KUO

Kuopio Airport

Kuopio / Siilinjärvi, Finland

Operated by Finavia Oyjpublic
ICAOEFKUElev323 ft
The Verdict
53/100Functional in the way a paperweight is functional

Infrastructure is the weak link. The trajectory is flat — no improvement in sight.

Ranked #139 of 198 airportsBased on data from 2000–2026
Operational30%
73Genuinely solid
Sentiment25%
50Middling
Infrastructure15%
40Painful
Sent. Velocity15%
50Middling
Connectivity15%
34Room for improvement

What People Think

No sentiment data yet. The silence is deafening.

The Numbers

145KPassengers (2025)
+8.9%YoY Growth

145K passengers in 2025 — still 41% below the 2019 peak, though up 295% from the 2021 COVID crater.

23KInternational (16%)
122KDomestic (84%)
Passenger History

Tardiness Report

2026/02–2025/03 · 0 flights
—Flights Delayed
—Avg Delay

Where You Can Escape To

91 routes · 2 regions · Top: Helsinki Vantaa Airport (5333/mo)
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Ground Transport

MMetro
RRail
TTram
BBus

The Runway Report

2 Runways
06/244,921ft × 148ft · ASP · CLOSED
15/339,186ft × 197ft · ASP · Lighted

The Backstory

Awards

None recorded. A clean record — in the worst sense.