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Helsinki Vantaa (HEL)

Helsinki Vantaa Airport handled 1,728,279 passengers in July 2026, up 7.3% on a year earlier, according to Eurostat.

Official · August 2026 according to EUROCONTROL Full count · domestic + international

Flights (arrivals + departures) over time

The most recent periods20 periods
PeriodFlights (arrivals + departures) 2025Flights (arrivals + departures) 2026Change vs last year
January12,26312,554▲ 2.4%
February11,59711,697▲ 0.9%
March12,92613,189▲ 2.0%
April12,88713,196▲ 2.4%
May13,64813,792▲ 1.1%
June13,19913,545▲ 2.6%
July13,11713,708▲ 4.5%
August13,96614,000▲ 0.2%
September13,496––
October13,456–in progress
November12,530––
December12,950––
Year to date (Jan–Aug)103,603105,681▲ 2.0%

Passengers over time

Full count · domestic + international
The most recent periods19 periods
PeriodPassengers 2025Passengers 2026Change vs last year
January1,206,3841,256,915▲ 4.2%
February1,183,5061,269,768▲ 7.3%
March1,316,8871,425,612▲ 8.3%
April1,375,4141,436,601▲ 4.4%
May1,501,1091,551,212▲ 3.3%
June1,594,9861,671,152▲ 4.8%
July1,611,0551,728,279▲ 7.3%
August1,577,118––
September1,480,360––
October1,526,995–in progress
November1,294,331––
December1,412,741––
Year to date (Jan–Jul)9,789,34110,339,539▲ 5.6%

Tonnes of cargo over time

Full count · domestic + international
The most recent periods19 periods
PeriodTonnes of cargo 2025Tonnes of cargo 2026Change vs last year
January13,23714,887▲ 12.5%
February13,56715,130▲ 11.5%
March16,15015,695▼ 2.8%
April15,90715,762▼ 0.9%
May15,98819,077▲ 19.3%
June15,04217,756▲ 18.0%
July15,24118,584▲ 21.9%
August15,741––
September14,571––
October15,952–in progress
November16,889––
December15,737––
Year to date (Jan–Jul)105,133116,891▲ 11.2%

Domestic / International

Domestic / International — passengers

Full count · domestic + international

Domestic

The most recent periods19 periods
PeriodPassengers 2025Passengers 2026Change vs last year
January190,365200,698▲ 5.4%
February192,280215,685▲ 12.2%
March211,548224,628▲ 6.2%
April139,668145,532▲ 4.2%
May114,950124,201▲ 8.0%
June107,532117,995▲ 9.7%
July89,71997,904▲ 9.1%
August111,043––
September136,150––
October145,480–in progress
November176,048––
December238,231––
Year to date (Jan–Jul)1,046,0621,126,643▲ 7.7%

International

The most recent periods19 periods
PeriodPassengers 2025Passengers 2026Change vs last year
January1,016,0191,056,217▲ 4.0%
February991,2261,054,083▲ 6.3%
March1,105,3391,200,984▲ 8.7%
April1,235,7461,291,069▲ 4.5%
May1,386,1591,427,011▲ 2.9%
June1,487,4541,553,157▲ 4.4%
July1,521,3361,630,375▲ 7.2%
August1,466,075––
September1,344,210––
October1,381,515–in progress
November1,118,283––
December1,174,510––
Year to date (Jan–Jul)8,743,2799,212,896▲ 5.4%

Domestic / International — tonnes of cargo

Full count · domestic + international

Domestic

The most recent periods19 periods
PeriodTonnes of cargo 2025Tonnes of cargo 2026Change vs last year
January10149▼ 52.0%
February9354▼ 42.1%
March10823▼ 78.6%
April3222▼ 32.6%
May3979▲ 105.2%
June3324▼ 29.0%
July2021▲ 6.5%
August20––
September22––
October23–in progress
November50––
December49––
Year to date (Jan–Jul)426271▼ 36.3%

International

The most recent periods19 periods
PeriodTonnes of cargo 2025Tonnes of cargo 2026Change vs last year
January13,13614,839▲ 13.0%
February13,47515,077▲ 11.9%
March16,04215,671▼ 2.3%
April15,87515,741▼ 0.8%
May15,94918,998▲ 19.1%
June15,00917,732▲ 18.1%
July15,22118,563▲ 22.0%
August15,721––
September14,549––
October15,929–in progress
November16,839––
December15,688––
Year to date (Jan–Jul)104,707116,620▲ 11.4%

Seasonality · flights (arrivals + departures) by month

Year JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2024 11,671 10,822 12,144 12,558 13,669 13,370 13,205 13,697 13,513 13,741 12,588 12,172
2025 12,263 11,597 12,926 12,887 13,648 13,199 13,117 13,966 13,496 13,456 12,530 12,950
2026 12,554 11,697 13,189 13,196 13,792 13,545 13,708 14,000
Series depth 25 years from 2001

Our own count, day by day

We counted 5,945 departures and arrivals at Helsinki Vantaa Airport over the last 13 complete days, from the airport's own public flight board.

Our own count · not official · not comparable with the figure above

Group the daily count

Add up the days into longer periods. The daily figures themselves do not change.
The most recent periods13 periods
13 of 13
PeriodFlights counted7-day total
Aug 31, 20264833,199
Aug 30, 20264623,201
Aug 29, 20263943,196
Aug 28, 20264683,217
Aug 27, 20264923,208
Aug 26, 20264473,193
Aug 25, 20264533,199
Aug 24, 2026485
Aug 23, 2026457
Aug 22, 2026415
Aug 21, 2026459
Aug 20, 2026477
Aug 19, 2026453

Busiest destinations

Flights recorded between Jan 1, 2024 and Dec 31, 2024, counted from flight records published by Eurostat. Not a current timetable.

Busiest destinations FlightsDistance (km)
Stockholm-Arlanda Airport HEL–ARN → 10,229 398
Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport HEL–TLL → 6,465 101
Oulu Airport HEL–OUL → 5,381 513
Copenhagen Kastrup Airport HEL–CPH → 5,364 892
Riga International Airport HEL–RIX → 5,267 382
Rovaniemi Airport HEL–RVN → 4,457 696
Charles de Gaulle International Airport HEL–CDG → 4,026 1,896
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol HEL–AMS → 3,683 1,521
Oslo-Gardermoen International Airport HEL–OSL → 3,438 763
Munich Airport HEL–MUC → 3,419 1,575

Environment

Airport Carbon Accreditation

Level 5 Helsinki Vantaa Airport holds Airport Carbon Accreditation Level 5 (status checked October 2026), according to the programme's public list.

A certification of how the airport operator manages its own carbon emissions (levels 1–5, "+" = with offsetting). It is not a measure of how much the airport or its flights emit.

Airport Carbon Accreditation (ACI)

Aircraft noise exposure

Counts only residents OUTSIDE large urban areas ("agglomerations"). People inside a city who hear the same airport are reported in the city's own noise map and are included in the national total, not here.

500 people living outside large urban areas around Helsinki Vantaa Airport were exposed to aircraft noise of 55 dB Lden or more, and 200 to 50 dB or more at night, according to the European Environment Agency (Environmental Noise Directive, 2022 reporting round).

Day–evening–night (Lden)
Noise levelPeople exposed
55–59 dB400
60–64 dB100
65–69 dB0
70–74 dB0
75 dB or more0
Night (Lnight)
Noise levelPeople exposed
50–54 dB200
55–59 dB0
60–64 dB0
65–69 dB0
70 dB or more0

Arrivals and departures used for the noise map: 190,194 a year.

EEA — Environmental Noise Directive data (CC BY 4.0)

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