# Egilsstaðir Airport (EGS / BIEG)

**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.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/bieg

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: EGS / BIEG
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Isavia
- Serves: Egilsstaðir, Eastern Region, Iceland
- Opened: 1968
- Elevation: 23 m / 76 ft
- Coordinates: 65.2833, -14.4014
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,150 m / 7,054 ft
- Passengers: 91,336 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+0 · Atlantic/Reykjavik
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egilssta%C3%B0ir_Airport (18 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q974363
- Weather station: BIEG · WMO 04089
- Ident: BIEG

## Timeline

- 1968: Egilsstaðir Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03/21 | 2,150 m / 7,054 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 025° / 205° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2013 | 94,162 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 89,186 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 91,373 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 96,629 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 98,989 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 94,225 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 83,954 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 47,876 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 77,506 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 91,919 | Wikidata |
| 2023 | 8,514 | Eurostat |
| 2025 | 91,336 | Eurostat |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [RKV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/birk.md) Reykjavík Domestic Airport · Iceland · 380 km / 236 mi · Icelandair

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from EGS, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- FI [Icelandair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/icelandair) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 91K (2025) | #1,846 of 3,974 | #395 in Europe | #4 in IS |
| Longest runway | 2,150 m / 7,054 ft | =3,422 of 29,858 | =670 in Europe | #3 in IS |
| Elevation | 23 m / 76 ft | =37,895 of 43,403 | =5,060 in Europe | #38 in IS |
| Age | Opened 1968 | =5,887 of 15,079 | =1,060 in Europe | #7 in IS |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =9 in IS |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ACC | REYKJAVIK ACC | 119.700 |
| AFIS | RDO | 119.400 |

## Nearby airports

- [VPN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bivo.md) Vopnafjörður Airport · 53 km / 33 mi
- [HFN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bihn.md) Hornafjörður Airport · 117 km / 72 mi
- [MVA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/birl.md) Mývatn Airport · 123 km / 77 mi

## Sources

- [Eurostat](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/avia_paoa/default/table): Source: Eurostat (avia_paoa) (Eurostat reuse policy (CC BY 4.0))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Egilsstaðir Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Egilsstaðir_Airport&oldid=1372104361), revision of 30 Aug 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/bieg/data