FINNAIR CARGO TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Terminal

Helsinki Gateway terminal is open 24 h daily and it offers variety of services e.g. to air freight unloading, loading, receiving and delivery. All this is being done with the latest and most efficient loading equipment.

All the related services, e.g. customs, are available in the same building. There are modern storages for special airfreight in our Gateway terminal that will certainly fulfil the needs of even the most demanding customer. For example there are good spaces for animals, valuable consignments and also comprehensive cold storages.

Facts

Floor space approx. 15 000 m2
Approx. 350 employees
Annual freight handling over 150 000 tons
An average 400 handled operations a day
During peak seasons as much as 600 tons of freight can be handled per day.
We offer cargo terminal services to numerous airline companies with routes to / from Helsinki.

The Airfreight Delivery Times for Transportation in Helsinki

The export freight booked on Finnair flights must be delivered for transportation as follows:

Narrow bodied aircrafts: 4h before departure
Wide bodied aircrafts: 5h before departure
Freighter flights: 7h before departure
Land transportation: 5h before land transportation departure
Domestic cargo: 2h before departure

Estimated unloading times of import freight after arrival:

Narrow bodied aircrafts: 4h from arrival
Wide bodied aircrafts: 6h from arrival
Freighter flights: 8h from arrival
Land transportation: 8h from arrival
Domestic cargo: 1h 30min from arrival

The transit times of airfreight:

For narrow bodied aircrafts
Time between arrival and departure 5h
For wide bodied aircrafts
Time between arrival and departure 6h
For freighter flights
Time between arrival and departure 6h
For land transportation
Time between land transportations arrivals and departures 6h