KUOEFKU

Kuopio Airport

Kuopio / Siilinjärvi, Finland · Europe

Europe Europe/Helsinki

1direct destinations

1airlines

1runway

2,800 mLongest runway

1940opened

Kuopio Airport (IATA: KUO, ICAO: EFKU) is an airport in Rissala, Siilinjärvi, Finland, about 14 kilometres (9 mi) north of Kuopio city centre. It is the fifth busiest airport in Finland, as measured by the number of passengers, approximately 235,000 in 2017.

Location

63.007°N, 27.798°E · 98 m s. n. m. (323 ft)

General data

CountryFinland

CityKuopio / Siilinjärvi

IATA codeKUO

ICAO codeEFKU

Coordinates63.007°N, 27.798°E

Elevation98 m s. n. m. (323 ft)

Time zoneEurope/Helsinki

Runways1

Longest runway2,800 m

OperatorFinavia

Opened1940

Direct destinations1

Official website

Runways · 1

15/33

Length2,800 m9,186 ft

Width60 m197 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

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

Radio frequencies · 3

Tower

120.150

ATIS (automatic information)

128.775

Approach

130.600

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 They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation.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.

History

Kuopio Airport was completed in November 1939 and flight operations started in May 1940. It was used by the Luftwaffe during World War II (1942–43). During the Continuation War the runways were made from plywood. The first terminal building was opened in 1949 before a new one replaced it in 1971.

In 2004, Kuopio Airport was chosen as the Airport of the Year in Finland. As of 2006, it was one of only five profitable airports in Finland, thanks to shared use of the runways by the Karelian Air Command of the Finnish Air Force and civilian airlines. Kuopio had its first international scheduled route when AirBaltic operated direct flights to Riga in 2008–2011.

Airlines operating here · 1

Other airlines with direct routes

Finnair

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

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This page was last updated on October 15, 2026

APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Kuopio Airport (KUO). Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/KUO

MLA

“Kuopio Airport (KUO).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/KUO. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

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

Harvard

Vuelopedia (2026) Kuopio Airport (KUO). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/KUO (Accessed: 24 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_kuo,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Kuopio Airport (KUO)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/KUO},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/KUO}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-24},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-24}
}

Wikipedia

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