How to get from Vaasa airport (VAA) into the city and to your onward connection: public transport, taxi and rental car for 2026.
Vaasa Airport (VAA) is 9 km southeast of Vaasa on Finland's west coast. Finnair flies to Helsinki and Umeå, and SAS to Stockholm. Vaasa is bilingual (Finnish/Swedish) and the gateway to the UNESCO Kvarken Archipelago and across to Sweden by ferry.
On weekdays about every 30–60 minutes from 06:20 to 21:00, with a gap around midday; hourly on Saturdays (11:00–21:00) and Sundays (12:00–18:00), per the autumn 2026 timetable. Pay €2.10 by contactless card, Waltti card or Waltti Mobiili app, or €2.60 in cash.
Finavia names Taxi Vaasa for advance bookings, and free taxi-booking phones are inside and outside the terminal. Bolt also operates in Vaasa.
Avis, Budget, Europcar, Hertz, Scandia Rent and Sixt serve the airport (Finavia). Best for Kvarken Archipelago, Sweden trips.
From Vaasa harbour. Wasaline's Aurora Botnia carries passengers and cars across the Kvarken to Umeå daily in about 4 hours.
How do I get from Vaasa airport to the city?
Lifti bus 4, €2.10 by card or app (€2.60 in cash), about 25–30 minutes. Or take a taxi.
Bus or taxi to Vaasa harbour, then Wasaline ferry to Umeå, ~4 hours, from €44.
The Vaasa region is officially bilingual, Finnish and Swedish.
Yes: Avis, Budget, Europcar, Hertz, Scandia Rent and Sixt. Some open only with a prior reservation.
Lifti bus 4 runs from the airport hourly at weekends: Saturdays 11:00–21:00, Sundays 12:00–18:00.
The Kvarken Archipelago (UNESCO) is best seen by boat from Vaasa harbour in summer.
Wasaline sails daily from Vaasa to Umeå in about 4 hours.
The terminal has a café-restaurant and a shop.
Free taxi-booking phones are inside and outside the terminal.