Live flights over Helsinki Vantaa Airport (HEL)
From 23 to 24 October 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 438 departures and 429 arrivals at Helsinki Vantaa Airport, 434 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Stockholm (ARN), Tallinn (TLL) and Copenhagen (CPH). The airline seen most often is Finnair.
Airport data
- IATA code
- HEL
- ICAO code
- EFHK
- City
- Helsinki
- Region
- Uusimaa Region
- Country
- Finland
- Elevation
- 55 m (179 ft)
- Coordinates
- 60.31836, 24.96334
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of Helsinki Vantaa Airport that the network receives appears on the FlyItalyADSB live map: airliners on approach and departure, business and general aviation, and — where MLAT reaches — aircraft without full ADS-B. Nothing is filtered out; how much of the area is covered depends on the community's receivers near Helsinki.
Seen by the network
23–24 October 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 23 | 233 | 226 | 459 |
| Sat 24 | 205 | 203 | 408 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Stockholm ARN Sweden 54 flights
- Tallinn TLL Estonia 46 flights
- Copenhagen CPH Denmark 31 flights
- Riga RIX Latvia 29 flights
- Oulu / Oulunsalo OUL 23 flights
- Frankfurt am Main FRA Germany 22 flights
- Paris CDG France 19 flights
- Munich MUC Germany 18 flights
- Berlin BER Germany 16 flights
- Amsterdam AMS Netherlands 16 flights
- Oslo OSL Norway 16 flights
- London LHR United Kingdom 15 flights
- Vilnius VNO Lithuania 15 flights
- Warsaw WAW Poland 14 flights
- Göteborg GOT Sweden 14 flights
- Hamburg HAM Germany 12 flights
30 more connections
- Prague PRG 12
- Málaga AGP 11
- Vienna VIE 10
- Zaventem BRU 9
- Balice KRK 9
- Manchester, Greater Manchester MAN 8
- Milano MXP 8
- Roma FCO 8
- Geneva GVA 8
- Düsseldorf DUS 7
- Barcelona BCN 7
- Kuopio / Siilinjärvi KUO 6
- Ingliston, Edinburgh EDI 6
- Spata-Artemida ATH 6
- Zurich ZRH 6
- London, Essex STN 4
- Dublin DUB 4
- Bergen BGO 4
- Budapest BUD 4
- Reykjavík KEF 3
- Gdańsk GDN 3
- Larnaca LCA 3
- Split SPU 3
- Madrid MAD 3
- Nice, Alpes-Maritimes NCE 3
- Istanbul IST 3
- Tromsø TOS 2
- Trondheim TRD 2
- Stockholm BMA 2
- New York JFK 2
Airlines
- FinnairFIN 632
- Norwegian Air SwedenNSZ 48
- SASSAS 21
- Lufthansa City AirlinesLHX 16
- RyanairRYR 14
- Air BalticBTI 12
- FIHFIH 11
- Scanwings OYABF 10
- Frontier GuardFNG 10
- KLMKLM 8
Aircraft
- AT75 153
- Embraer E190 E190 115
- Airbus A321 A321 111
- Airbus A320 A320 110
- Boeing 737 MAX 8 B38M 58
- Airbus A350-900 A359 56
- Airbus A319 A319 52
- Boeing 737-800 B738 46
- Airbus A321neo A21N 21
- Airbus A220-300 BCS3 21
How we count: a flight is a departure here when the network first sees it low near the airport (on the ground, or climbing away from it), an arrival when it last sees it low on approach. Where receivers don't reach low altitude the numbers stay below the real traffic. Connections and airlines come only from airline flights.
This data in your app
Every aircraft within 80 km of Helsinki Vantaa Airport, as JSON, with a free key that also allows commercial use:
curl -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.flyitalyadsb.com/v2/lat/60.31836/lon/24.96334/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Helsinki right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over Helsinki Vantaa Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Helsinki: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of HEL, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from Helsinki Vantaa Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (23–24 October 2026), the most frequent airlines were Finnair, Norwegian Air Sweden, SAS, Lufthansa City Airlines and Ryanair.
What are the main connections from Helsinki Vantaa Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (23–24 October 2026), both ways: Stockholm (ARN, 54), Tallinn (TLL, 46), Copenhagen (CPH, 31), Riga (RIX, 29) and Oulu / Oulunsalo (OUL, 23). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Helsinki? +
Yes. Thanks to multilateration (MLAT) the network reconstructs the position of aircraft without full ADS-B too, including military and state flights, whenever they are received by feeders in the area. Nothing is filtered out.
What are the codes for Helsinki Vantaa Airport? +
Helsinki Vantaa Airport has IATA code HEL and ICAO code EFHK. It lies in Uusimaa Region, Finland, at coordinates 60.31836, 24.96334.
Is the flight data free and open? +
Yes. The live map and the Free API plan cost nothing, and the data is published under the open CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; paid API plans for higher volumes help cover the infrastructure costs.
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