Concepts and definitions
- Air traffic passenger transport performance
Number of passengers multiplied by the number of flown kilometres.
- Air traffic performance
The total number of flown kilometres during a specific unit of time, usually one year.
- Air traffic transport performance
Volume of transported passengers, freight and mail in tonnes multiplied by the number of flown kilometres.
- Aircraft
An aircraft is a vehicle moving in the atmosphere, such as an airplane, helicopter and hot-air balloon.
- Airplane
An airplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with a weight greater than the air.
- Airport
A defined area which is entirely or partly intended for commercial air traffic activities.
- Airport terminal
A self-contained facility for handling of air traffic freight and passenger transport.
- Charter air traffic
Chartered flight.
- Commercial aviation
Commercial aviation is commercial air traffic, in which passengers, freight or mail are transported in exchange for a fee or rent. Commercial air traffic comprises scheduled and chartered flights and air taxi traffic. Commercial aviation does not include general aviation, training or military flights.
- Domestic air traffic passenger
A domestic passenger departs from and arrives at an airport in Finland.
- International air traffic passenger
A domestic passenger departs from and arrives at an airport in Finland.
- Passenger, air traffic
A passenger arriving or departing or a transfer passenger changing planes. Passenger statistics do include infants, but do not include transit passengers (a passenger who does not change planes).
- Scheduled flight
Scheduled air traffic.
- Tonne-kilometre
Transport of one tonne of goods over a distance of one kilometre.
- Transfer passenger, air traffic
A transfer passenger arrives at the airport by air and continues his/her journey to another airport.
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF):
Air transport [e-publication].
ISSN=2670-1847. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 9.10.2024].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/ilma/kas_en.html