# Ísafjörður Airport (IFJ / BIIS)

**Ísafjörður Airport** (IATA: IFJ, ICAO: BIIS) is a medium airport in Ísafjörður, Westfjords, Iceland. It opened on 2 Oct 1960. It has one runway, 1,400 m (4,593 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Isavia. In 2025 it handled 28 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: IFJ / BIIS
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Isavia
- Serves: Ísafjörður, Westfjords, Iceland
- Opened: 2 Oct 1960 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 2 m / 8 ft
- Coordinates: 66.0581, -23.1353
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,400 m / 4,593 ft
- Passengers: 27,950 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+0 · Atlantic/Reykjavik
- Website: https://www.innanlandsflugvellir.is/en/isafjordur-airport/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8Dsafj%C3%B6r%C3%B0ur_Airport (17 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1433313
- Weather station: BIIS
- Ident: BIIS

## Timeline

- 2 Oct 1960: Ísafjörður Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 07/25 | 1,400 m / 4,593 ft | 42 m / 139 ft | Asphalt | 062° / 242° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2010 | 43,204 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 42,262 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 40,331 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 35,577 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 34,946 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 33,343 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 33,076 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 34,551 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 32,552 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 32,332 | Wikidata |
| 2023 | 2,148 | Eurostat |
| 2025 | 27,950 | 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 · 222 km / 138 mi · Icelandair

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from IFJ, 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 | 28K (2025) | #2,315 of 3,974 | #481 in Europe | #5 in IS |
| Longest runway | 1,400 m / 4,593 ft | =7,798 of 29,858 | =1,035 in Europe | #8 in IS |
| Elevation | 2 m / 8 ft | =42,741 of 43,403 | =5,774 in Europe | =71 in IS |
| Age | Opened 1960 | =4,584 of 15,079 | =930 in Europe | #6 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 | INFO | 118.800 |

## Nearby airports

- [BIBI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bibi.md) Baeir Airport · 26 km / 16 mi
- [TEY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bite.md) Þingeyri Airport · 28 km / 18 mi
- [BIRS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/birs.md) Reykjanes Airport · 36 km / 22 mi
- [BIHS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bihs.md) Hrafnseyri Airport · 37 km / 23 mi
- [BIAE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/biae.md) Arngerðareyri Airport · 39 km / 24 mi
- [BIU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bibd.md) Bildudalur Airport · 50 km / 31 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: “Ísafjörður Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ísafjörður_Airport&oldid=1372104426), 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/biis/data