Jyväskylä Airport ( IATA : JYV , ICAO : EFJY ; Finnish : Jyväskylän lentoasema ) is an airport in Jyväskylä , Finland . It is in the center of the Finnish Lake District, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of the center of Jyväskylä . The airport terminal was renovated in the fall of 2004.
7-550: The Air Force Academy operations are stationed at the airport. The main campus of the Air Force Academy is about 5 kilometres (3 mi) from the airport. The Aviation Museum of Central Finland is near the airport. The airport was founded as an air-force base in 1939. The first commercial flight left the airport 6 years later in 1945. On August 2, 2010, Finncomm Airlines announced it will stop its service between Helsinki and Jyväskylä on August 16, 2010. However
14-465: The Air Force Academy is to train warfighting airmen who can carry out their missions even under the most strenuous conditions. This includes conscripts, active duty personnel, and special forces such as pilots, aircraft and helicopter mechanics, and air surveillance controllers. The Air Force Academy also trains conscripts for general military operations. While training is primarily geared to serve air base functions, several conscripts are trained for jobs in
21-614: The break was very short as Finnair and Finncomm reached an agreement in September 2010 that Finncomm will take over several Finnair's domestic routes. As a result of that, Finnair stopped its flights to Jyväskylä in late October 2010 and Finncomm started to operate those flights as co-operation with Finnair. On September 9, 2011, Finnair announced that they will end flights to Jyväskylä, the last flight would be on October 29, 2011. Finnair flights to Jyväskylä had been operated by Finncomm Airlines. Finnair has been responsible for ticket sales on
28-490: The control and reporting centres. The Air Force Academy comprises a headquarters and a Communication Systems Training Flight, an Aircraft and Weapon Systems Training Flight, Reserve Non-Commissioned Officer Training School, and a Reserve Officer Training School. Initial pilot training was formerly given in the Air Force Academy in Kauhava, but basic training was branched off as a separate unit and moved to Tikkakoski in 2005. At
35-508: The passenger terminal. A car rental service is available. Taxi is available upon request. Bus-line number 22 goes from a nearby town to downtown Jyväskylä. [REDACTED] Media related to Jyväskylä Airport at Wikimedia Commons Air Force Academy (Finland) The Air Force Academy ( Finnish : Ilmasotakoulu , abbr. ILMASK ; Swedish : Luftkrigsskolan ) is located at Tikkakoski in Jyväskylä , Finland . The primary mission of
42-601: The route, Finncomm being solely the operator. After the joint acquisition of Finncomm Airlines by Finnair and Flybe Nordic , it was announced that the link to Helsinki would be taken over by the new FlyBe Nordic on 30 October. The service between Helsinki and Jyväskylä was then operated by NyxAir until the spring of 2021, when it became non-operational; a new PSO tender re-enabled a twice-daily service which started operating October 31, 2022. The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Jyväskylä Airport: There are no public transit connection directly to
49-674: The same time, the Kauhava unit changed its name to Training Air Wing and was later disbanded in 2014. The new unit in Tikkakoski retained the name Air Force Academy. The academy's insignia is known for having a swastika , whereas other countries have ceased using the symbol due to its association the Nazi Party in the Second World War . 62°23′52″N 25°36′12″E / 62.3978°N 25.6034°E / 62.3978; 25.6034 Military units and formations of
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