HEL
Helsinki Vantaa Airport
Helsinki Vantaa Airport (IATA: HEL, ICAO: EFHK) is a large airport in Helsinki (Vantaa), Uusimaa Region, Finland. It opened in 1952. It has 3 runways; the longest is 3,500 m (11,483 ft). It is operated by Finavia. In 2025 it handled 17.1 million passengers.
Timeline
1 event · 1952–19521952
OpenedHelsinki Vantaa Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026
Runways & airfield
Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap04R/22L048° / 228° · LIT
LENGTH3,500 m11,483 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEAsphalt
04L/22R048° / 228° · LIT
LENGTH3,060 m10,039 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEAsphalt
15/33154° / 334° · LIT
LENGTH2,901 m9,518 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEAsphalt
Passengers per year
2014–202515.9M
16.4M
17.2M
19.0M
21.0M
22.0M
5.1M
4.3M
13.0M
15.4M
16.4M
17.1M
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Routes
126 destinations · 43 countriesYear-round87
TLLLennart Meri Tallinn AirportEstonia · Finnair101 km63 miTMPTampere-Pirkkala AirportFinland · Finnair142 km88 miPORPori AirportFinland · Budapest Aircraft Service213 km132 miJYVJyväskylä AirportFinland · Finnair235 km146 miTAYTartu AirportEstonia · Finnair244 km152 miSVLSavonlinna AirportFinland · Budapest Aircraft Service280 km174 miMHQMariehamn AirportFinland · Finnair281 km175 miKUOKuopio AirportFinland · Finnair334 km208 miVAAVaasa AirportFinland · Finnair347 km216 miJOEJoensuu AirportFinland · Finnair359 km223 miRIXRiga International AirportLatvia · Finnair, AirBaltic382 km237 miKOKKokkola-Pietarsaari AirportFinland · Finnair390 km242 miARNStockholm-Arlanda AirportSweden · Scandinavian Airlines, Finnair398 km247 miUMEUmeå AirportSweden · Finnair457 km284 miKAJKajaani AirportFinland · Finnair463 km288 miOULOulu AirportFinland · Finnair513 km319 miKEMKemi-Tornio AirportFinland · Finnair607 km377 miVNOVilnius International AirportLithuania · Finnair632 km393 miKAOKuusamo AirportFinland · Finnair666 km414 miRVNRovaniemi AirportFinland · Finnair696 km432 miOSLOslo-Gardermoen International AirportNorway · Finnair763 km474 miGDNGdańsk Lech Wałęsa AirportPoland · Finnair766 km476 miGOTGöteborg Landvetter AirportSweden · Finnair783 km487 miKTTKittilä International AirportFinland · Finnair821 km510 miCPHCopenhagen Kastrup AirportDenmark · Scandinavian Airlines, Finnair892 km554 miIVLIvalo AirportFinland · Finnair929 km577 miWAWWarsaw Chopin AirportPoland · Finnair939 km583 miKKNKirkenes Airport, HøybuktmoenNorway · Finnair1,071 km665 miALFAlta AirportNorway · Finnair1,076 km669 miTOSTromsø AirportNorway · Finnair1,078 km670 miBGOBergen Airport, FleslandNorway · Finnair1,084 km674 miSVGStavanger Airport, SolaNorway · Finnair1,095 km680 miBERBerlin Brandenburg AirportGermany · Eurowings, Finnair1,129 km702 miHAMHamburg Helmut Schmidt AirportGermany · Finnair1,169 km726 miKRKKraków John Paul II International AirportPoland · Finnair1,184 km736 miPRGVáclav Havel Airport PragueCzechia · Finnair1,320 km820 miVIEVienna International AirportAustria · Ryanair, Finnair1,460 km907 miBUDBudapest Liszt Ferenc International AirportHungary · Finnair1,480 km920 miDUSDüsseldorf AirportGermany · Finnair1,508 km937 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · KLM, Finnair1,521 km945 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Finnair, Lufthansa1,539 km956 miMUCMunich AirportGermany · Finnair, Lufthansa1,575 km979 miBRUBrussels AirportBelgium · Finnair1,647 km1,023 miLUXLuxembourg-Findel International AirportLuxembourg · Finnair1,676 km1,041 miCRLBrussels South Charleroi AirportBelgium · Ryanair1,684 km1,046 miEDIEdinburgh AirportUnited Kingdom · Finnair1,718 km1,068 miZRHZürich AirportSwitzerland · Finnair1,779 km1,105 miSTNLondon Stansted AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair1,781 km1,107 miMANManchester AirportUnited Kingdom · Finnair1,812 km1,126 miLHRLondon Heathrow AirportUnited Kingdom · Finnair1,848 km1,148 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · Air France, Finnair1,896 km1,178 miBGYIl Caravaggio International AirportItaly · Ryanair1,912 km1,188 miMXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · Finnair1,950 km1,212 miGVAGeneva International AirportSwitzerland · Finnair1,991 km1,237 miDUBDublin AirportIreland · Finnair2,022 km1,256 miTRNTurin AirportItaly · Finnair2,032 km1,263 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Turkish Airlines2,133 km1,325 miSAWIstanbul Sabiha Gökçen International AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines2,180 km1,355 miNCENice-Côte d'Azur AirportFrance · Finnair2,200 km1,367 miSKGThessaloniki Macedonia International AirportGreece · Ryanair2,206 km1,371 miFCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · Finnair2,233 km1,388 miKEFKeflavik International AirportIceland · Finnair, Icelandair2,444 km1,519 miATHAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International AirportGreece · Aegean Airlines2,490 km1,547 miBCNJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat AirportSpain · Finnair2,628 km1,633 miGZPGazipaşa-Alanya AirportTürkiye · Finnair2,722 km1,691 miVLCValencia AirportSpain · Finnair2,909 km1,808 miMADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · Finnair2,946 km1,831 miALCAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández AirportSpain · Ryanair3,030 km1,883 miAGPMálaga-Costa del Sol AirportSpain · Finnair3,353 km2,083 miLISLisbon Humberto Delgado AirportPortugal · Finnair3,364 km2,090 miFAOFaro - Gago Coutinho International AirportPortugal · Finnair3,475 km2,159 miFNCCristiano Ronaldo International AirportPortugal · Finnair4,305 km2,675 miDOHHamad International AirportQatar · Qatar Airways4,397 km2,732 miDXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Emirates4,538 km2,820 miDELIndira Gandhi International AirportIndia · Finnair5,224 km3,246 miJFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportUnited States · Finnair6,607 km4,105 miICNIncheon International AirportSouth Korea · Finnair7,032 km4,369 miPVGShanghai Pudong International AirportChina · Juneyao Air, Finnair7,394 km4,594 miKIXKansai International AirportJapan · Finnair7,732 km4,804 miHKGHong Kong International AirportHong Kong SAR China · Finnair7,809 km4,852 miHNDTokyo Haneda International AirportJapan · Finnair, Japan Airlines7,825 km4,862 miNRTNarita International AirportJapan · Finnair7,829 km4,865 miBKKSuvarnabhumi AirportThailand · Finnair7,908 km4,914 miDFWDallas Fort Worth International AirportUnited States · Finnair8,388 km5,212 miLAXLos Angeles International AirportUnited States · Finnair9,013 km5,600 miSINSingapore Changi AirportSingapore · Finnair9,275 km5,763 miMELMelbourne AirportAustralia · Finnair15,185 km9,436 miSeasonal39
UREKuressaare AirportEstonia · Finnair271 km168 miVBYVisby AirportSweden · Finnair480 km298 miTRDTrondheim Airport, VærnesNorway · Finnair812 km505 miWMIWarsaw Modlin AirportPoland · Ryanair914 km568 miBOOBodø AirportNorway · Finnair929 km577 miBLLBillund AirportDenmark · Finnair1,057 km657 miSZGSalzburg AirportAustria · Finnair1,591 km989 miLUXLuxembourg-Findel International AirportLuxembourg · Luxair1,676 km1,041 miLJULjubljana Jože Pučnik AirportSlovenia · Finnair1,711 km1,063 miVCEVenice Marco Polo AirportItaly · Ryanair, Finnair1,844 km1,146 miZADZadar AirportCroatia · Ryanair1,914 km1,189 miLINMilano Linate AirportItaly · Finnair1,949 km1,211 miSPUSplit Saint Jerome AirportCroatia · Finnair1,954 km1,214 miBLQBologna Guglielmo Marconi AirportItaly · Finnair1,976 km1,228 miDBVDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković AirportCroatia · Ryanair, Finnair2,026 km1,259 miFLRFlorence Airport, PeretolaItaly · Finnair2,053 km1,276 miTIATirana International Airport Mother TeresaAlbania · Finnair2,132 km1,325 miSKGThessaloniki Macedonia International AirportGreece · Finnair2,206 km1,371 miLXSLimnos AirportGreece · Finnair2,269 km1,410 miNAPNaples International AirportItaly · Finnair2,282 km1,418 miKGSKos International Airport "Ippokratis"Greece · Finnair2,620 km1,628 miCTACatania-Fontanarossa AirportItaly · Finnair2,635 km1,637 miAYTAntalya International AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines, SunExpress, Finnair2,637 km1,639 miRHORhodes International Airport "Diagoras"Greece · Finnair2,668 km1,658 miCHQChania International AirportGreece · Finnair2,757 km1,713 miPMIPalma de Mallorca AirportSpain · Finnair2,774 km1,724 miLCALarnaca International AirportCyprus · Finnair2,897 km1,800 miALCAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández AirportSpain · Finnair3,030 km1,883 miACECésar Manrique-Lanzarote AirportSpain · Finnair4,514 km2,805 miDXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Finnair4,538 km2,820 miLPAGran Canaria AirportSpain · Finnair4,696 km2,918 miTFSTenerife Sur AirportSpain · Finnair4,742 km2,947 miYYZToronto Pearson International AirportCanada · Finnair6,600 km4,101 miORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · Finnair7,119 km4,424 miSEASeattle–Tacoma International AirportUnited States · Finnair7,673 km4,768 miNGOChubu Centrair International AirportJapan · Finnair7,761 km4,822 miHKTPhuket International AirportThailand · Finnair8,312 km5,165 miMIAMiami International AirportUnited States · Finnair8,327 km5,174 miKBVKrabi International AirportThailand · Finnair8,350 km5,188 miSeasonal charter2
BOJBurgas AirportBulgaria · Finnair1,981 km1,231 miAOKKarpathos AirportGreece · Finnair2,773 km1,723 miCargo9
ARNStockholm-Arlanda AirportSweden · Lufthansa Cargo398 km247 miCPHCopenhagen Kastrup AirportDenmark · Lufthansa Cargo892 km554 miBUDBudapest Liszt Ferenc International AirportHungary · Qatar Airways1,480 km920 miCGNCologne Bonn AirportGermany · UPS Airlines1,527 km949 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Lufthansa Cargo1,539 km956 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · FedEx Express1,896 km1,178 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Turkish Cargo2,133 km1,325 miTLVBen Gurion International AirportIsrael · Challenge Airlines IL3,231 km2,008 miDOHHamad International AirportQatar · Qatar Airways4,397 km2,732 miMost destinationsFinnair 113Ryanair 10Lufthansa Cargo 3Budapest Aircraft Service 2Scandinavian Airlines 2Lufthansa 2
Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from HEL. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Helsinki Airport” (revision of 3 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Records & rankings
Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · countryScale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record
Radio frequencies
10 channelsAPPAPP119.100
ATISHEL VOR114.200
DEL118.125
GNDGND121.800
PMSVPMSV METRO125.100
RMPRMP121.650
TWR22L/04R and 15/33118.600
APP129.850
ATIS135.075
TWR22R/04L118.850