Thórshöfn Airport

Þórshafnarflugvöllur
Characteristics
ICAO code	BITN
IATA code	THO
Coordinates	66 ° 13 ′ 6 ″  N , 15 ° 20 ′ 5 ″  W Coordinates: 66 ° 13 ′ 6 ″  N , 15 ° 20 ′ 5 ″  W
Height above MSL	20 m (66  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	1.7 km north of Thórshöfn , Iceland
Street
Basic data
operator	ISAVIA
Start-and runway
02/20	1199 m × 30 m asphalt

The Þórshöfn Airport (Þórshöfn Airport . Isländ Þórshafnarflugvöllur ) ( IATA: THO ; ICAO: BITN ) is an airport , which is near Þórshöfn in northeast Iceland is. Sometimes the airport is also referred to as Thorshofn Airport .

The airport was originally 4.8 km northeast (66 ° 15'07 "N 15 ° 16'23" W ) of its present location, near Sauðanes and had the ICAO code BITH (but the same IATA code - THO ). The former airport had a slightly shorter gravel runway, which has been closed since the new airport opened.

Airlines and destinations

Wreck of the DC-3 in Þórshöfn, is now used by private landowners as a horse and sheep shelter

The airline Norlandair operates the airport once a day from Monday to Friday.

airline	Destinations
Norlandair	Akureyri

Incidents

• On July 25, 1969, a Douglas DC-3 (C-47J) of the US Navy crashed while taking off. All inmates survived. The machine had the bureau number 150187.

Web link

• Airport data in the Aviation Safety Network (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ AIP Iceland: AD 2 - BITN - ÞÓRSHÖFN / Thorshofn. (PDF; 587 kB) (No longer available online.) In: Islandic Civil Aviation Administration. June 28, 2013, archived from the original on August 29, 2013 ; Retrieved July 28, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.   
2. ↑ Akureyri - Þórshöfn Schedule 2016 , accessed on September 13, 2016
3. ^ Accident report Bu 150187, Aviation Safety Network (English) , accessed on January 20, 2016.