Egilsstaðir Airport

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Egilsstaðir Airport
2014-05-04 12-31-18 Iceland - Egilsstöðum Fellabaer.jpg
Characteristics
ICAO code BEND
IATA code EGS
Coordinates

65 ° 17 ′ 0 ″  N , 14 ° 24 ′ 5 ″  W Coordinates: 65 ° 17 ′ 0 ″  N , 14 ° 24 ′ 5 ″  W
Height above MSL 23 m (75  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center 3 km north of Egilsstaðir
Street S1
Basic data
opening 1968
operator Isavia Ltd.
Terminals 1
Passengers 83,954 (2019)
Air freight 132.7 t (2019)
Flight
movements 		3,022 (2019)
Start-and runway
04/22 1850 m × 45 m asphalt

The Egilsstaðir Airport ( Icelandic: Egilsstaðaflugvöllur ) is an international airport in Egilsstaðir in northeast Iceland .

The airport was originally opened in 1968 and has been expanded several times since then. The last major renovation, which corresponds to the current state of development, was completed on September 23, 1993.

Air Iceland offers flight connections to Akureyri and Reykjavík in Iceland. From summer 2007 to 2012 there was an international scheduled connection to Copenhagen , this was offered by Iceland Express . The airport experienced a boom with the construction of the Kárahnjúkar power plant , and there was another flight connection to Copenhagen by the Lithuanian airline Aurela Air . From May 2016 Discover the World will be offering seasonal flights to London - Gatwick .

Egilsstaðir Airport is (next to Akureyri ) the alternative airport for Keflavík Airport .

Picture gallery

  • Terminal building (2018)

  • Fokker 50 TF-JMS of Air Iceland (2010)

  • Fokker 50 TF-JMN of Air Iceland (2007)

Web links

Commons : Egilsstaðir Airport  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c AVIATION FACT FILE 2019. Isavia , accessed on June 9, 2020 (English).
  2. ↑ Direct Flight to East Iceland - Exclusive to Discover the World engl.