Helsinki Airport
Rank Airport All passengers Annual change Operating airlines
1 Stockholm 1,393,257 1.8% Finnair , Norwegian , Scandinavian
2 London 1,047,095 4.1% British Airways , Finnair , Norwegian
3 Copenhagen 856,155 9.2% Finnair , Norwegian , Scandinavian
4 Amsterdam 706,295 0.2% Finnair , KLM , Norwegian , Transavia
5 Munich 589,303 3.2% Finnair , Lufthansa
6 Berlin-Tegel 569,632 19.7% easyJet , Finnair
7 Frankfurt 527,145 4.1% Finnair , Lufthansa
8 Oslo-Gardermoen 518,588 0.1% Finnair , Norwegian , Scandinavian
9 Paris-Charles de Gaulle 492,521 4.6% Finnair
10 Málaga 418,596 6.5% Finnair , Norwegian
11 Moscow-Sheremetyevo 336,768 13.6% Aeroflot , Finnair
12 Riga 333,929 7.5% airBaltic , Finnair
13 Barcelona 333,315 4.9% Finnair , Norwegian , Vueling
14 Prague 311,563 2.7% Czech Airlines , Finnair , Norwegian
15 Tallinn 297,634 9.5% Finnair
16 Rome-Fiumicino 272,170 5.3% Finnair , Norwegian
17 Gothenburg 236,852 0.2% Finnair
18 Brussels 231,497 18.1% Finnair
19 Budapest 229,666 7.1% Finnair , Norwegian
20 Reykjavík-Keflavík 228,765 10.5% Finnair , Icelandair
Helsinki-Vantaa Airport (IATA: HEL, ICAO: EFHK; Finnish: Helsinki-Vantaan lentoasema, Swedish: Helsingfors-Vanda flygplats) is the main international airport of the city of Helsinki, its surrounding metropolitan area, and the Uusimaa region. The airport is located in the city of Vantaa, about 5 kilometres (3 mi) west of Tikkurila, the administrative center of Vantaa and 9.2 NM (17.0 km; 10.6 mi) north of Helsinki city center. The airport is operated by state-owned Finavia. The airport is the largest in Finland and the fourth busiest in the Nordic countries in terms of passenger numbers. About 90% of Finland's international air traffic passes through Helsinki Airport. The airport handled 21.8 million passengers in 2019, including 18.9 million international passengers and 2.9 million domestic passengers. On average, the airport handles around 350 departures a day. The airport is the main hub for Finnair, the flag carrier of Finland, and its subsidiary Nordic Regional Airlines. It is also a hub for CityJet (on behalf of SAS) and an operating base for Jet Time, Norwegian Air Shuttle, SunClass Airlines and TUI fly Nordic. Helsinki Airport has around 50 regularly-operating airlines. The airport has around 80 scheduled destinations to other parts of Europe and 21 direct long-haul routes to Asia, the Middle East, and North America. There are also 35 charter destinations including numerous long-haul charter destinations.