# Jyväskylä Airport (JYV)

> Jyväskylän Maalaiskunta, FI · IATA: JYV · ICAO: EFJY · Medium Airport

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `JYV` |
| ICAO | `EFJY` |
| City | Jyväskylän Maalaiskunta |
| Country | FI |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Elevation | 140 m |
| Cargo | ❌ |
| GPS | 62.39950, 25.67830 |

## Description

Jyväskylä Airport (IATA JYV, ICAO EFJY) is best understood as a military base with a small civil annex rather than as a freight location. The field at Tikkakoski, about 20 km north of the city, houses the Finnish Air Force headquarters and its Air Force Academy, and scheduled civil traffic comes down to a single Helsinki route. That link is flown by Finnair under a state-purchased service contract, extended for the follow-on period from 29 March 2026 to 27 February 2028, alongside charter and business aviation. There is no cargo terminal, no freighter handling and no customs post for third-country goods, so air freight from Central Finland is trucked out. The realistic gateways are Tampere-Pirkkala (TMP) some 140 km to the south-west and Helsinki-Vantaa (HEL) about 270 km south, roughly three hours by road along national highway 4. For the region's paper, machinery and technology exporters, Vantaa is the working gateway and Tampere the fallback when capacity tightens.

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