EGS

Egilsstaðir Airport

ICAO BIEG65.2833°N 14.4014°W23 m / 76 ftMedium airport
On the map

Egilsstaðir Airport (IATA: EGS, ICAO: BIEG) is a medium airport in Egilsstaðir, Eastern Region, Iceland. It opened in 1968. It has one runway, 2,150 m (7,054 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Isavia. In 2025 it handled 91 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1968–1968
1968
OpenedEgilsstaðir Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
03/21025° / 205° · LIT
LENGTH2,150 m7,054 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2013–2025
94K
89K
91K
97K
99K
94K
84K
48K
78K
92K
9K
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Routes

1 destinations · 1 country
100 km200 km300 km400 km100 mi200 miRKV · Reykjavík Domestic Airport · 380 km / 236 miRKVEGS

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from EGS. From the Wikipedia article “Egilsstaðir Airport” (revision of 30 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers91K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,846of 3,974 · #393 Europe · #4 ISLongest runway2,150 m7,054 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=3,422of 29,823 · =664 Europe · #3 ISElevation23 m76 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=37,839of 43,341 · =5,049 Europe · #38 ISAgeOpened 19682026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=5,888of 15,079 · =1,058 Europe · #7 ISRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =643 Europe · =9 IS
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

2 channels
ACCREYKJAVIK ACC119.700
AFISRDO119.400