HEL — Helsinki-Vantaa Airport
Finland's main airport, built north of Helsinki for the 1952 Olympics. The shortest routing between Western Europe and northeast Asia passes through here.
The airport
- City
- Helsinki
- Country/region
- Finland
- Runway
- 3,440 m
- Slots
- 270
- Open
- 1952 onwards
- International flights
- Accepted
- Playable in
- European Liberalization · European Liberalization to Modern · Europe Modern
Its 3,440 m runway takes 181 of the game's 182 aircraft types — up to the Airbus A380-800.
About Helsinki
Finland's capital, on the Baltic coast, and the country's political and commercial centre. Its position makes it the shortest hop between Western Europe and northern Asia.
Population about 1,100,000 at the game's 2010 snapshot.
Helsinki is a business market: its traffic comes from companies and connections rather than from holidays, which rewards frequency over seat count.