Vestmannaeyjar Airport

Vestmannaeyjaflugvöllur
Characteristics
ICAO code	BIVM
IATA code	VEY
Coordinates	63 ° 25 '30 "  N , 20 ° 16' 45"  W Coordinates: 63 ° 25 '30 "  N , 20 ° 16' 45"  W.
Height above MSL	99 m (325  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	1.5 km south of Heimaey
Basic data
operator	ISAVIA
Passengers	11,690 (2019)
Air freight	55.9 t (2019)
Flight movements	3,484 (2019)
Runways
03/21	1160 m × 45 m asphalt
12/30	1199 m × 45 m asphalt

The Vestmannaeyjar Airport ( . Isländ Vestmannaeyjaflugvöllur ) ( IATA Code VEY , ICAO BIVM is an airport on the island) Heimaey in the south of Iceland . The airport is also known as Westman Islands Airport .

Airlines and destinations

The most important local airline was Air Iceland , which operated several flights a day to Reykjavík Airport . All flights were suspended on August 3, 2010 due to disputes with the local government. Since then, Eagle Air has been the main airline.

From Vestmannaeyjar Airport, private flights are operated to Bakki Airport on Iceland's south coast, which take around seven minutes. The flight time to Reykjavík is around 25 minutes.

airline	Destinations
Eagle Air	Reykjavík

Web links

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

• Airport data in the Aviation Safety Network (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} AVIATION FACT FILE 2019. Isavia , accessed on June 18, 2020 (English). 
2. ↑ AIP Iceland: AD 2 - BIVM - VESTMANNAEYJAR / Vestmannaeyjar. (PDF; 2.0 MB) (No longer available online.) In: Islandic Civil Aviation Administration. June 28, 2013, archived from the original on July 28, 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.