20 Oper ational enviro nment Kilpisjärvi Kivilompolo Karesuvanto Utsjoki Nuorgam Raja-Jooseppi–Lotta Salla–Salla Kuusamo–Suoperä Vartius–Lyttä Niirala–Värtsilä Imatra –Svetogorsk Nuijamaa–Brushnitshnoje Vainikkala–Luzhaika Vaalimaa–Torfjanovka Muonio Kolari Pello Aavasaksa Tornio Kemi Oulu Raahe Kalajoki Kokkola Pietarsaari Kokkola-Pietarsaari Vaasa Pori Rauma Turku Helsinki-Vantaa Helsinki Kotka Tornio Näätämö Border crossing stations will increase to 200 km/hour, which reduces travel Border times from Oulu to Helsinki to below five hours, from Ylivieska to Helsinki to about four hours, and from Kokkola to Helsinki to under four hours. The overhaul will be finished in 2017. There is an excellent rail connection from Saint Petersburg to Helsinki and further north to Oulu. A high-quality combined transport terminal for goods traffic is located in Oulu. The distance from Hanhikivi to the nearest passenger railway station in Oulainen is 52 kilometres. Ports There are five busy ports that operate year-round. Finnish Transport Agency www.portnet.fi Finnish Port Association www.finnports.com/eng Airports The region has two international airports. Oulu Airport is the second busiest airport in Finland. It has on average 10-20 departing flights per day, mostly to Helsinki. In addition, Oulu has daily flights to Stockholm. During the weekend, there are 5-10 daily departures. Kokkola Airport has four daily connections to Helsinki and one to Stockholm. There are also weekly flights to Luleå, Sweden. Both airports also provide direct international charter flights. Helsinki Airport is the largest in Finland, with excellent connections all over the world. Oulu Airport www.finavia.fi/en/oulu Kokkola-Pietarsaari Airport www.finavia.fi/en/kokkola-pietarsaari Helsinki Airport www.finavia.fi/en/helsinki-airport Further information on ports by economic region on pages 28–55. Local ports. Goods traffic total includes foreign and Finnish exports and imports. Port land area (hectares) Route draught (m) Piers total (m) Storage area: (m²) Number of visiting ships (2012) Goods traffic total (tons) Distance to Hanhikivi by sea (km) Port of Raahe 70 10 1,350 24,800 603 5,425,491 15 Port of Oulu 187 10 1,302 80,972 561 3,577,225 138 Port of Kalajoki 54 8.5 415 39,894 126 456,781 37 Port of Kokkola 265 13 2,269 80,129 644 7,406,829 126 Port of Pietarsaari 52 9 977 39,000 311 1,413,700 143 Finnish Port Association 2011 and the ports
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