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EFKS - Kuusamo Airport
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Basic information
Kuusamo Airport is an airport serving the city of Kuusamo and nearby areas. A major ski resort, Ruka, is located about 20km north of the airport. The airport is especially busy during the winter season. Finnair operates daily flight to Helsinki, and other carriers also operate seasonal flights to many European destinations.
ATC Frequencies
VATSIM name
Callsign
Frequency
Remarks
Languages
EFKS_ATIS
135.800
EN
EFKS_TWR
Kuusamo Tower
118.650
Main frequency
FI/EN
EFIN_V_CTR
Helsinki Control
126.300
Local ACC-sector
EN
EFIN_D_CTR
Helsinki Control
121.300
Covering all ACC sectors if local is offline
EN
Note: EFIN also provides ATS in Finnish below FL95.
Note 2: EFKS_TWR serves as a procedural tower and covers the whole TMA until FL95.
Flight procedures
Please plan your flight via one of these waypoints (departures and arrivals):
ABURO
BEVNA
IBEVU
Radio navigation:
KO – ILS LOC 12 (110.300)Runway 30 is only capable of an RNP approach. Runway 12 has ILS with CAT I capability. RNP approach is also available for runway 12. Visual approaches can be executed when allowed by weather and traffic conditions. Runway 12/30 is 2500 meters long and 45 meters wide.
Kuusamo has no radar and all traffic is controlled procedurally.
Radio operations
For clearance, contact Kuusamo Tower on 118.650 when TWR is online or to another ATS-station listed above when TWR is offline. With clearance you can expect the SID, the following airway, cleared flight level and squawk code.
Visual approach can be requested by phraseology: ready for visual or request visual approach.
VFR Operations
VFR aircraft should inform their intensions for flight when requesting taxi. Start-up clearance is not required for piston engine aircraft. Please file your VFR flight plan via a visual reporting point (VRP):
VRPs:
KENUS
KUMPU
LOUKI
VAARA
VEHNE
The maximum altitude for VFR flights within the CTR/FIZ is 2800 feet. Please refer to the VAC chart in the charts page for more information.