Ivalo transport guide: public transport, taxis, airport links, onward routes and what to book. Updated 2026.
Finland's northernmost airport and the gateway to Saariselkä, Inari and the Sámi homeland.
Ivalo airport → Saariselkä €15 (as of 2026)
Eskelisen runs cross-border buses from Finnish Lapland into Norway; check its timetable for your season.
Regional buses to Inari, Utsjoki, Nuorgam
Flight: Ivalo (IVL), Finnair direct from Helsinki, seasonal charters
Finnair flies direct from Helsinki. No train: take the night train to Rovaniemi, then a bus north (Onnibus now runs all the way to Ivalo). See /route/helsinki-ivalo.
Ivalo Airport (IVL) is about 10 km south-west of Ivalo village and 28 km by road from Saariselkä. The airport bus to Saariselkä meets every flight: 28 min, €15.
The main village of the area, with shops and basic services on the E75.
South of Ivalo on the E75, 28 km from the airport, the main ski and glass-igloo area.
North-west of Ivalo, Sámi cultural capital, home of the SIIDA museum.
Urho Kekkonen National Park (from Saariselkä)