Safety - Finland

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PRB monitoring

  • In 2025, Fintraffic ANS achieved the planned maturity levels set out in its performance plan for all five components of the EoSM.

  • The rate of runway incursions (RI) was 3.80 at airport level, which was higher than the Union-wide average.

  • The rate of RIs with ANS contribution was 1.27, which was higher than the Union-wide average. The rate of RIs has increased compared to 2024 at both levels.

  • The rate of separation minima infringements (SMIs) at State level was 11.33, and at ANSP level 3.78, with the former indicator above the Union-wide average while the latter below. The rate of SMIs has increased compared to 2024 at both levels.

Effectiveness of Safety Management (EoSM) (KPI#1)

In 2025, Fintraffic ANS achieved the planned maturity levels set out in its performance plan for all five components of the EoSM.

Finland did not list any measures put in place to achieve the planned levels.

Safety occurrences

Rate of runway incursions (RIs) (PI#1) and Rate of runway incursion with ANS contribution (PI#3)

Rate of RIs per 100,000 airport movements - Finland
# Airport name APT movements Number of RI Rate RI per 100,000 Number of RI with ANS contribution Rate RI per 100,000 with ANS contribution
1 Helsinki - Vantaa 157,782 6 3.80 2 1.27

Finland reported 6 runway incursions (RI) at Helsinki airport during 2025. When comparing the RIs at airport level to Union-wide level, Finland was higher than Union-wide average (3.80 vs 2.70).

Finland reported 2 runway incursions with ANS contribution. When comparing airport level with ANS contribution to the Union-wide level, Finland was slightly higher than Union-wide average (1.27 vs 0.87).

The rate of runway incursions has increased compared to 2024 at both airport level (3.80 vs 1.96) and ANS contribution-level (1.27 vs 0.65).

Finland notes in the monitoring report that the NSA started using ERCS risk classification at full scale from the beginning of 2025, which has led to increase in both RI and SMI compared to previous years, however also noting that the actual safety situation has remained unchanged.

Rate of separation minima infringements (SMIs) (PI#2) and Rate of separation minima infringements with ANS contribution (PI#4)

Rate of SMI with ANS contribution per 100,000 flight hours
# ANSP
Flight hours
Number of SMIs with ANS contribution
Rate of SMI with ANS contribution per 100,000 flight hours
% variation in rate of SMIs
2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029
1 Fintraffic ANS 105,928 NA NA NA NA 4 NA NA NA NA 3.8 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

At State level, Finland reported 12 separation minima infringements (SMI) in their airspace during 2025. The rate of separation minima infringements was higher than Union-wide average (11.33 vs 7.87). At ANSP level, Finland reported 4 SMIs with ANS contribution. The rate of separation minima infringements at ANSP level was lower than the Union-wide average (3.78 vs 6.02).

When comparing to 2024, the rate of separation minima infringements has increased at both State level (11.33 vs 2.78) and at ANSP level (3.78 vs 1.89).

Finland notes in the monitoring report that the NSA started using ERCS risk classification at full scale from the beginning of 2025, which has led to increase in both RI and SMI compared to previous years, however also noting that the actual safety situation has remained unchanged.