Last updated November 1 2020

This page shows my collection of airport postcards from Finland.

HELSINKI (4)

Number of postcards: 4

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Tack!

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Helsinki

Helsinki-Vantaa Airport
[HEL/EFHK]

Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, or simply Helsinki Airport, is the main international airport of the city of Helsinki, its surrounding metropolitan area, and the Uusimaa region. The airport is located in the neighboring city of Vantaa, about 17.0 km north of Helsinki city center.

The airport was originally built for the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. The planning of a new airport for Helsinki began already in the 1940s, when it became obvious that the Helsinki-Malmi Airport could not handle the increasing number of passengers or the new, heavier aircraft.

The airport originally had a single runway, the second runway being built four years later in 1956. The airport also received its first radar in the same year. Regular jet flight operations began in 1959.

[Read more - wikipedia]

Identified airlines on my postcards
Finnair
SAS

Identified aircraft types on my postcards
Douglas DC-8-62-CF
McDonnel-Douglas DC9-81
McDonnel Douglas MD-83
SUD Aviation SE-210 Caravelle 10B

Unnumbered
Grako, Finland
HELSINKI HELSINGFORS
SUOMI FINLAND
Lentoasema
VC
Unused
Unnumbered
PR-Kortti, Finland
HELSINKI - VANTAA
Lentoasema - Flygstation
Air Port - Flughafen
VC
Unused
Unnumbered
Paperitaide, Finland
HELSINKI HELSINGFORS Lentoasema Flygstation
Airport Flughafen
VC
Unused
Unnumbered
Paperitaide, Finland
HELSINKI-VANTAA
HELSINGFORS-VANDA
Lentokenttä Flygstation Air-port
VC
Unused