# Gjögur Airport (GJR / BIGJ)

**Gjögur Airport** (IATA: GJR, ICAO: BIGJ) is a small airport in Gjögur, Westfjords, Iceland. It has one runway, 960 m (3,150 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Isavia. In 2019 it handled 116 passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: GJR / BIGJ
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Isavia
- Serves: Gjögur, Westfjords, Iceland
- Elevation: 25 m / 83 ft
- Coordinates: 65.9953, -21.3269
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 960 m / 3,150 ft
- Passengers: 116 (2019)
- Time zone: UTC+0 · Atlantic/Reykjavik
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gj%C3%B6gur_Airport (14 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3275842
- Weather station: BIGJ
- Ident: BIGJ

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 960 m / 3,150 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 050° / 230° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 224 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 397 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 177 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 184 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 116 | Wikidata |

## 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 · 210 km / 130 mi · Norlandair

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- FNA [Norlandair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/norlandair) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 116 (2019) | =3,626 of 3,974 | #741 in Europe | #14 in IS |
| Longest runway | 960 m / 3,150 ft | =15,136 of 29,858 | =1,553 in Europe | #23 in IS |
| Elevation | 25 m / 83 ft | =37,595 of 43,403 | =5,021 in Europe | #35 in IS |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =9 in IS |

## Nearby airports

- [HVK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bihk.md) Hólmavík Airport · 36 km / 23 mi
- [BIAE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/biae.md) Arngerðareyri Airport · 48 km / 30 mi
- [BIRS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/birs.md) Reykjanes Airport · 50 km / 31 mi
- [BIBI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bibi.md) Baeir Airport · 57 km / 36 mi
- [BLO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bibl.md) Blönduós Airport · 61 km / 38 mi
- [BIKJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bikj.md) Kroksfjard-Arnes Airport · 65 km / 41 mi

## Sources

- [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: “Gjögur Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gjögur_Airport&oldid=1372104509), 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/bigj/data