A total of 20.6 million passengers flew through Finnish airports in 2025, a 4% increase on the previous year, according to Statistics Finland.
The number of domestic passengers travelling through Finland‘s airports was down 1%, while international travellers increased by 6%.
Despite the increase in passengers last year, overall passenger volumes remain 21% below pre-COVID levels in 2019.
‘The number of passengers was 5.6 million lower than before the coronavirus pandemic in 2019,’ Statistics Finland noted.
Helsinki Airport
Helsinki Airport was the busiest airport in Finland, catering for some 17.1 million passengers last year, or 83% of the national total. Other airports accounted for around 3.5 million travellers.
Altogether, 82% of passengers, or around 17 million, travelled on international flights at least once in 2025, with 3.7 million (18%) travelling on domestic flights only. At Helsinki Airport, the share of passengers taking international flights was 89%, while at other domestic airports, it accounted for less than half (47%).
Helsinki Airport reported a 4% increase in passenger numbers last year, while smaller airports collectively reported a 6% increase.
In both instances, passenger numbers are well down on where they were before the pandemic – at Helsinki Airport, the number of passengers last year was 22% down on where it was in 2019, while other airports were 17% lower.
Freight and mail transport
Finally, Statistics Finland reported that the volume of freight and mail transport by air was up 1% last year, compared to 2024.
Of the 185,378 tonnes of freight and mail transport last year, 99% was transported through Helsinki Airport, with almost all shipments (99.5%) travelling internationally. Some 103,453 tonnes (56%) of the transported freight was outgoing and 81,925 tonnes (44%) was incoming. Read more here.
