Airports / Finland / KAU
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
27 nm
To the nearest alternate
Seinäjoki Airport (SJY) — 4 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Kauhava Airfield (EFKA / KAU) sits in Kauhava, Finland, where it functions as a mid-sized airport. The airport sits 151 feet above sea level. With no scheduled airline service, it caters to private, charter, and general aviation traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into KAU for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Seinäjoki Airport (SJY, 27 nm), Vaasa Airport (VAA, 35 nm), and Kokkola-Pietarsaari Airport (KOK, 36 nm).
Charter pricing from KAU depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. In directories and search listings it also appears under Kauhava Air Base. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Kauhava.
Field capability
ICAO
EFKA
IATA
KAU
FAA / Local
EFKA
Elevation
151 ft
Coordinates
63.1271° N · 23.0514° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs Finland fields
state range 17–1,005 ft
At 151 ft, KAU sits lower than 74% of the 31 Finland fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 27nmSJYSeinäjoki AirportSeinäjoki / Ilmajoki
- 35nmVAAVaasa AirportVaasa
- 36nmKOKKokkola-Pietarsaari AirportKokkola / Kruunupyy
- 44nmKHJKauhajoki AirfieldKauhajoki
- 71nmYLIYlivieska AirfieldYlivieska
- 84nmUMEUmeå AirportUmeå
Location
Open the full mapEFKA · Kauhava Airfield · Kauhava, Finland