Espa

Espa is a village in the municipality of Stange, Norway. It is located by the European route E6. Its population (SSB 2005) is 191.

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Espa on Google maps.

Luleå Airport

Luleå Airport (IATA: LLA, ICAO: ESPA) is located about 5 km south-southeast of Luleå, Sweden, near the village of Kallax. The airport had a total of 1,066,839 passengers in 2011, and is thus Sweden's sixth largest airport. It is the largest airport in northern Sweden (Norrland). The runway is also used by the F 21 Luleå air force base.

History

The airport began as the military airfield F 21 Luleå in 1941 and later opened up to civilian traffic to Stockholm on September 11, 1944. In 1948 winter operations started when a hangar and runway light was operating. International tourist charter started in 1969. The present terminal building was opened in 1984. The number of passengers lose a lot here and in all of Sweden in the 1980s and reached one million at Luleå in 1991, a figure which was reached again 2011. The passenger figures have still been fairly steady at Luleå since other transport modes and other airports are less attractive when going to Luleå. In year 1999 the runway at Luleå Airport was extended and is now the longest in Sweden, 3.350 meters. The purpose of the extension was make the airport serve as fuel stop for heavy long-distance cargo flights, which was not so successful.

Etelä-Espoon Pallo (EsPa)

Etelä-Espoon Pallo, or EsPa as the name is commonly abbreviated, is a Finnish amateur football club from the city of Espoo. The club was founded in 1988 and currently competes in the Kolmonen, the fourth tier of the Finnish football league system. EsPa's second adult team compete in the Vitonen. EsPa play their home matches at Matinkylä.

EsPa has two adult teams and twelve junior teams and in total has around 600 registered players. The club was founded to replace Matinkylän Mahti.

Etelä-Espoon Pallo operates in Matinkylä and Olari parts of Espoo. The club organises the annual EsPa Iso Omena (Big Apple) Tournament.

History

In 2009 EsPa finished in 4th position in Section 2 of the Kolmonen and the next season finished in second place in Section 1 (Lohko 1) of the Kolmonen administered by the Uusimaa SPL, the fourth highest tier in the Finnish football system.

The 2011 season proved to be the best in EsPa's history. The first team secured promoted to the Kakkonen after finishing in second place of the Kolmonen. After finishing second, EsPa were included in the promotion play-offs as the best second placed team of all seven sections of Finland. EsPa were paired with Pallokerho Keski-Uusimaa. The first leg took place in Matinkylä with EsPa winning 3–1. The second leg proved to be a dramatic affair with EsPa controversially being reduced to ten men after five minutes. The match eventually ended 2–1 in PKKU's favour, however EsPa progressed, winning 4–3 on aggregate.