Finnish Lakeland
Central Finland
Jyväskylä

Air Force Academy

The Air Force Academy is located at in , . The primary mission of the Air Force Academy is to train warfighting airmen who can carry out their missions even under the most strenuous conditions.
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  • Type: Military installation
  • Description: Finnish Air Force pilot training school
  • Also known as: “Air Force Academy, Finnish Air Force”, “Finnish Air Force Academy”, “IlmaSK”, and “Ilmasotakoulu”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Jyvaskyla airport and Tikkakoski Library.

Aerodrome
Photo: Yaamboo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jyväskylä Airport is an airport in , . It is in the center of the Finnish Lake District, about 20 kilometres north of the center of . is situated 4 km east of Air Force Academy.

Library
Photo: Gebinam, CC0.
is situated 2½ km east of Air Force Academy.

Fire station
Photo: MailariX, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 2½ km east of Air Force Academy.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tikkakoski and Vehniä.

Town
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an urban area and a district of , , about 20 kilometres north of the city center. Before 2009, was part of Jyväskylän maalaiskunta. is situated 2½ km east of Air Force Academy.

Village
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village in the municipality of in , Finland. It is located along Highway 4, about 25 kilometres north of the city of near . is situated 6 km northeast of Air Force Academy.

Village
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a district and village of , located 30 kilometres from the city centre. Prior to 2009, it was one of the villages of Jyväskylän maalaiskunta, a former municipality of Finland. is situated 8 km southwest of Air Force Academy.

Air Force Academy

Latitude
62.39837° or 62° 23′ 54″ north
Longitude
25.60055° or 25° 36′ 2″ east
Open location code
9GJ79JX2+86
Open­Street­Map ID
way 394890577
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Wiki­data ID
Q4697882
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Swedish—“Air Force Academy” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “芬兰空军学院”
  • Chinese: “芬蘭空軍學院”
  • Esperanto: “Aerarmea Akademio de Finnlando”
  • Finnish: “ILMASK”
  • Finnish: “Ilmasotakoulu”
  • Japanese: “フィンランド空軍士官学校”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Luftforsvarsakademiet (Finland)”
  • Norwegian: “Luftforsvarsakademiet”
  • Russian: “Академия военно-воздушных сил Финляндии”
  • Russian: “Военно-воздушная академия”
  • Swedish: “Luftkrigsskolan”

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