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Kemi-Tornio Airport (EFKE) serves the twin towns of Kemi and Tornio in Finnish Lapland, close to the coast of the Bay of Bothnia. Operated by Finavia, it offers a long ILS-equipped main runway and a shorter crosswind strip, making it a useful and distinctive destination for pilots exploring northern Finland.
Kemi-Tornio Airport lies near the district of Lautiosaari, east of the Kemijoki (Kemi River), about 6 kilometres north of Kemi city centre and 18 kilometres east of Tornio city centre. It is owned and operated by Finavia and handles scheduled and charter services to and from southern Finland, giving visiting VFR pilots a genuine airline-airport experience set against a remote Lapland backdrop.
The airfield sits on the coast of the Bay of Bothnia, east of the Kemijoki, between the towns of Kemi and Tornio in Lapland, Finland. It is a controlled aerodrome with an associated tower service.
Kemi-Tornio has two paired hard-surfaced runways. The main runway, 18/36, is 8,175 feet long, lit, and equipped with an ILS on runway 18. A secondary runway, 08/26, is 3,044 feet long and also lit. Field elevation is 39 feet.
The field provides an ATIS on 123.15 MHz and a tower frequency of 119.4 MHz. An ILS serves runway 18 for instrument approaches.
The Kemijoki river forms a prominent landmark immediately to the west of the field, with the Lautiosaari district nearby; the airport lies roughly midway between Kemi to the south and Tornio to the west, both useful reference points when navigating visually toward the field along the Bay of Bothnia coastline.
Construction of the airport began in 1936 and it opened on 18 June 1939, having been built between 1937 and 1939. The runways were damaged during the war and subsequently repaired in 1945, after which Aero began operating flights from Helsinki to Kemi, carrying 2,652 passengers in that first year. A new airport building was completed in 1953.
The airport remains in operation under Finavia, with Finnair providing scheduled services to Helsinki and, on a state-subsidised basis, to Kokkola. It continues to function as a domestic airport serving the Kemi-Tornio region of Finnish Lapland.
