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Tampere–Pirkkala Airport is located in Pirkkala, south-west〔 of Tampere city centre. The airport is the fourth busiest airport in Finland, as measured by the number of passengers (617,713 in 2010), and the second busiest airport in Finland, as measured by the number of international passengers (526,401 in 2010).〔 The airport is also home to the Satakunta Air Command base of the Finnish Air Force. F-18 Hornets were stationed at Tampere-Pirkkala airport until the middle of 2014 when the 21st flight of the Satakunta Air command was dissolved. ==History== Tampere Airport was founded in 1936 in Härmälä neighbourhood, locating from the centre of Tampere. At that time the airport was connected to Helsinki, Vaasa, Oulu and Kemi by Aero O/Y (now Finnair). The first terminal building was built in 1941. Karhumäki Airways began to fly to Stockholm in the 1950s. The runway was paved in 1958. Between 1936 and 1979 Härmälä airport served 1.5 million passengers. In 1979, Härmälä airport was closed and the new Tampere–Pirkkala Airport was opened. The current terminal 1 building was completed in 1996.〔http://www.finavia.fi/en/tampere-pirkkala/about/〕 Ryanair started flights to Tampere–Pirkkala in April 2003. Its first destinations were Stockholm-Skavsta, London-Stansted, Frankfurt-Hahn and Riga. This made the airport one of Finland's fastest growing airports and increased its annual passenger numbers from 256,380 to 709,356 between 2000 and 2008. In 2011, Ryanair had 13 destinations from Tampere–Pirkkala. Also airBaltic flew to Tampere–Pirkkala from October 2008 to October 2013 and Wizz Air during summers 2010 and 2011. The low-cost airline terminal 2 was renovated in 2014-2015.〔http://www.finavia.fi/en/news-room/news/2015/renovation-works-at-tamperepirkkala-airport-to-be-completed-smooth-air-travel-through-terminal-2/〕 However, in April 2015, Ryanair announced that it would cancel all the routes from Tampere for the winter season 2015/16 due to a plane shortage. Only routes to Bremen and Budapest will resume in spring 2016.〔http://yle.fi/uutiset/ryanair_lentaa_ensi_kesana_tampereelta_vain_kahteen_kohteeseen/8363764〕 In November 2015 a travel agency called We Travel announced that they will open up a new direct flight connection between Tampere and Zadar, Croatia.〔http://www.tamperelainen.fi/artikkeli/336487-vihdoinkin-nainkin-pain-uusi-lentoreitti-tampere-pirkkalaan〕 The new seasonal connection will open in May 2016. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tampere–Pirkkala Airport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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