Finland

 

National Transport System



number of registered air carriers: 3 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 77

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 13,364,839 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 957.64 million mt-km (2018)

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix
OH

Airports
total: 148 (2013)

country comparison to the world: 37
Airports - with paved runways
total: 74

over 3,047 m: 3

2,438 to 3,047 m: 26

1,524 to 2,437 m: 10

914 to 1,523 m: 21

under 914 m: 14 (2017)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 74

914 to 1,523 m: 3

under 914 m: 71 (2013)

Pipelines
1288 km gas transmission pipes, 1976 km distribution pipes (2016)

Railways
total: 5,926 km (2016)

broad gauge: 5,926 km 1.524-m gauge (3,270 km electrified) (2016)

country comparison to the world: 32
Roadways
total: 454,000 km (2012)

highways: 78,000 km (50,000 paved, including 700 km of expressways; 28,000 unpaved) (2012)

private and forest roads: 350,000 km (2012)

urban: 26,000 km (2012)

country comparison to the world: 16
Waterways
8,000 km (includes Saimaa Canal system of 3,577 km; southern part leased from Russia; water transport used frequently in the summer and widely replaced with sledges on the ice in winter; there are 187,888 lakes in Finland that cover 31,500 km); Finland also maintains 8,200 km of coastal fairways (2013)

country comparison to the world: 17
Merchant marine
total: 272

by type: bulk carrier 9, container ship 1, general cargo 74, oil tanker 4, other 184 (2021)

country comparison to the world: 57
Ports and terminals
major seaport(s): Helsinki, Kotka, Naantali, Porvoo, Raahe, Rauma