Kokkola-Pietarsaari Airport (, ; ) is located in Kronoby, Finland, about south of Kokkola city centre and north-east of Jakobstad city centre.
Overview
The airport opened to traffic in 1960, when Aero began operating a route between Helsinki and Kokkola-Pietarsaari, then Kruunupyy Airport. In 1964 the first airport and air traffic control building are completed.
In 1991 the airport's runway is extended to , while in 1997 the terminal's expansion is completed.
Until March 1, 2010, the name of the airport was Kruunupyy Airport or Kronoby Airport.
In 2010, about 80,000 passengers traveled via the airport. Scheduled serviced to Helsinki Airport is flown by Nordic Regional Airlines (Norra), operated as a code-share with Finnair. Finnair ended its own flights to Kokkola-Pietarsaari on 29 October 2010. Flights to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport by Nextjet began on 8 February 2014, with some flights being operated via Pori Airport. During winters, the airport is also used by charter flight airliners with a destination to southern Europe. The airport has two runways.
In 2012 the main runway was paved and the airport's lighting system was replaced.
In 2025, 572 flights landed at the airport, with 525 departing from Finland. In the same year, the airport handled 32,131 passengers in 2025, 90% arriving or departing on domestic flights.
Airlines and destinations The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Kokkola-Pietarsaari Airport:
Statistics + Annual passenger statistics for Kokkola-Pietarsaari Airport Year Domestic passengers International passengers Total passengers Change 2005 84,548 13,967 98,515 −0.8% 2006 85,798 12,378 98,176 −0.3% 2007 84,615 11,402 96,017 −2.2% 2008 88,008 10,315 98,323 +2.2% 2009 81,634 10,563 92,197 −6.2% 2010 76,979 3,202 80,181 −13.0% 2011 87,384 7,300 94,684 +18.1% 2012 60,476 26,600 87,076 −8% 2013 51,790 17,201 68,991 −20.8% 2014 48,478 20,191 68,669 −0.5% 2015 69,534 18,505 88,039 +28.2% 2016 69,433 19,333 88,766 +0.8% 2017 60,681 19,138 79,819 −10.1% 2018 57,286 11,350 68,636 −14.0% 2019 51,316 4,797 56,113 −18.2% 2020 9,054 114 9,168 −83.7% 2021 6,076 281 6,357 −30.7% 2022 9,754 7,444 17,196 +170.5% 2023 25,761 3,511 29,272 +70.2% 2024 26,735 4,044 30,779 +5.1% 2025 28,901 3,230 32,131 +4.4%
Ground transportation
Means of transportOperatorRouteDestinations TaxiDahl CitybusAirport TaxiKokkola TaxiCity Taxi JeppisAirport TaxiJakobstad
See also List of the largest airports in the Nordic countries
References
External links Finavia – Kokkola-Pietarsaari Airport AIP Finland – Kokkola-Pietarsaari Airport
Accident history for KOK at Aviation Safety Network