Air Transport
There are 148 airfields, 76 of which have paved runways. 21 airports are served by scheduled passenger flights. By far the largest airport is Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, and the second largest by passenger volume is Oulu Airport. The larger airports are managed by the state-owned Finavia (formerly the Finnish Civil Aviation Administration). Finnair, Blue1 and Finncomm Airlines are the main carriers for domestic flights.
Helsinki-Vantaa airport is Finland's global gateway with scheduled non-stop flights to such places as Bangkok, Beijing, Guangzhou, Nagoya, New York, Osaka, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Tokyo. Helsinki has an optimal location for great circle airline traffic routes between Western Europe and the Far East. The airport is located approximately 19 kilometers north of Helsinki's downtown area in Helsinki's northern suburb of Vantaa, thus the name Helsinki-Vantaa.
Other airports with regular scheduled international connections are Joensuu Airport, Jyväskylä Airport, Kajaani Airport, Kokkola-Pietarsaari Airport, Lappeenranta Airport, Mariehamn Airport, Pori Airport, Tampere-Pirkkala Airport, Turku Airport and Vaasa Airport, .
Read more about this topic: Transport In Finland
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