Finavia’s maintenance team at Helsinki Airport is fully prepared and ready to keep the runways clear of snow. And, according to the weather forecast, winds are favourable. So it is believed that air traffic will operate rather smoothly regardless of snowfall.
However, if freezing fog (freezing drizzle) appears, airplane engines must be defrosted between the flights. In this case, the de-icing operations will be busy, since de-icing must be done in two stages. This would cause delays.
In winter, weather conditions around zero degrees are challenging for airlines and other airport operators because of the changes between freezing and warming temperatures.
In Finland, the winter “snow-how” is shipshape and we are used to run our airports even under extreme conditions. Sometimes , there will be some delays in order to ensure safe flying. If this happens, we apologise for any inconvenience.
Arrivals and departures in real time are available on the Finavia website.
This is how weather conditions affect flying
Despite the snow forecast for Thursday, runways bask in eternal summer
