HEL Airport Code: Helsinki Airport IATA & ICAO

Helsinki Airport (HEL) is stored for Helsinki, Finland. ICAO EFHK. Timezone Europe/Helsinki. This page does not list live flights, fares or terminals.

Overview

HEL is the IATA airport code stored in this dataset for Helsinki Airport in Helsinki, Finland (FI). The matching ICAO identifier is EFHK. Travel agents see HEL on tickets, baggage tags, and GDS segment city pairs (six letters, for example HELLHR when the other airport is London Heathrow). ICAO EFHK is used in flight plans and ATC, not as the two-or-three-character GDS city-pair token. The IANA timezone recorded for local GDS times at this airport is Europe/Helsinki. This code page explains how HEL is used in PNR text. It is not a live departures board. Terminal maps, contact phone numbers, lounge lists, and published flight schedules are not available in this dataset and are not invented here. Nearby airports stored for Finland: none stored in this country slice. Related IATA city code in this dataset: HEL. To turn a booked PNR that contains HEL into a customer itinerary, paste the cryptic text into the PNR parser.

How to use this page

Confirm the three-letter token on the ticket or PNR is HEL, not a similar code.
Open the PNR parser and paste the full itinerary that contains HEL.
Convert and check that city and timezone match this record.
Use the airport-code page if you only need IATA versus ICAO for HEL.
Do not copy terminal or lounge claims from other websites onto this page. They are not stored here.

Example

Example GDS segment using this airport as origin: 2 AI 101 J 12OCT 1 HELLHR HK1 0945 1510 12OCT E The parser should read HEL as departure. Times 0945/1510 are local as printed, not converted to your PC clock. If HEL is missing from the dataset, city and timezone enrichment stay empty rather than guessed.

FAQs

What is the HEL airport code?

HEL is the IATA code stored for Helsinki Airport in Helsinki, Finland.

What does HEL stand for?

In this dataset HEL identifies Helsinki Airport. IATA codes are location identifiers, not always acronyms of the city name.

What is the ICAO code for HEL?

This dataset lists EFHK as the ICAO designator.

Is HEL the same as EFHK?

No. HEL is IATA (tickets and GDS city pairs). EFHK is ICAO (flight plans).

Where is HEL airport?

Helsinki Airport is stored as Helsinki, Finland (FI).

What timezone is HEL?

Europe/Helsinki is the IANA zone stored for local GDS time context. DST rules follow that zone.

Which terminals does HEL use?

Terminal information is not available in this dataset.

How do travel agents use HEL in a PNR?

Segment city pairs include HEL as origin or destination, for example HELLHR. Paste the PNR into the parser to build a clean itinerary.

Are there other airports near Helsinki?

No other Finland airports are stored in this slice of the catalog.

Can I look up live flights from HEL?

Not on this page. This product parses booked PNR text; it does not query airline schedules.

Is HEL a city code or an airport code?

In this dataset HEL is the airport code and is also grouped under city code HEL.

How often is HEL data updated?

When the stored catalog row changes. Last page template update: 17 Aug 2026. Unverified operational claims are omitted.