GRY

Grímsey Airport

ICAO BIGR66.5458°N 18.0173°W20 m / 66 ftMedium airport
On the map

Grímsey Airport (IATA: GRY, ICAO: BIGR) is a medium airport in Grímsey/Sandvík, Northeastern Region, Iceland. It opened in 1919. It has one runway, 1,036 m (3,399 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Isavia. In 2019 it handled 2 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1919–1919
1919
OpenedGrímsey Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
17/35160° / 340° · LIT
LENGTH1,036 m3,399 ftWIDTH24 m80 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2008–2019
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Routes

1 destinations · 1 country
25 km50 km75 km100 km25 mi50 miAEY · Akureyri International Airport · 99 km / 62 miAEYGRY

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from GRY. From the Wikipedia article “Grímsey Airport” (revision of 7 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers2K (2019)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#3,135of 3,974 · #641 Europe · #10 ISLongest runway1,036 m3,399 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=13,227of 29,823 · #1,381 Europe · #19 ISElevation20 m66 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=38,288of 43,341 · =5,120 Europe · =39 ISAgeOpened 19192026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=173of 15,079 · =140 Europe · #1 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