A total of 1.6 million passengers flew through Finnish airports in February 2025

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release | Air transport 2025, February

According to Statistics Finland, altogether 1.6 million passengers flew through Finnish airports in February 2025. The total number of passengers increased by 7 per cent compared to February 2024. The number of passengers on domestic flights decreased by 4 per cent, while the number of passengers on international flights increased by 12 per cent from the previous year.

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  • In February 2025, Helsinki Airport accounted for 74 per cent of all air traffic passengers at domestic airports.
  • Of air traffic passengers, 1.2 million travelled on international flights.
  • The number of passengers increased, while the volume of freight and mail transport decreased from February 2024.

Number of passengers on domestic flights decreased from February 2024

In February 2025, a total of 1.2 million passengers flew through Helsinki Airport and altogether 425,000 passengers flew through other domestic airports. Compared to February 2024, the total number of passengers was 6 per cent higher at Helsinki Airport and 12 per cent higher at other domestic airports.

Seventy-six per cent of the air traffic passengers travelled on international flights and 24 per cent on domestic flights in February 2025. The share of passengers on international flights was 84 per cent at Helsinki Airport and 54 per cent in total at other domestic airports. Of all passengers, 94 per cent travelled on scheduled flights.

In February 2025, air freight and mail transport totalled 13,588 tonnes. 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 6,000 tonnes (44%) of the transported volume of goods were incoming and 7,588 tonnes (56%) were outgoing.

During January to February in 2025, a total of 3,2 million passengers flew through Finnish airports, which was 8 per cent more than in the same period in 2024. From the beginning of 2025, the volume of freight and mail transport totalled 27,000 tonnes, which was 5 per cent less than in January to February 2024.

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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Air transport [online publication].
Reference period: 2025, February. ISSN=2670-1847. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 22.3.2025].
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