The renovated runway is now open at Jyvaskyla Airport. Credit: Finavia.

Finavia has completed a renovation project worth €11m at Jyväskylä Airport, which is located in the centre of the Finnish Lake District about 20km north of Jyväskylä.

Under the renovation project, Finavia asphalted around 300,000m² of runway and the apron utilised for taxiing and parking aircraft.

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The airport’s electricity network and instrument landing system was also upgraded during the project.

Finavia replaced the airport lighting system with energy-efficient LED technology and installed 25,000m of new power cables.

Finavia vice-president of Central and Eastern Finland Airports Mari Nurminen said: “It is important for us to reduce the emissions generated by airport operations. All of Finavia’s airports achieved carbon neutrality over a year ago.

“Our goal for the future is zero emissions. It is clear that Finavia’s decision-making puts a priority on sustainable technology choices and environmentally friendly solutions related to airport construction, maintenance and repairs.”

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Finavia has invested nearly €15m in Jyväskylä Airport in the past few years. A new maintenance hangar was built for air traffic services and the maintenance equipment has been modernised to run on renewable fuel.

Finavia is a Finnish airport operator that allows smooth international flight connections via its national airport network.

The company is investing €1bn in the development of Helsinki Airport. The expansion will enable the airport to serve 30 million passengers each year.

In order to prevent the spread of Covid-19, Finavia took several measures to maintain health and safety at its airports.