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Airport Helsinki (Finnland) - Vantaa
| Helsinki-Vantaa Airport Helsinki-Vantaan lentoasema Helsingfors-Vanda flygplats |
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| IATA: HEL ICAO: EFHK | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Finavia | ||
| Serves | Helsinki | ||
| Location | Vantaa | ||
| Hub for | |||
| Elevation AMSL | 55 m / 179 ft | ||
| Coordinates | 60°1902N 024°5748E / 60.31722°N 24.96333°ECoordinates: 60°1902N 024°5748E / 60.31722°N 24.96333°E | ||
| Website | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 04R/22L | 3,440 | 11,286 | Asphalt |
| 04L/22R | 3,060 | 10,039 | Asphalt |
| 15/33 | 2,901 | 9,518 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2009) | |||
| Passengers | 12,589,400[1] | ||
| Landings | 91,952[1] | ||
| Source: AIP Finland[2] | |||
Helsinki-Vantaa Airport (IATA: HEL, ICAO: EFHK) (Finnish: Helsinki-Vantaan lentoasema, Swedish: Helsingfors-Vanda flygplats) in Vantaa, Finland, is the main international airport of the Helsinki metropolitan region and the whole of Finland. It is located about 5 kilometres (3 mi) from the centre of Vantaa, Tikkurila, and 9.2 NM (17.0 km; 10.6 mi) north[2] of Helsinki city centre. Originally built for the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, the airport served 13,426,901 passengers in 2008 (2.2% growth since 2007)[1] and it is the fourth largest airport in the Nordic countries.
The airport is operated by Finavia, the state-owned enterprise that operates Finland's airports. Helsinki-Vantaa was chosen the best airport in the world in the IATA 1999 survey on the topic. In 2006 global airport customer satisfaction survey AETRA ranked Helsinki-Vantaa one of the best airports worldwide and according to Association of European Airlines 2005 delay rates, Helsinki-Vantaa was the most punctual airport in Europe.
The airport's three runways provide a platform for future growth while the airport can accommodate extra-wide aircraft such as the Airbus A340 and Airbus A350, the former already in service and the latter being scheduled to enter service at Helsinki-Vantaa with Finnair in the coming decade. The airport is the international and domestic hub for Finnair, the Finnish flag carrier. It is also the hub for Blue1, the Finnish regional division of SAS. Air Finland and Finncomm Airlines are based at Helsinki-Vantaa as well.
The Aviapolis is a new international business park adjacent to the Helsinki-Vantaa airport area, already hosting the operations of numerous companies around the airport. Several hotels are located near the airport as well. Construction of a train link, Kehärata, to the centre of Helsinki began in the spring of 2009.[3] The Finnish Aviation Museum is located near the airport.[4]
On 25 November 2008, Finavia opened a wireless network free of charge at the Helsinki-Vantaa airport.[5]
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Terminals, airlines and destinations
The airport is nominally divided into an international and a domestic terminal, located 250 metres (820 ft) apart and linked by an internal pedestrian connection both airside and landside. In practice, however, the airside parts of the terminal buildings are not divided into domestic and international but to Schengen and non-Schengen areas. The non-Schengen area of terminal 2 (the former international terminal) is under enlargement and will be ready in by the end of 2009, enabling the airport to receive eight wide-body aircraft at the same time, compared to the current five wide-body gates (of which only two are suitable for Finnair's new Airbus A340).
| Airlines | Destinations | Terminal |
|---|---|---|
| Aer Lingus | Dublin [resumes 30 March] | 2 |
| Aeroflot | Moscow-Sheremetyevo | 2 |
| Air Åland | Mariehamn | 2 |
| airBaltic | Riga | 1 |
| Air Berlin | Berlin-Tegel, Düsseldorf | 2 |
| Air Finland | Alicante, Chania [resumes 18 May] Málaga | 2 |
| Austrian Airlines operated by Tyrolean Airways | Vienna | 1 |
| Blue1 | Athens, Barcelona, Berlin-Tegel [resumes 2 March], Brussels [resumes 28 March], Biarritz [seasonal], Copenhagen, Dubrovnik [seasonal], Gothenburg-Landvetter, Ivalo [seasonal] , Kittilä [seasonal] , Kuopio, Kuusamo [seasonal] , London-Heathrow, Milan-Malpensa, Nice [seasonal], Oslo-Gardermoen, Oulu, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Rome-Fiumicino [resumes 12 April], Rovaniemi [seasonal], Split [seasonal], Stockholm-Arlanda, Vaasa, Zürich | 1 |
| British Airways | London-Heathrow | 2 |
| British Airways operated by Sun Air of Scandinavia | Billund | 2 |
| City Airline | Gothenburg-Landvetter | 1 |
| Czech Airlines | Prague | 2 |
| EasyJet | London-Gatwick, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Manchester | 2 |
| Finnair | Amsterdam, Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Barcelona, Beijing-Capital, Bergen [seasonal], Berlin-Tegel, Boston [seasonal], Brussels, Budapest, Copenhagen, Delhi, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Geneva, Gothenburg-Landvetter, Hamburg, Hong Kong, Istanbul-Atatürk, Ivalo, Joensuu, Jyväskylä, Kajaani, Kiev-Boryspil, Kittilä, Kokkola, Kuopio, Kuusamo, Lisbon, Ljubljana, London-Heathrow, Madrid, Manchester, Milan-Malpensa, Miami [seasonal], Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Munich, Nagoya-Centrair, New York-JFK, Osaka-Kansai, Oslo-Gardermoen, Oulu, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Pisa [resumes 12 May], Prague, Riga, Rome-Fiumicino, Rovaniemi, St Petersburg, Shanghai-Pudong, Seoul-Incheon, Stockholm-Arlanda, Tallinn, Toronto-Pearson, Tokyo-Narita, Vaasa, Venice-Marco Polo [resumes 1 May], Vienna, Warsaw, Yekaterinburg, Zürich | 2 |
| Finnair operated by Finncomm Airlines | Bucharest-Otopeni, Tallinn, Tampere, Turku, Vilnius | 2 |
| Finncomm Airlines | Enontekiö [seasonal], Joensuu, Jyväskylä, Kemi/Tornio, Kokkola/Jakobstad, Kuopio, Kuusamo [seasonal], Norrköping, Pori, Savonlinna, Seinäjoki, Vaasa, Varkaus | 2 |
| Icelandair | Reykjavík-Keflavík [resumes 31 March] | 2 |
| KLM | Amsterdam | 1 |
| LOT Polish Airlines | Warsaw | 1 |
| Lufthansa | Frankfurt, Munich | 1 |
| Malév Hungarian Airlines | Budapest | 2 |
| Norwegian Air Shuttle | Oslo-Gardemoen [starts 28 April], Stockholm-Arlanda [starts 28 April] | 2 |
| Rossiya | St Petersburg | 2 |
| Scandinavian Airlines | Copenhagen, Stockholm-Arlanda | 1 |
| Severstal Air Company | Petrozavodsk [resumes 28 March] | 2 |
| TAP Portugal | Lisbon | 1 |
| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul-Atatürk | 2 |
| Ukraine International Airlines | Kiev-Boryspil | 2 |
| Wingo xprs | Lappeenranta, Stockholm-Bromma [begins 30 March] | 1 |
Charter airlines
In addition, the following airlines also have charter operations as of February 2010:
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Air Finland | Summer season: Antalya, Chania, Samos
Winter season: Hurghada, Salzburg |
| Blue1 | Summer season: Alghero-Sardinia, Izmir, Kefallinia
Winter season: Geneva |
| Bulgaria Air | Summer season: Burgas, Funchal-Madeira, Malta-Luqa, Paphos, Varna
Winter season: Funchal-Madeira, Luxor, Sharm El Sheikh |
| Cyprus Turkish Airlines | Antalya, Dalaman [summer seasonal] |
| Finnair Leisure flights | Summer seasonal: Antalya, Athens, Burgas, Catania, Corfu, Cos, Chania, Dalaman, Dubrovnik, Enfidha, Faro, Funchal-Madeira, Heraklion, Jerez, Larnaca, Malaga, Malta-Luqa, Nice, Palma de Mallorca, Paphos, Preveza, Rhodes, Rimini, Santorini, Skiathos, Varna, Verona, Zakynthos
Winter seasonal: Arrecife-Lanzarote, Cancún, Colombo [starts 12 December 2010], Dubai, Fortaleza, Fort Lauderdale, Fuerteventura, Funchal-Madeira, Goa, Ho Chi Minh City, Holgúin, Hurghada, Innsbruck, Krabi, Langkawi, Las Palmas-Gran Canaria, Miami, Monastir, Ovda-Eilat, Panamà, Paphos, Phuket, Puerto Plata, Recife, Sharm El Sheikh, Salzburg, Tenerife Norte, Tenerife Sud |
| Freebird | Antalya [summer seasonal] |
| Nouvelair | Djerba [summer seasonal], Monastir |
| Primera Air | Summer seasonal: Burgas, Chania, Varna
Winter seasonal: Funchal-Madeira, Hurghada, Las Palmas-Gran Canaria, Ovda-Eilat, Tenerife Sud |
| Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia | Summer seasonal: Chania, Cos, Funchal-Madeira, Hurghada, Palma de Mallorca, Preveza, Rhodes
Winter seasonal: Funchal-Madeira, Las Palmas-Gran Canaria, Phuket, Tenerife Sud |
| TUIfly Nordic | Summer seasonal: Chania, Faro, Larnaca, Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes
Winter seasonal: Arrecife-Lanzarote, Boa Vista, Krabi, Las Palmas-Gran Canaria, Phuket, Sal, Tenerife Sud |
Cargo airlines
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Airest | Tallinn |
| Avies | Tallinn |
| Cargolux | Hong Kong, Baku, Luxembourg |
| Jetpak | Stockholm-Arlanda |
| DHL Aviation | Leipzig/Halle |
| DHL Aviation operated by Exin | Tallinn |
| TNT Airways | Liège |
| UPS Airlines | Malmö |
| West Air Sweden | Copenhagen |
Handling agents
The following handling agents provide full ground handling services for airlines [1]:
Statistics
| Year | Domestic passengers | International passengers | Total passengers | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 2,804,304 | 8,326,285 | 11,130,589 | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 2,927,627 | 9,220,154 | 12,147,781 | +9.1% |
| 2007 | 2,875,289 | 10,215,455 | 13,090,744 | +7.8% |
| 2008 | 2,700,350 | 10,726,551 | 13,426,901 | +2.2% |
Ground transportation
The Helsinki-Vantaa airport is located about 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the centre of the City of Helsinki. Bus service is provided by the public transit line 615 to centre takes approximately 3045 minutes, depending on the time of day. A direct bus service by Finnair is also available, connecting the airport to the Tikkurila train station provides access to commuter trains as well as to long-distance trains in the directions of Tampere and Lahti, including lines to Saint Petersburg and Moscow.
The construction of the Kehärata rail link to the airport was started in May 2009, with an opening scheduled for 2013[6].
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "Annual statistics". Finavia. http://www.finavia.fi/statisticspassengers. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
- ^ a b "EFHK Helsinki-Vantaa" (PDF). AIP Suomi / Finland. Finavia. 2008-11-20. pp. EFHK AD 2.1, pp. 17. https://ais.fi/ais/eaip/pdf/aerodromes/EF_AD_2_EFHK_EN.pdf. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
- ^ Ring Rail Line Press Release
- ^ Finnish Aviation Museum
- ^ Ring Rail Line Timetable
External links
| Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Helsinki-Vantaa Airport |
- Helsinki-Vantaa airport Airport homepage in English
- AIP Finland Helsinki-Vantaa Airport
- Accident history for HEL at Aviation Safety Network
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