RAF Reykjavik

RAF Reykjavik
IATA: RKV ICAO: BIRK
Summary
Airport type	Military
Owner	Icelandic Government
Operator	Royal Air Force
Serves	Reykjavík, Iceland
Location	Reykjavík, Iceland
Built	1940 (1940)
In use	1941-1945 (1945)
Elevation AMSL	45 ft / 13.7 m
Coordinates	64°07′48″N 021°56′26″W / 64.13000°N 21.94056°W / 64.13000; -21.94056Coordinates: 64°07′48″N 021°56′26″W / 64.13000°N 21.94056°W / 64.13000; -21.94056
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RAF Reykjavík Location in Iceland

Royal Air Force Station Reykjavik or more simply RAF Reykjavik is a former Royal Air Force station, near the city of Reykjavík, Iceland.

The station was built in 1940 by the British Army and used by the Royal Air Force from March 1941 and throughout the remainder of the Second World War.

After the cessation of hostilities of the Second World War the British Government handed the airfield over to the Icelandic Civil Aviation Authority on 6 July 1946. It is now known as Reykjavik Airport.

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