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Helsinki Vantaa Airport (HEL)

Helsinki Vantaa Airport (HEL, EFHK) serves Helsinki, Finland. Flights leaving HEL left an average of 11.6 min late in the twelve months to July 2026, the 14th least delayed of 88 busy European airports. 17.6 million passengers used it in the twelve months to July 2026, most often flying to or from Stockholm.

Delays at HEL

Average departure delay per flight: 11.6 min over the twelve months to July 2026. Delays were worst in January (18.0 min) and lightest in April (7.8 min).

Average departure delay per flight from HEL, all causes, by month. Green is the least delayed month, orange the most.
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MonthAverage departure delayDepartures
August 202510.8 min6,952
September 202510.3 min6,709
October 202510.0 min6,691
November 20258.7 min6,240
December 202512.4 min6,464
January 202618.0 min6,254
February 202615.9 min5,824
March 20268.0 min6,573
April 20267.8 min6,566
May 202610.2 min6,856
June 202613.7 min6,732
July 202614.6 min6,828

Air traffic flow restrictions held 0.8% of arrivals at HEL for more than 15 minutes in the twelve months to August 2026, most often because of weather (98% of those delay minutes).

Departure delay counts every cause, from the airline to air traffic control, and is measured against the scheduled time. Source: EUROCONTROL Aviation Intelligence Portal, summarised by TripStow. EUROCONTROL does not endorse TripStow.

Passengers at HEL

17,631,063 passengers used HEL in the twelve months to July 2026, on 149,670 commercial flights, up 5% on the twelve months before.

Passengers by month at HEL, arrivals and departures together.
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MonthPassengersFlights
August 20251,577,11813,243
September 20251,480,36012,666
October 20251,526,99012,632
November 20251,294,33111,837
December 20251,412,74112,274
January 20261,256,91511,900
February 20261,269,76811,079
March 20261,425,61212,495
April 20261,436,60112,581
May 20261,551,21213,095
June 20261,671,14512,814
July 20261,728,27013,054

Eurostat publishes airport figures a few months behind. Source: Eurostat (CC BY 4.0), summarised by TripStow.

Busiest routes from HEL

  1. Stockholm-Arlanda (ARN)1,044,407 passengers
  2. Copenhagen Kastrup (CPH)606,871 passengers
  3. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)606,677 passengers
  4. London Heathrow (LHR)532,334 passengers
  5. Rovaniemi (RVN)530,006 passengers
  6. Oulu (OUL)504,402 passengers
  7. Munich (MUC)494,379 passengers
  8. Frankfurt am Main (FRA)472,673 passengers
  9. Paris (CDG)464,904 passengers
  10. Riga (RIX)393,826 passengers

Passengers in 2024, both directions together. Source: Eurostat (CC BY 4.0), summarised by TripStow.

Questions and answers

How delayed are flights at Helsinki (HEL)?
Flights leaving HEL left an average of 11.6 min late in the twelve months to July 2026, the 14th least delayed of 88 busy European airports.
Which month has the most delays at HEL?
January 2026, when flights left an average of 18.0 minutes late; the lightest month was April 2026 (7.8 minutes).
Why are flights delayed at HEL?
EUROCONTROL records why air traffic flow restrictions delay arrivals. At HEL in the last year the biggest cause was weather (98% of those minutes), then other causes (2%).

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