Tables on monitoring data on aviation safety in Finland
This situation overview provides information on aviation safety based on several monitoring indicators. The information is produced by the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom and updated in Finnish twice times a year and in English annually.
Monitoring of safety situation
Safety situation is monitored via three tiers of different indicators.
Tier 1 contains high level indicators (accidents, serious incidents and fatalities). Tier 2 contain indicators, which are typical causal types of accidents (such as runway incursions, losses of control, CFIT) and tier 3 are contributing factors to tier 1 and 2-type incidents.
These indicators and their targets are described in more detail in the Finnish Aviation Safety Programme Annex 2, which is available here.
Safety situation is monitored in particular for commercial air transport, general and recreational aviation, air navigation services and aerodromes. This publication does not contain para- or hang-gliding or parachuting activities.
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| Indicator | Target | Situation assessment | Situation assessment based on the history and current situation |
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| Commercial air transport: SPI 1.1: Number of accidents SPI 1.2.: Number of fatal accidents SPI 1.3.: Number of fatalities in accidents SPI 1.4: Number of serious incidents | Commercial air transport: SPI 1.1: no accidents SPI 1.2: no fatal accidents SPI 1.3: no fatalities SPI 1.4: downward trend in the rate of serious incidents in proportion to traffic volume (five-year average) | GREEN | SPI 1.1. 2025: 2 accidents in Finnish commercial air transport. The target (no accidents in commercial air transport) was not achieved. SPI 1.4 2025: Number of serious incidents (9) slightly above average. Based on the preliminary assessment, the target (decreasing number of serious incidents relative to traffic volume, 5-year average) will not be achieved. The target was achieved
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| General and recreational aviation: SPI 1.1: Number of accidents SPI 1.2.: Number of fatal accidents SPI 1.3.: Number of fatalities in accidents SPI 1.4: Number of serious incidents | General and recreational aviation: General and recreational aviation: SPI 1.1: ≤ 10 accidents / 100,000 flight hours (five-year average) SPI 1.2: ≤ 0.6 fatal accidents / 100,000 hours flown (five-year average) SPI 1.3: Decreasing trend in the number of fatalities in accidents / 100,000 hours flown (five-year average) SPI 1.4: downward trend in the rate of serious incidents in proportion to traffic volume (five-year average) | YELLOW | SPI 1.1 2025: 7 accidents in Finnish general and recreational aviation. On the same level as previous years' average. Based on the preliminary assessment of 2025 flight hour numbers, the target (less than 10 accidents/100,000 flight hours, 5-year average) will be achieved. Based on a preliminary assessment, the target (less than 0.6 fatal accidents / 100,000 flight hours, 5-year average) will not be achieved. The target has not been achieved so far. Based on the preliminary assessment, the target (decreasing trend per 100,000 flight hours, as a five-year average) will not be achieved. SPI 1.4 2025: There were 13 serious incidents, fewer than the previous, longer-term average. Based on the preliminary assessment, the target (decreasing number of incidents in proportion to traffic volume, 5-year average) will not be achieved. The situation assessment is considered yellow. The development trend is considered positive. Despite the fatal accident in 2024, the situation in general and recreational aviation is showing a good development trend in terms of safety. If the situation continues to develop similarly in 2026 the assessment may be changed to green. |
| Indicator | Target | Situation assessment | Situation assessment based on the history and current situation.
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| SPI 2.1: The number of runway excursions (RE) | Commercial air transport: SPI 2.1: no target in a number format. The situation review is based on the development of the absolute and proportioned number of cases. | GREEN | 2025: no runway excursions in Finnish commercial air transport. The situation assessment is considered green. The development direction is considered neutral. |
| SPI 2.1: The number of runway excursions (RE) | General and recreational aviation: SPI 2.1: no target in a number format. The situation review is based on the development of the absolute and proportioned number of cases. | GREEN | 2025: 1 runway excursion in general and recreational aviation. Number below the longer-term average. The situation assessment is kept green. The trend is neutral. |
| SPI 2.2: The number of runway incursions (RI-VAP) | Commercial air transport: SPI 2.2: no target in a number format. The situation review is based on the development of the absolute and proportioned number of cases. | GREEN | 2025: 4 runway incursions (All in Finland) in Finnish commercial air transport, a number below the longer-term average. The situation assessment is considered green. The development direction is considered neutral. |
| SPI 2.2: The number of runway incursions (RI-VAP) | General and recreational aviation: SPI 2.2: no target in a number format. The situation review is based on the development of the absolute and proportioned number of cases. | GREEN | 2025: 12 runway deviations in general and recreational aviation, a number on par with previous years.
The situation assessment green. The development direction is kept neutral. |
| SPI 2.2: The number of runway incursions (RI-VAP) | Ground vehicles and individuals: | YELLOW | 2025: 24 vehicle-caused runway deviations. Average number of vehicle-caused runway incursions at airports, over the average. The situation assessment is maintained at yellow. The trend is neutral. |
| SPI 2.3: The number of collisions and near misses (MAC/AIRPROX) | Commercial air transport: SPI 2.3: no target in a number format. The situation review is based on the development of the absolute and proportioned number of cases. | YELLOW | 2025: Finnish commercial air transport was involved in 44 near misses. The number was still well above average.
The situation assessment is considered yellow. The development direction is considered negative. The conflict in Ukraine is considered to increase the risk of a collision or near-miss.
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| SPI 2.3: The number of collisions and near misses (MAC/AIRPROX) | General and recreational aviation: SPI 2.3: no target in a number format. The situation review is based on the development of the absolute and proportioned number of cases. | GREEN | 2025: general and recreational aviation involved in 6 cases (18 in Finland). The number was below average. The situation assessment is kept green. The development direction neutral. |
| SPI 2.3: The number of collisions and near misses (MAC/AIRPROX) | Air navigation services: SPI 2.3: no target in a number format. The situation review is based on the development of the absolute and proportioned number of cases. | YELLOW | 2025: 19 aircraft separation violations caused by air traffic control. The number was below average. for 2014-2023.
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| SPI 2.4: The number of cases of controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) and similar incidents | Commercial air transport: SPI 2.4: no target in a number format. The situation review is based on the development of the absolute and proportioned number of cases. | GREEN | 2025: 1 CFIT situations in Finnish commercial air transport. Situation assessment is considered green. Development direction is considered neutral. |
| SPI 2.4: The number of cases of controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) and similar incidents | General and recreational aviation: SPI 2.4: no target in a number format. The situation review is based on the development of the absolute and proportioned number of cases. | GREEN | 2025: 0 CFIT/near CFIT situations in general and recreational aviation. Number below the longer-term average. Situation assessment is considered green. Development direction is considered neutral. |
| SPI 2.5: Number of cases of loss of control of the aircraft in flight (LOC-I) | Commercial air transport: SPI 2.5: no target in a number format. The situation review is based on the development of the absolute and proportioned number of cases. | GREEN | 2025: no loss of control situations in Finnish commercial air transport. Number below average. Situation assessment is considered green. Development direction is considered neutral. |
| SPI 2.5: Number of cases of loss of control of the aircraft in flight (LOC-I) | General and recreational aviation: SPI 2.5: no target in a number format. The situation review is based on the development of the absolute and proportioned number of cases. | GREEN | 2025: 5 loss of control situations in general and recreational aviation. Number below the average of previous years.
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| SPI 2.6: The number of cases involving collisions while taxiing to or from a runway (GCOL) | Commercial air transport: SPI 2.6: no target in a number format. The situation review is based on the development of the absolute and proportioned number of cases. | YELLOW | 2025: 1 GCOL case in commercial air transport. Number below average. Situation assessment is changed from green to yellow. The development direction has been negative, and several incidents involving foreign commercial air transport in the latter part of the year indicate that the risk is also elevated for Finnish aviation. kept green. Development direction changed to neutral. |
| SPI 2.6: The number of cases involving collisions while taxiing to or from a runway (GCOL) | General and recreational aviation: SPI 2.6: no target in a number format. The situation review is based on the development of the absolute and proportioned number of cases. | GREEN | 2025: 2 GCOL cases in general and recreational aviation. Number on par with the longer-term average. The situation assessment is kept green. The development direction is kept neutral.
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