Helsinki Airport
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The Helsinki-Vantaa Airport is the largest commercial airport in Finland. It is located around 15 kilometers north of the center of the capital Helsinki in the city of Vantaa.
The airport was completed in 1951 for the Summer Olympic Games, replacing the too small nascent Helsinki- Malmi. He currently serves approximately 15 million passengers per year and is one of the largest airports in Northern Europe. The managed by the Company Finavia airport has two terminals and, since November 2002, three take-off and landing runways.
Terminals
In August 2009, the previously existing separation between an international terminal and a domestic terminal was lifted. Now the neutral designations Terminal 1 and Terminal 2 are used. Both terminals are approximately 250 m apart and are connected by a corridor. Start flights and land became independent from the destination at both terminals. The assignment to the halls designated as Terminal 1 and Terminal 2 is dependent on the operating carrier of each flight. For travelers, a free Wi-Fi.
Transport links
With buses of public transport to the airport in particular via the bus line 615 directly from Helsinki Central Station can be reached. Finnair also maintains a direct shuttle bus to the center of Helsinki. The intercity buses from all major Finnish cities have a direct connection to the airport. The nearest railway station is located in Tikkurila and can be reached by bus No. 61. The planned for the capital region railway ring path is to create a connection to the S -Bahn network. The opening of the S- train station at the airport is planned in 2015.
Airlines and destinations
Helsinki -Vantaa is joined by several airlines with national, numerous European and some intercontinental destinations, including Kuopio, Amsterdam, Lisbon, New York, Nagoya and Shanghai. Largest companies on site are domiciled here Finnair and Blue1. From the German-speaking Helsinki is currently served by Lufthansa from Berlin, Frankfurt, Munich and Dusseldorf, Air Berlin from Berlin and Dusseldorf and Finnair from Berlin, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart, Vienna and Zurich.
Start and runways
The airport has three runways:
- 04R/22L ( runway 1, 3440 mx 60 m ), the main runway was overhauled and modernized in summer 2005.
- 15/33 ( runway 2, 2901 mx 60 m), the transverse or secondary runway was completely renovated in the summer of 2004.
- 04L/22R ( runway 3, 3060 mx 60 m ), the new parallel runway to the main runway was put into operation on 28 November 2002.