Rovaniemi Airport
Rovaniemi Airport
Rovaniemi Airport (Finnish: Rovaniemen lentoasema) (IATA: RVN, ICAO: EFRO) is an international airport serving Rovaniemi, Finland, approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) north of Rovaniemi city centre. The Arctic Circle crosses the runway close to its northern end. It is the second busiest airport in Finland after Helsinki-Vantaa, as measured by the numbers of passengers and landings.
Location
66.563°N, 25.830°E · 196 m s. n. m. (642 ft)
General data
Runways · 1
Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.
Radio frequencies · 3
Tower
Ground
Approach
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 They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation.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
The airport was built in 1940 with two grass-surfaced runways. During the Continuation War, it served as an airbase and supply center for the German Luftwaffe. Services were first operated by Aero O/Y (predecessor to Finnair). On 21.6.1940 Aero O/Y started operations of the "Lapland Express"-flight route from Helsinki to Petsamo via Tampere, Vaasa, Kokkola, Oulu, Kemi, Rovaniemi and Sodankylä. The route was operated by Junkers Ju 52/3m-aircraft, with a travel time of 8.5 hours. The runway was extended to the length of 3002m in 1981. In 2020s, the airport has seen a major increase in passengers following a rise in Lapland tourism, with passenger numbers rising by 31.1% from 2023 to 2024 and 29% from 2024 to 2025. Citing increased tourist traffic in Rovaniemi Airport Finavia announced plans to expand the airport terminal by "nearly 1000 square meters" in April 2025. The extension increased the landside area of the terminal at a cost of €3 million and was completed on October 28th, 2025.
Airlines operating here · 22
Other airlines with direct routes
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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This page was last updated on October 15, 2026
APA
Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Rovaniemi Airport (RVN). Retrieved October 25, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/RVN
MLA
“Rovaniemi Airport (RVN).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/RVN. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.
Chicago
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Harvard
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BibTeX
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title = {{Rovaniemi Airport (RVN)}},
publisher = {Fundación Poderia},
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date = {2026-10-15},
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urldate = {2026-10-25},
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