HEL — Helsinki Vantaa Airport
- IATA code
- HEL
- ICAO code
- EFHK
- Size
- large
- OurAirports class
- Passengers
- 17,080,881
- 2025 · +4.1% on the year before
- Nonstop routes
- 88
- With open traffic data
- Time zone
- UTC+2 / UTC+3
- Europe/Helsinki
- Elevation
- 55 m
- 180 ft
- Runways
- 3
- Longest 3,500 m
Jan–Jul 2026: 10,339,523 passengers, +5.6% on the same months of 2025 (Eurostat).
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About HEL
Helsinki Vantaa Airport is a large airport serving Helsinki, Finland. It opened in 1952 and is run by Finavia. 17,080,881 passengers used it in 2025. Open traffic data shows 88 nonstop routes from HEL.
Wikidata (CC0) · Eurostat. Sources
Busiest nonstop routes from HEL
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| HEL → ARN | 400 km | 1,041,699 |
| HEL → CPH | 895 km | 606,871 |
| HEL → AMS | 1,526 km | 606,505 |
| HEL → LHR | 1,853 km | 532,334 |
| HEL → RVN | 697 km | 529,894 |
| HEL → OUL | 514 km | 504,558 |
| HEL → MUC | 1,577 km | 496,341 |
| HEL → FRA | 1,542 km | 472,673 |
| HEL → CDG | 1,900 km | 462,373 |
| HEL → RIX | 383 km | 393,826 |
| HEL → AGP | 3,356 km | 357,486 |
| HEL → BER | 1,131 km | 347,078 |
| HEL → OSL | 766 km | 343,715 |
| HEL → TLL | 101 km | 305,128 |
| HEL → BKK | 7,912 km | 253,942 |
| HEL → HND | 7,844 km | 238,018 |
| HEL → VIE | 1,462 km | 223,764 |
| HEL → IST | 2,134 km | 208,850 |
| HEL → MXP | 1,953 km | 206,605 |
| HEL → BCN | 2,632 km | 203,683 |
| HEL → KEF | 2,453 km | 196,514 |
| HEL → KTT | 823 km | 195,653 |
| HEL → CHQ | 2,757 km | 195,504 |
| HEL → FCO | 2,235 km | 193,293 |
| HEL → ALC | 3,034 km | 187,660 |
| HEL → WAW | 941 km | 186,042 |
| HEL → ICN | 7,050 km | 185,707 |
| HEL → ZRH | 1,782 km | 182,011 |
| HEL → BRU | 1,651 km | 181,777 |
| HEL → IVL | 931 km | 178,261 |
| HEL → PRG | 1,322 km | 170,555 |
| HEL → LPA | 4,700 km | 170,279 |
| HEL → RHO | 2,668 km | 168,416 |
| HEL → SIN | 9,272 km | 166,399 |
| HEL → DOH | 4,396 km | 165,896 |
| HEL → GOT | 785 km | 161,813 |
| HEL → HKG | 7,820 km | 160,772 |
| HEL → JFK | 6,626 km | 156,169 |
| HEL → DFW | 8,407 km | 150,598 |
| HEL → DEL | 5,230 km | 149,551 |
Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports. Routes outside these are not counted.
Airlines at HEL on flights to and from the US
- AY Finnair · 2,127 flights
Departures and arrivals on scheduled passenger flights, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Sources
Airports within 150 km
| Code | Airport | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| TLL | Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport | 101 km |
| TMP | Tampere-Pirkkala Airport | 142 km |
| TKU | Turku Airport | 150 km |
Distance from HEL to the major hubs
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| HEL → LHR | 1,853 km | 532,334 |
| HEL → DXB | 4,538 km | — |
| HEL → CDG | 1,900 km | 462,373 |
| HEL → FRA | 1,542 km | 472,673 |
| HEL → IST | 2,134 km | 208,850 |
| HEL → AMS | 1,526 km | 606,505 |
| HEL → JFK | 6,626 km | 156,169 |
| HEL → ATL | 7,786 km | — |
| HEL → LAX | 9,035 km | — |
| HEL → SIN | 9,272 km | 166,399 |
| HEL → HND | 7,844 km | 238,018 |
| HEL → DOH | 4,396 km | 165,896 |
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04R/22L | 3,500 m | 60 m | Asphalt |
| 04L/22R | 3,060 m | 60 m | Asphalt |
| 15/33 | 2,901 m | 60 m | Asphalt |
OurAirports (public domain). Sources
Location
Helsinki, Uusimaa Region, Finland · 60.3184, 24.9633
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