Reykjavík Airport
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Reykjavík Airport Reykjavíkurflugvöllur |
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
| Owner | Isavia | ||||||||||||||||||
| Serves | Reykjavík, Iceland | ||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 45 ft / 14 m | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 64°07′48″N 021°56′26″W / 64.13000°N 21.94056°W | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website | isavia.is | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (2015) | 388,977 |
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| Aircraft Movements (2011) | 54,037 |
Reykjavík Airport (Icelandic: Reykjavíkurflugvöllur, (IATA: RKV, ICAO: BIRK) is the main domestic airport serving Reykjavík, the capital of Iceland, located about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from the city centre. Having shorter runways than the city's bigger Keflavík International Airport, which is sited 50 kilometres (31 mi) out of town, it only serves internal flights within Iceland and to Greenland and, until October 2016, the Faroe Islands, small international charters, transatlantic ferry flights and private flights. It can also serve as alternate airport for flights inbound towards Keflavík, in case of adverse weather conditions there.
Reykjavík Airport is the main hub of Air Iceland and Eagle Air. Of the airport's three runways, two are currently active all-year round. The shortest runway, 06/24, is usually used only in winter, and takeoffs from 06 (northeast direction) are forbidden because of safety and noise. Reykjavík Airport is owned and operated by the state enterprise Isavia.
The first flight from the airport area was 3 September 1919, with the takeoff of an Avro 504, the first aeroplane in Iceland. Until 1937 there were experiments with airline operations in Vatnsmýri but with the foundation of Iceland's oldest airline, Flugfélag Akureyrar (now Icelandair) in Akureyri in 1938, operations began in the area and in March 1940 scheduled flights started when Flugfélag Akureyrar moved its hub from Akureyri to Reykjavík (and changed its name to Flugfélag Íslands)
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