A total of 1.5 million passengers flew through Finnish airports in January 2024

The number of passengers at Finnish airports was 75 per cent of the level prior to the corona pandemic

In January 2024, a total of 1.1 million passengers flew through Helsinki Airport and altogether 370,000 passengers flew through other domestic airports. Compared to January 2023, passenger volumes at Helsinki Airport were at the same level, while at other domestic airports, the number of passengers were 9 per cent higher.

Seventy-four per cent of the air passengers travelled on international flights and 26 per cent on domestic flights. The share of passengers on international flights was 83 per cent at Helsinki Airport and 48 per cent in total at other domestic airports.

The number of passengers at Helsinki Airport was 29 per cent lower and the combined number of passengers at other domestic airports 6 per cent lower than in January 2019. Among the domestic airports, the airports of Enontekiö, Kittilä, Kuusamo and Rovaniemi stood out, with the number of passengers exceeding the 2019 level. The year 2019 is used in the statistics as the comparison year to describe the number of air passengers before the pandemic.

Air freight and mail transport totaled 14,458 tonnes in January 2024. In all, one hundred per cent of the tonnes were transported through Helsinki Airport and 99 per cent in traffic between Finland and foreign countries. Altogether 6 816 tonnes (47 %) of the transported volume of goods were incoming and 7 642 tonnes (53 %) were outgoing.