Sodankylä Airport (IATA: SOT, ICAO: EFSO) is a small regional airport located in Sodankylä, a municipality in Finnish Lapland, approximately 130 kilometres north of Rovaniemi. It serves as an access point for the sparsely populated northern reaches of Finland, a region known for reindeer herding, wilderness tourism, and the Finnish Defence Forces presence. The airport has historically supported military operations as well as limited civilian traffic. Regular scheduled commercial services have been minimal or absent for extended periods, with the airport primarily handling general aviation, charter flights, and military use. Its remote Arctic location makes it strategically relevant for cold-weather testing and defence activities. Sodankylä lies within the Sámi cultural heartland and near several fell and wilderness areas, making the airport potentially useful for tourism access, though most visitors to the region tend to use Rovaniemi or Ivalo airports for commercial connectivity.