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

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release | Air transport 2025, September

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

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  • In September 2025, Helsinki Airport accounted for 88 per cent of all air passengers at domestic airports.
  • Of air passengers, 1.4 million travelled on international flights.
  • In January to September 2025, the number of air passengers was higher than in the same period in 2024.

The number of passengers on domestic flights has increased after the summer

In September 2025, a total of 1.5 million passengers flew through Helsinki Airport and altogether 196,000 passengers flew through other domestic airports. Compared to September 2024, the total number of passengers was two per cent higher at Helsinki Airport and six per cent lower at other domestic airports.

Eighty-four per cent of the air traffic passengers travelled on international flights and 16 per cent on domestic flights in September 2025. The share of passengers on international flights was 91 per cent at Helsinki Airport and 30 per cent in total at other domestic airports. Of all passengers, 97 per cent travelled on scheduled flights.

In September 2025, air freight and mail transport totalled 14,731 tonnes. In all, 99 per cent of the tonnes were transported through Helsinki Airport and one hundred per cent in traffic between Finland and foreign countries. Altogether 6,307 tonnes (43 %) of the transported volume of goods were incoming and 8,424 tonnes (57 %) were outgoing.

In January to September 2025, a total of 15 million passengers flew through Finnish airports, which was four per cent more than in 2024 during the same period. From the beginning of 2025 the volume of freight and mail transport totalled 134,760 tonnes, which was three per cent less than in January to September 2024.

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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Air transport [online publication].
Reference period: 2025, September. ISSN=2670-1847. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 27.10.2025].
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