Oripää Airfield is located approximately 50 kilometers northeast of Turku at Hirvikoskentie 290, Oripää.
Oripää village is roughly 4,5 kilometers from the airfield. The village features services such as a health clinic, pharmacy, bank with an ATM, restaurant, grocery store, and a service station with a café.
Flight time by powered aircraft between Turku (EFTU) and Oripää (EFOP) is approximately 20 minutes. Driving time by car is around 40 minutes from Turku, 1 hour 15 minutes from Tampere, and 2 hours from Helsinki.
Oripää Airfield Development Project 2024–2025
This project has received EU rural funding.
Project Execution: Turun Lentokerho – Åbo Flygklubb ry
Core Measures: Marketing flight operations, with an emphasis on the glider pilot training offered by Turun Lentokerho at Oripää Airfield. The goal is to enhance airfield services by expanding accommodation facilities and camping options. This will increase the utilization rate of the airfield, securing its long-term preservation. It ensures the continuity and advancement of aviation operations while simultaneously serving the surrounding region.
Action Type: Joint Projects / Coordination and Activation Projects
At Oripää Airfield, club members have the opportunity to engage in gliding, motor gliding, power flying, and model aviation. Leisure activities run almost year-round (winter snow conditions may temporarily close the field) but heavily peak between April and August when the gliding season is at its busiest.
The airfield also serves as the home base for Turun Seudun Riippuliitäjät ry (Turku Region Hang Gliders) and a community of local private aviators.
Please respect other airport activities when flying past or arriving at the field. Avoid low-altitude overflights.
Oripää Airfield has four aircraft hangars. The club utilizes the light green arched hangar. In front of it sits a large paved apron where visiting pilots are requested to tie down their aircraft (taxiing from runway 14/32).
Airfield Amenities and Facilities
Available to members and, when necessary to visitors is the large club building named ”Juhala”. It comes equipped with classrooms, kitchen facilities, showers, and upstairs lodging options. After a long day of flying, visitors can relax in the small sauna or cool off in the adjacent outdoor swimming pool. A dedicated barbecue shelter is also available on-site.
Affordable accommodation is available across six club-owned cabins/barracks. Camping with tents at the campground is completely free, and a limited number of electrical hookups are available for caravans/trailers.
Please note: The airfield is private property. You must obtain permission before camping, and use of the club buildings is subject to a fee.
Outdoor Sauna
Swimming pool
Club building "Juhala"
Barbegue area
Reservations
Booking and renting the facilities at Oripää (including the ”Juhala” club building) is managed by Raimo Vainionmaa (+358 40 526 2173).
