CTA → HELCatania to Helsinki

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Direct flights from Catania (CTA) to Helsinki (HEL): 2 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. The median arrival is 30 minutes late. 2 of the 3 tracked flights were cancelled. The nonstop covers 2,635 km, an estimated 3 hours 53 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Catania and Helsinki. Updated 20 September 2026 at 06:24 UTC.

CTA Catania smooth · +0
HEL Helsinki smooth · +0
2,635 km · ~3h 53m est.
departs 10:252x weekly
Running clean · 1 airline · 2x weekly · nonstop
100 / 100

route health from live CTA and HEL delay boards

Median arrival delay is +30 min. 2 of 3 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →

Median arrival+30 minacross the last 3 operated legs
Flight time~3h 53mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures2x1 direct airline on the leg

The week

scheduled departures · origin local time
06121824
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
Finnair

Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time, observed operating in the last 7 days. Today is highlighted.

Who flies it

observed on the boards · 7 days
FinnairAY

Flights AY1806 10:25 Tu Su

History

operated legs · board outcomes
09-16AY1808cancelledCNX
09-15AY1806cancelledCNX
09-13AY1806dep +28 → arr+30

Actual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.

Full board history, day by day →

Airports right now

live boards
CTACatania +0 min smooth 🌤 scattered clouds · SW 5 kt Full CTA delay board →
HELHelsinki +0 min smooth ⛅ mostly cloudy · SW 10 kt Full HEL delay board →

Weather lens

Current conditions put the pressure at CTA: 37% odds of a 15+ minute delay and around +9 min expected when it bites, measured from this route's own weather-matched delay history. See live delays → · Weather risk by airport →

How the Catania to Helsinki route actually runs

Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop CTA to HEL flights through the day: schedules, estimates, gate pushes and actual departures. The verdict above comes from operated flights, so it reflects what this route does rather than what the timetable promises.

Planning around a delay? Live airport delays · Weather delay risk map · Will a delayed flight be cancelled? · Do planes make up time in the air? · How we measure

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CTA to HEL questions

Is CTA–HEL running on time right now?

Smooth skies ahead. Both endpoints currently score the same, route health score 100/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.

How long is the flight from CTA to HEL?

Great-circle distance is 2,635 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 216–256 min gate-to-gate on this route.

How often does CTA–HEL fly?

Finnair runs the route with about 2 flights a week (sun, tue). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.

What does the route health score measure?

A blend of departure-side delay at CTA and arrival-side delay at HEL, computed from rolling delay windows (refreshed every 40 minutes) with a daily-rollup fallback. Current MVFR, IFR, or LIFR endpoint weather caps the score when flight rules can limit throughput. Higher is healthier: 100 means operations are clean at both ends.