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EFHK - Helsinki (HEL)

Helsinki Airport is the main international airport of the city of Helsinki, and the entire country. The airport is located north of Helsinki in the neighboring city of Vantaa. The airport is operated by state-owned Finavia.

The airport is by far the busiest in Finland and the fourth busiest in the Nordic countries in terms of passenger numbers. About 90% of Finland's international air traffic passes through Helsinki Airport. On average, the airport handles around 350 departures a day.

The airport is the main hub for Finnair, the flag carrier of Finland, and its subsidiary Nordic Regional Airlines.

IATA ICAO Charts
HEL EFHK Finland AIP - EFHK

Pilot briefing

The most important information is marked with this information box.

Currently available stands

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Air Traffic Control positions

Due to the size of Helsinki airport and the increased amount of operations, there is a possibility to provide service from two tower positions, two radar positions and two arrival positions:

AIP
Login code Call sign Frequency Responsibility
EFHK_DEL EFHKHELSINKI GROUND Finland118.125 - EFHKAll en-route clearances (DCL/PDC: EFHK)
- Ground movement on aprons 1S and 9
EFHK_GNDHELSINKI GROUND121.800- Ground movement
EFHK_E_TWRHELSINKI TOWER118.600- Primary Tower position
- Runways 04R/22L and 15/33
- FATO H16/H34
EFHK_W_TWRHELSINKI TOWER118.850- Opened according to traffic demand
- Runways 04L/22R
EFHK_E_APPHELSINKI RADAR119.100- Primary Radar position
- East sector
EFHK_E_APPHELSINKI RADAR129.850- Opened according to traffic demand
- West sector
EFHK_R_APPHELSINKI ARRIVAL119.900- Primary arrival position
- Sequencing arriving traffic below 5000 FT
EFHK_A_APPHELSINKI ARRIVAL124.325- Opened only during parallel IFR approaches
- Sequencing arriving traffic below 5000 FT

Listen carefully to the frequency given when being transferred to another controller. Do not try and guess the next frequency, as TWR and APP units may be divided to smaller sectors with similar frequencies.


Ground movement responsibilities:

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EFHK_DEL
118.125
EFHK_GND
121.800
EFHK_E_TWR
118.600
EFHK_W_TWR
118.850
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