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Pori Airport lies a couple of kilometres south of Pori town centre on Finland's west coast, serving as the country's principal flight training hub. It offers a long ILS-equipped main runway alongside a shorter crosswind strip, and combines scheduled domestic services with a busy general aviation and training scene.
Pori Airport (ICAO: EFPO, IATA: POR) is a public airport operated by Finavia, serving the city of Pori in the Satakunta region of western Finland. It is best known today as the base of the Finnish Aviation Academy, described by the operator as the country's most important flight training centre, which together with local parachute and flying clubs makes the field a lively destination for a VFR sortie as well as an interesting stop for airline traffic.
The airport sits close to the Baltic coast, about 1.4 nautical miles south of Pori town centre, in western Finland's Satakunta region. Its reference point lies at approximately 61.4614N, 21.7978E, at a published elevation of 36 feet. No further detail on the surrounding airspace classification or neighbouring controlled zones is given in the available sources, so pilots should consult current Finnish AIP charts for the applicable airspace structure around EFPO.
Pori has two physical runways. The main runway, 12/30, is 7584 feet long on runway heading 12 and 6773 feet on the reciprocal 30 heading, with a hard surface and runway lighting; the 30 direction is equipped with an ILS. A shorter secondary runway, 17/35, is 2586 feet long in both directions, also hard-surfaced.
Pori Approach can be contacted on 128.65 MHz, with an ATIS broadcast on 136.075 MHz and Pori Tower on 119.25 MHz. Runway 30 is served by an ILS approach, giving instrument-approach capability into the airport.
No specific joining or circuit procedures, circuit heights, or noise abatement details are given in the available sources; pilots should refer to the Finnish AIP entry for EFPO for current local procedures.
No published visual reference points or specific local landmarks for joining are given in the available sources beyond the airport's position roughly 2.6 km south of Pori town centre.
During the Continuation War, Pori airfield was used by the Luftwaffe, with the aviation equipment depot Feldluftpark 3/XI Pori operating from the site; German forces used the base to dispatch aircraft northward and to carry out major overhauls.
Pori Airport is home to the Finnish Aviation Academy, which the operator describes as the country's most important flight training centre, and also hosts the Satakunta parachute club, Satakunnan Laskuvarjourheilijat. Private pilot training for PPL and LAPL licences is provided locally by Porin Lentotilaus Oy. The field continues to handle scheduled domestic passenger services alongside this training and general aviation activity.
