A total of 1.7 million passengers flew through Finnish airports in August 2025

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release | Air transport 2025, August

According to Statistics Finland, altogether 1.7 million passengers flew through Finnish airports in August 2025. The total number of passengers increased by four per cent compared to August 2024. The number of passengers on domestic flights decreased by two per cent, while the number of passengers on international flights increased by five per cent from the previous year.

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  • In August 2025, Helsinki Airport accounted for 90 per cent of all air passengers at domestic airports.
  • Of air passengers, 1.5 million travelled on international flights.
  • In January to August 2025, the number of air passengers was higher than in the same period in 2024.

The number of air passengers increased by two per cent from last year's summer

In August 2025, a total of 1.6 million passengers flew through Helsinki Airport and altogether 170,000 passengers flew through other domestic airports. Compared to August 2024, the total number of passengers was five per cent higher at Helsinki Airport and three per cent lower at other domestic airports.

Eighty-seven per cent of the air passengers travelled on international flights and 13 per cent on domestic flights in August 2025. The share of passengers on international flights was 93 per cent at Helsinki Airport and 33 per cent in total at other domestic airports. Of all passengers, 97 per cent travelled on scheduled flights.

In August 2025, air freight and mail transport totalled 15,766 tonnes. In all, one hundred per cent of the tonnes were transported through Helsinki Airport and in traffic between Finland and foreign countries. Altogether 6,740 tonnes (43 %) of the transported volume of goods were incoming and 9,026 tonnes (57 %) were outgoing.

In January to August 2025, a total of 13.5 million passengers flew through Finnish airports, which was five per cent more than in 2024 during the same period. From the beginning of 2025 the volume of freight and mail transport totalled 120,030 tonnes, which was two per cent less than in January to August 2024.

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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Air transport [online publication].
Reference period: 2025, August. ISSN=2670-1847. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 25.9.2025].
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