Malmi EFHF (Finland) threatened closure

Very sad, but inevitable since the political machine has been grinding on remorselessly. I’ve made numerous visits to Marvellous Malmi and explored the many (and equally inconvenient) ways to get into town on arrival. All that was transformed by the appearance of Uber (I was Uber’s first fare from Malmi!!!) and now it’s no more. I did once use EFHV Hyvinkaa about 20mi N of the city on the direct train line which has a flying club with their own fuel. I was able to buy some through a member (always cary cash!) and it’s walkable to the train station, about a mile. Lots of paraglider ops and not a lot of English spoken, but very accomodating, I don’t think the port of entry thing is relevant within the Nordics.

This was a few years back, so please check before going!

Well, the power behind this is mostly the Green party thriving in Helsinki nowadays. Them coupled with some real estate pursuits it’s game over for us.

A sad day, indeed.

Politicians in Finland are not better than in Germany. GA is not interesting for these elites, they are flown in jets that we have to pay for.

Same as Frans. A sad day.

EFNU is not very bad- 1hr by train or ca 45km by taxi.. EFHK landing is 80EUR+tax, but you also get compulsory handling (300EUR).

Very sad…

Even though I’ve never flown GA in Finland yet, this is something very sad to hear. Another European capital more or less cut off from general aviation. Are the alternatives EFNU and EFHV close to public transportation towards Helsinki? Or how much does the landing and handling fees costs at EFHK? Are there any plans to make EFHK more GA-friendly, including Avgas availability?

I’m sad to report that the closing of Malmi Airport is now real:

Signed, landed there in 2001, the leg from Mariehamn to Malmi was one of the most beautifull ones in that 1000 hrs I spent ofiicially in the air…..

Me five (and I was born in Helsinki, strangely enough)