page_title: Helsinki Airport
section_title: Future expansion and plans
hierarchical_section_title: Helsinki Airport / Future expansion and plans
caption_attribution_description: Suomi: Helsinki-Vantaan lentoaseman kakkosterminaalin laajennustyömaa toukokuussa 2018. English: Terminal 2 western expansion site at Helsinki Airport seen from the south wing completed in 2017.
context_page_description: Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, or simply Helsinki Airport, is the main international airport of the city of Helsinki, its surrounding metropolitan area, and the Uusimaa region. The airport is located in the neighboring city of Vantaa, about 5 kilometres west of Tikkurila, the administrative center of Vantaa and 9.2 NM north of Helsinki city center. The airport is operated by state-owned Finavia.
  The airport is by far the busiest in Finland and the fourth busiest in the Nordic countries in terms of passenger numbers. About 90% of Finland's international air traffic passes through Helsinki Airport. The airport handled 21.8 million passengers in 2019, including 18.9 million international passengers and 2.9 million domestic passengers. On average, the airport handles around 350 departures a day.
  The airport is the main hub for Finnair, the flag carrier of Finland, and its subsidiary Nordic Regional Airlines. It is also a hub for CityJet and an operating base for Jet Time, Norwegian Air Shuttle, SunClass Airlines and TUI fly Nordic. Helsinki Airport has around 50 regularly-operating airlines.
caption: Terminal 2 non-Schengen expansion site.
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