CC) · summary and history from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Kuusamo Airport (KAO). Retrieved October 17, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/KAO

MLA

“Kuusamo Airport (KAO).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/KAO. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

Vuelopedia. “Kuusamo Airport (KAO).” Fundación Poderia. Last modified October 15, 2026. https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/KAO.

Harvard

Vuelopedia (2026) Kuusamo Airport (KAO). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/KAO (Accessed: 17 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_kao,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Kuusamo Airport (KAO)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/KAO},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/KAO}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-17},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-17}
}

Wikipedia

{{cite web |url=https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/KAO |title=Kuusamo Airport (KAO) |website=Vuelopedia |publisher=Fundación Poderia |date=2026-10-15 |access-date=2026-10-17 |language=en}}