Sodankylä Airfield ( fi, Sodankylän lentokenttä; ) is an
airfield
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in
Sodankylä
Sodankylä (; sme, Soađegilli ; smn, Suáđigil; sms, Suäʹđjel) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the region of Lapland, and lies at the northern end of Highway 5 ( E63) and along Highway 4 ( E75). The Kitinen River flows ne ...
,
Lapland,
Finland
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, located south-east of Sodankylä municipal centre.
The airfield was originally built in the early 1940s, initially as a stopover airfield for the flights to
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. A
gravel
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runway was built in 1971. The asphalt pavement and terminal building were completed in 1989, and there were scheduled flights in 1989–1996. There were some plans to build a new, longer runway to enable direct
charter
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flights in the early 2000s. Sodankylä Airport was turned to an uncontrolled airfield on July 1, 2010. Today the airfield serves as a
general aviation
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airfield.
See also
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List of airports in Finland
Below is a list of airports, airfields and heliports in Finland, grouped by type and sorted by location.
Airports
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Names shown in bold indicate airpo ...
References
External links
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Lentopaikat.fi – Sodankylä Airfield
Airports in Finland
Airfield
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