Turku Airport (IATA: TKU, ICAO: EFTU), is located in Turku, Finland, 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) north of Turku city centre. It serves approximately 350,000 passengers per year, being the fifth busiest airport in Finland by the number of passengers (in 2011) and second busiest airport by the amount of cargo tonnes (in 2011). Turku Airport is operated by a stated-owned company Finavia exclusively. The airport has a secondary passenger terminal specifically designed for low-cost airlines. There is a region promoted and developed logistic concept LogiCity to create a logistic hub around Turku Airport, in where all ways of cargo transportation can be connected together in same area. From 1 September 2008, TNT Airways made Turku Airport its logistic hub for its operations in Finland.
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“It was like taking a beloved person to the airport and returning to an empty house. I miss the people. I miss the world.”
—Susan Sontag (b. 1933)