Finavia to use recycled de-icing fluid at Helsinki Airport

Finavia introduced recycled propylene glycol for aircraft de-icing at Helsinki Airport.

Recycled propylene glycol is produced to match the quality of new de-icing fluid, providing a more ecological alternative. The amount of de-icing fluid that will be used at Helsinki Airport will be nearly 500 tonnes, and its use will reduce carbon emissions from de-icing fluid use and transportation by roughly 1500 tonnes during winter.

The de-icing fluid at Helsinki Airport is currently recycled by collecting it with vacuum trucks and separate apron drainage systems, from where the fluid is delivered for further treatment at the Clarian chemical company’s plant in Rauma, Finland, where it is manufactured to the same standard as new de‑icing fluid.

Finavia’s final goal would be to only use self-collected and recycled propylene glycol for aircraft de-icing and anti-icing at Helsinki Airport in the future. The use of recycled fluid has also been introduced at other airports in Scandinavia, such as in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark.

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