📜 Post with us on Reddit
📝 Create a new article
🏭 Create a company page
🇬🇧 - in English
🇫🇷 - en Français (FR)
🇵🇹 - em Português (PT)
🇩🇪 - in Deutsch (DE)
🇯🇵 - 日本語で (JA)
Sponsored articles

You can edit almost every page by Creating an account. Otherwise, see the FAQ.

Reykjavík-Flatey International Airport

From EverybodyWiki Bios & Wiki



Script error: No such module "Draft topics". Script error: No such module "AfC topic".

This article is about the international airport. For Reykjavík's domestic airport, see Reykjavík Airport.
Reykjavík-Flatey International Airport

Reykjavík-Flateyalþjóðaflugvöllur
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorIsavia Limited
ServesGreater Reykjavík Area, Iceland
LocationFlatey
Opened2025 (2025)
Hub for
Elevation AMSL52 m / 171 ft
Websitewww.flatey.com
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
01/19 3,054 10,020 Asphalt
10/28 3,065 10,056 Asphalt
Statistics (2021)
Total Passengers0
Aircraft Movements0
Sources:[1] AIP Iceland at ICAA[2]
Statistics: Isavia Limited[3][4]

Reykjavík-Flatey International Airport (Icelandic: Reykjavík-Flateyalþjóðaflugvöllur) (IATA: FLA, ICAO: FLAT), will be the largest airport in Iceland and the country's main hub for international transportation from 2025. The airport is 126 nautical miles (233 kilometres) north of of Reykjavík. The airport will have two runways, two of which will be in use, and the airport area will be about 25 km2 (10 sq mi).[citation needed] Most international journeys to or from Iceland will pass through this airport.

The main carrier at Flatey will be Icelandair, which will have the airport as its main hub. The airport will be almost exclusively used for international flights; most domestic flights use the much smaller Reykjavík Airport, which lies three kilometres (two miles) from Reykjavík's city centre, although seasonal flights from Akureyri will fly to Flatey. Flatey Airport will be operated by Isavia, a government enterprise.

History[edit]

The airport area was decided by Katrín Jakobsdóttir, the Icelandic Prime Minister in 2017. Since then, construction has gotten underway. The old church of Flatey, Skjálfandi is said to be flattened and destroyed by the company building the airport. Skjálfandi bay on the island has had all of it's cod and lumpfish removed to clean out the sea from creatures. The said fish was sold to continental Europe to pay for the runway. The ferry port was described by Katrín Jakobsdóttir as fucking shit and fucking awful, and she demanded that it get demolished and turn into a pile of fucking dust.. lol, in a tweet on Twitter.

Facilities[edit]

The terminal will be named after Katrín Jakobsdóttir who was the first woman prime miniter of Iceland.[5] (Flugstöð Leifs Eiríkssonar [is], "Leif Erikson Air Terminal"). It was opened in April 1987[6] and separated the airport's civil traffic from the military base. It will be later extended with the opening of the South Building in 2030 (not a separate terminal) to comply with the requirements of the Schengen Agreement. The North Building will be later enlarged and finished in 2035. The terminal will have duty-free stores in the departure and arrival lounges. In 2040, the future current terminal will be expanded.[7] The expansion will add 7 gates.[8] There are also plans to add a third runway.[9]

Airlines and destinations[edit]

Passenger[edit]

Although the population of Iceland is only about 350,000, there are scheduled flights to and from numerous locations across North America and Europe. The largest carrier operating out of Flatey will be Icelandair. WOW air was planned to be the second largest Icelandic carrier and the second largest at Flatey , following its acquisition of Iceland Express on 23 October 2012,[10] until it ceased operations on 28 March 2019.[11] The airport will only handle international flights (except for flights to Akureyri in connection with certain Icelandair flights to Greenland); domestic flights and flights to Greenland are operated from Reykjavík's domestic airport.

The following airlines will operate regular scheduled and charter services to and from Flatey :[12]

AirlinesDestinations
Air Canada Seasonal: Montréal–Trudeau, Toronto–Pearson
Air Greenland Kangerlussuaq
Seasonal: Ilulissat, Nuuk
airBaltic Riga
Atlantic Airways Vágar
Austrian Airlines Seasonal: Vienna
British Airways London–Heathrow
Delta Air Lines Seasonal: Boston, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York–JFK
easyJet Edinburgh, London–Luton, Manchester
Seasonal: Bristol, London–Gatwick
Edelweiss Air Seasonal: Zürich
Eurowings Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn, Hamburg
Finnair Helsinki
Iberia Express Madrid
Icelandair[13] Amsterdam, Bergen, Berlin, Boston, Brussels, Chicago–O'Hare, Copenhagen, Denver, Dublin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Glasgow, Hamburg, Helsinki, London–Gatwick, London–Heathrow, Manchester, Munich, Newark, New York–JFK, Orlando, Oslo, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Seattle/Tacoma, Stockholm–Arlanda, Tenerife–South, Toronto–Pearson, Vancouver, Washington–Dulles, Zürich
Seasonal: Akureyri, Alicante, Anchorage (resumes 15 May 2022),[14] Baltimore (resumes 13 May 2022),[15] Barcelona, Billund, Geneva, Madrid, Milan–Malpensa, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Montréal–Trudeau, Nice (begins 6 July 2022), Portland (OR), Raleigh/Durham (begins 12 May 2022),[16] Rome–Fiumicino (begins 6 July 2022), Salzburg
Jet2.com Manchester
Seasonal: Birmingham, London–Stansted
Lübeck Air Seasonal: Lübeck (begins 6 August 2022)[17]
Lufthansa Frankfurt
Seasonal: Munich
Neos Seasonal: Alicante, Málaga, Tenerife–South, Verona
Norwegian Air Shuttle[18] Alicante, Barcelona, Oslo
PLAY Amsterdam, Baltimore (begins 20 April 2022),[19] Berlin, Boston (begins 11 May 2022),[20] Brussels (begins 24 May 2022),[21] Copenhagen, Dublin (begins 28 April 2022),[21] Gothenburg (begins 20 May 2022),[22] Lisbon (begins 13 May 2022),[23] London–Stansted, Madrid (begins 15 June 2022),[21] Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Prague (begins 5 May 2022),[23] Tenerife–South
Seasonal: Alicante, Barcelona, Bologna (begins 7 June 2022),[23] Gran Canaria, Málaga (begins 29 May 2022),[24] Palma de Mallorca (begins 1 June 2022),[24] Salzburg, Stavanger (begins 26 May 2022),[22] Stuttgart (begins 3 June 2022),[23] Trondheim (begins 31 May 2022)[25]
S7 Airlines Seasonal: Moscow–Domodedovo
Scandinavian Airlines Copenhagen, Oslo
Seasonal: Stockholm–Arlanda
Transavia Amsterdam
Seasonal: Nantes, Paris–Orly
TUI Airways Seasonal: London–Gatwick, Manchester
Seasonal charter: Edinburgh (begins 2 February 2022)[26]
United Airlines Seasonal: Chicago–O'Hare, Newark
Vueling Seasonal: Barcelona
Wizz Air Budapest, Gdańsk, Katowice, London–Luton, Milan–Malpensa, Naples, Rome–Fiumicino, Venice (begins 4 March 2022),[27] Vienna, Vilnius, Warsaw–Chopin, Wrocław
Seasonal: Kraków

Cargo[edit]

AirlinesDestinations
Bluebird Nordic[28] Dublin
Icelandair Cargo[29] Halifax, Liège

Passenger numbers[edit]

Year Passengers[30] Change
2004 0
2005 0 +0.0%
2006 0 +0.0%
2007 0 +0.0%
2008 0 +0.0%
2009 0 +0.0%
2010 0 +0.0%
2011 0 +0.0%
2012 0 +0.0%
2013 0 +0.0%
2014 0 +0.0%
2015 0 +0.0%
2016 0 +0.0%
2017 0 +0.0%
2018 0 +0.0%
2019 0 +0.0%[31]
2020 0 +0.0%[32]
2021 0 +0.0%[33]

Busiest destinations[edit]

These will be the busiest routes to/from Flatey (2018)[34]
Rank Airport Passengers Operator(s)
1 Copenhagen 582,199 Icelandair, SAS
2 London–Gatwick 467,032 easyJet, Icelandair, Norwegian, TUI Airways
3 Amsterdam 449,590 Icelandair, Transavia
4 Paris–Charles de Gaulle 443,312 Icelandair
5 London–Heathrow 378,029 British Airways, Icelandair
6 Frankfurt 355,520 Icelandair, Lufthansa
7 Boston 330,792 Icelandair
8 Newark 327,046 Icelandair, United
9 New York–JFK 323,781 Delta, Icelandair
10 Oslo 313,713 Icelandair, Norwegian, SAS

Access[edit]

Transport between the airport and downtown Reykjavik is a 208-kilometre (130 mi) journey on many roads. It is a four hour journey. Buses are operated by Airport Express, Flybus, and Strætó bs to Reykjavík.[35] Taxis will be available outside the terminal. Rental cars are available from various companies.[36]

A 49 km long railway, the first in Iceland, is planned to link the airport to Reykjavik in order to relieve one of the country's busiest roads. The railway will accommodate high-speed trains of up to 250 km/h, which will enable the distance to be travelled within just 18 minutes. As of October 2016, construction will begin in 2024.[37]

Katrín Jakobsdóttir promised some kind of bridge or something to link the airport to city.

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Vísir – Enn eitt metið slegið í fjölda farþega sem fara um Keflavíkurflugvöll". Visir.is. Archived from the original on 16 November 2013. Retrieved 14 November 2013. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  2. ↑ "BIKF – Keflavík" (PDF). Icelandic Civil Aviation Administration. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2009. Retrieved 25 August 2009. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  3. ↑ "2012 Passenger Statistics". Kefairport.is. Isavia Limited. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2013. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  4. ↑ "Cargo Statistics 2012". Kefairport.is. Isavia Limited. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2013. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  5. ↑ Read description and sources to his life and discovery in Leif Erikson
  6. ↑ Saga og menning Archived 22 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine, Keflavik Airport website.
  7. ↑ "Hugmyndir um að reisa nýja flugstöð" (in íslenska). ruv. 19 July 2012. Archived from the original on 3 October 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2013. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  8. ↑ "Metfjöldi farþega á Keflavíkurflugvelli í fyrra – Mikil aukning fjórða árið í röð". Isavia.is. Archived from the original on 3 January 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2014. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  9. ↑ "Hugmyndir um nýja flugbraut á Keflavíkurflugvelli" (in íslenska). visir. Archived from the original on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2013. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  10. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 November 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2012. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)
  11. ↑ "End of Operation of WOW AIR". Icelandic Transport Authority. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2019. WOW AIR has ceased operation. All WOW AIR flights have been cancelled. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  12. ↑ kefairport.is – Timetables retrieved 6 September 2020
  13. ↑ icelandair.com - Destinations retrieved 24 October 2020
  14. ↑ "Flights from Anchorage with a touch of Iceland". Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  15. ↑ "New International Service from Icelandair Coming to BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport" (Press release). Baltimore–Washington International Airport. 22 June 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  16. ↑ "RDU announces new nonstop flight to Iceland - WWAYTV3".
  17. ↑ https://www.luebeck-air.de/files/content/DOWNLOADS/pdf/Europakarte%20EN%20oJ.pdf[bare URL PDF]
  18. ↑ "Route map". norwegian.com.
  19. ↑ Mirabella, Lorraine (2021-12-16). "International Low-cost Airline Launches Service in U.S. Next Spring, Starting at BWI". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
  20. ↑ Ireland, Ben (2021-12-16). "Play to Launch Transatlantic Flights to The US from Spring 2022". Travel Weekly (UK). Retrieved 2021-12-16.
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 "PLAY airline adds Dublin, Madrid and Brussels to its summer program". Aviación al día. 2 December 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 "Flyselskapet PLAY med nye flyvninger til Stavanger, Trondheim og Gøteborg" [The airline PLAY with new flights to Stavanger, Trondheim and Gothenburg] (Press release) (in norsk). NTB Kommunikasjon. 12 October 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 "Four New Destinations for PLAY's Summer Schedule" (Press release). Play. 10 November 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 "Play espande il network nell'estate 2022 con 5 nuove destinazioni" [Play expands the network in summer 2022 with 5 new destinations]. ItaliaVola (in italiano). 28 October 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  25. ↑ Ísleifsson, Atli (12 October 2021). "Play bætir við þremur nýjum áfangastöðum á Norðurlöndum" [Play adds three new destinations in the Nordic region]. Vísir.is (in íslenska). Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  26. ↑ McAlpine, Dayna (29 October 2020). "TUI reveals new holiday trips from Edinburgh - with free flights for kids". edinburghlive.
  27. ↑ "Wizz apre base a Venezia nell'estate 2022". 6 October 2021.
  28. ↑ bluebird.is - Air Freight retrieved 8 February 2021
  29. ↑ icelandaircargo.com - Flight schedule retrieved 8 February 2021
  30. ↑ "2010 - Kefairport.com". kefairport.is. Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  31. ↑ "2019". www.isavia.is. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
  32. ↑ "2020". www.isavia.is. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  33. ↑ "2021". www.isavia.is. Retrieved 2021-12-09.
  34. ↑ "Database – Eurostat". ec.europa.eu. Archived from the original on 25 September 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  35. ↑ "Airport Shuttle from Keflavík Airport, Iceland - Keflavík International Airport - Kefairport.com". kefairport.is. Archived from the original on 20 July 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  36. ↑ "Car Rental/Car Hire at Keflavík International Airport, Iceland - Kefairport.com". kefairport.is. Archived from the original on 20 July 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  37. ↑ "Work on Iceland's new 250 km/h airport train to begin in 2020". Iceland Monitor. 6 October 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2020.

External links[edit]

Media related to Keflavík International Airport at Wikimedia Commons


References[edit]


This article "Reykjavík-Flatey International Airport" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical and/or the page Edithistory:Reykjavík-Flatey International Airport. Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one.


Retrieved from "https://en.everybodywiki.com/index.php?title=Reykjavík-Flatey_International_Airport&oldid=3106643"
License CC BY-SA 3.0
Powered by MediaWiki
Powered by Semantic MediaWiki