KEF
Keflavik International Airport
Keflavik International Airport (IATA: KEF, ICAO: BIKF) is a large airport in Reykjavík, Southern Peninsula, Iceland. It opened in 1943. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,065 m (10,056 ft). It is operated by Isavia. In 2025 it handled 8.1 million passengers.
Timeline
1 event · 1943–19431943
OpenedKeflavik International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026
Runways & airfield
Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap10/28104° / 284° · LIT
LENGTH3,065 m10,056 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEAsphalt
01/19014° / 194° · LIT
LENGTH3,054 m10,020 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEAsphalt
Passengers per year
2014–20253.9M
4.8M
6.8M
8.7M
9.8M
7.2M
1.4M
2.2M
6.1M
7.7M
8.3M
8.1M
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Routes
95 destinations · 28 countriesYear-round50
FAEVágar AirportFaroe Islands · Atlantic Airways, Icelandair800 km497 miGLAGlasgow AirportUnited Kingdom · Icelandair1,347 km837 miEDIEdinburgh AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet, Icelandair1,385 km861 miGOHNuuk International AirportGreenland · Icelandair, Air Greenland1,401 km871 miBGOBergen Airport, FleslandNorway · Icelandair1,489 km925 miDUBDublin AirportIreland · Icelandair1,497 km930 miMANManchester AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet, Icelandair1,653 km1,027 miOSLOslo-Gardermoen International AirportNorway · Icelandair1,781 km1,107 miLTNLondon Luton AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet1,862 km1,157 miLHRLondon Heathrow AirportUnited Kingdom · Icelandair, British Airways1,895 km1,177 miLGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · Icelandair1,935 km1,202 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · Icelandair, Transavia2,038 km1,266 miARNStockholm-Arlanda AirportSweden · Icelandair2,143 km1,332 miCPHCopenhagen Kastrup AirportDenmark · Icelandair, Air China2,144 km1,332 miBRUBrussels AirportBelgium · Icelandair2,148 km1,335 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · easyJet, Icelandair2,242 km1,393 miORYParis-Orly AirportFrance · Transavia2,260 km1,404 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Icelandair, Lufthansa2,401 km1,492 miBERBerlin Brandenburg AirportGermany · Icelandair2,432 km1,511 miHELHelsinki Vantaa AirportFinland · Finnair, Icelandair2,444 km1,519 miGDNGdańsk Lech Wałęsa AirportPoland · Wizz Air2,515 km1,563 miRIXRiga International AirportLatvia · AirBaltic2,605 km1,619 miZRHZürich AirportSwitzerland · Icelandair, Edelweiss Air2,631 km1,635 miPRGVáclav Havel Airport PragueCzechia · Icelandair2,653 km1,648 miMUCMunich AirportGermany · Discover Airlines, Icelandair2,692 km1,673 miWROCopernicus Wrocław AirportPoland · Wizz Air2,693 km1,673 miWAWWarsaw Chopin AirportPoland · LOT Polish Airlines, Wizz Air2,804 km1,742 miMXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · easyJet, Wizz Air2,809 km1,745 miKTWKatowice Wojciech Korfanty International AirportPoland · Wizz Air2,849 km1,770 miLISLisbon Humberto Delgado AirportPortugal · Icelandair2,940 km1,827 miBCNJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat AirportSpain · Icelandair2,981 km1,852 miBUDBudapest Liszt Ferenc International AirportHungary · Wizz Air3,116 km1,936 miALCAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández AirportSpain · Icelandair3,208 km1,993 miAGPMálaga-Costa del Sol AirportSpain · Icelandair3,270 km2,032 miFCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · Icelandair, Wizz Air3,319 km2,062 miBOSBoston Logan International AirportUnited States · Icelandair3,875 km2,408 miTFSTenerife Sur AirportSpain · Icelandair4,020 km2,498 miJFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportUnited States · Icelandair4,163 km2,587 miYYZToronto Pearson International AirportCanada · Icelandair4,171 km2,592 miEWRNewark Liberty International AirportUnited States · Icelandair4,177 km2,595 miBWIBaltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall AirportUnited States · Icelandair4,436 km2,756 miIADWashington Dulles International AirportUnited States · Icelandair4,495 km2,793 miORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · Icelandair4,725 km2,936 miMSPMinneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain FieldUnited States · Icelandair4,726 km2,937 miRDURaleigh-Durham International AirportUnited States · Icelandair4,845 km3,011 miMCOOrlando International AirportUnited States · Icelandair5,680 km3,529 miYVRVancouver International AirportCanada · Icelandair5,685 km3,532 miDENDenver International AirportUnited States · Icelandair5,727 km3,559 miSEASeattle–Tacoma International AirportUnited States · Icelandair5,811 km3,611 miPEKBeijing Capital International AirportChina · Air China7,902 km4,910 miSeasonal57
KUSKulusuk AirportGreenland · Icelandair708 km440 miJJUQaqortoq AirportGreenland · Icelandair1,253 km779 miGLAGlasgow AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com1,347 km837 miJAVIlulissat AirportGreenland · Icelandair1,369 km851 miBFSBelfast International AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com1,385 km861 miEDIEdinburgh AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com1,385 km861 miNCLNewcastle International AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, easyJet1,531 km951 miLPLLiverpool John Lennon AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com1,632 km1,014 miLBALeeds Bradford AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com1,632 km1,014 miMANManchester AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, TUI Airways1,653 km1,027 miEMAEast Midlands AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com1,737 km1,079 miBHXBirmingham AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, easyJet1,755 km1,091 miBRSBristol AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, easyJet1,818 km1,130 miTOSTromsø AirportNorway · Icelandair1,880 km1,168 miSTNLondon Stansted AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com1,885 km1,171 miLGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · TUI Airways, easyJet1,935 km1,202 miBLLBillund AirportDenmark · Icelandair1,968 km1,223 miGOTGöteborg Landvetter AirportSweden · Icelandair1,987 km1,235 miDUSDüsseldorf AirportGermany · Eurowings2,213 km1,375 miGDNGdańsk Lech Wałęsa AirportPoland · Icelandair2,515 km1,563 miBSLEuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–FreiburgFrance · easyJet2,575 km1,600 miGVAGeneva International AirportSwitzerland · Icelandair2,644 km1,643 miLYSLyon Saint-Exupéry AirportFrance · easyJet2,653 km1,648 miINNInnsbruck AirportAustria · Icelandair2,770 km1,721 miSZGSalzburg AirportAustria · Icelandair2,796 km1,737 miMXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · Icelandair2,809 km1,745 miVNOVilnius International AirportLithuania · Wizz Air2,828 km1,757 miMADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · Iberia Express2,890 km1,796 miVRNVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo AirportItaly · Icelandair, Neos2,922 km1,816 miVIEVienna International AirportAustria · Austrian Airlines2,931 km1,821 miNCENice-Côte d'Azur AirportFrance · Icelandair2,936 km1,824 miVCEVenice Marco Polo AirportItaly · Icelandair2,975 km1,849 miBCNJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat AirportSpain · Vueling2,981 km1,852 miFAOFaro - Gago Coutinho International AirportPortugal · Icelandair3,155 km1,960 miALCAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández AirportSpain · Neos3,208 km1,993 miAGPMálaga-Costa del Sol AirportSpain · Neos3,270 km2,032 miYHZHalifax / Stanfield International AirportCanada · Icelandair3,297 km2,049 miYULMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International AirportCanada · Air Canada, Air Transat3,728 km2,316 miTFSTenerife Sur AirportSpain · Neos4,020 km2,498 miLPAGran Canaria AirportSpain · Icelandair4,042 km2,512 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Icelandair4,113 km2,556 miJFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines4,163 km2,587 miYYZToronto Pearson International AirportCanada · Air Canada4,171 km2,592 miEWRNewark Liberty International AirportUnited States · United Airlines4,177 km2,595 miPHLPhiladelphia International AirportUnited States · American Airlines4,303 km2,674 miDTWDetroit Metropolitan Wayne County AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines4,482 km2,785 miYWGWinnipeg / James Armstrong Richardson International AirportCanada · WestJet4,484 km2,786 miPITPittsburgh International AirportUnited States · Icelandair4,486 km2,787 miIADWashington Dulles International AirportUnited States · United Airlines4,495 km2,793 miORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · United Airlines4,725 km2,936 miMSPMinneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain FieldUnited States · Delta Air Lines4,726 km2,937 miYEGEdmonton International AirportCanada · WestJet4,922 km3,058 miYYCCalgary International AirportCanada · WestJet5,131 km3,188 miBNANashville International AirportUnited States · Icelandair5,202 km3,232 miSEASeattle–Tacoma International AirportUnited States · Alaska Airlines5,811 km3,611 miMIAMiami International AirportUnited States · Icelandair5,890 km3,660 miPDXPortland International AirportUnited States · Icelandair5,997 km3,726 miCargo11
EMAEast Midlands AirportUnited Kingdom · DHL Aviation1,737 km1,079 miBLLBillund AirportDenmark · AirExplore1,968 km1,223 miLGGLiège AirportBelgium · Icelandair2,212 km1,374 miCGNCologne Bonn AirportGermany · DHL Aviation2,266 km1,408 miBOSBoston Logan International AirportUnited States · Icelandair3,875 km2,408 miJFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportUnited States · Icelandair4,163 km2,587 miORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · Silk Way West Airlines4,725 km2,936 miGYDHeydar Aliyev International AirportAzerbaijan · Silk Way West Airlines5,219 km3,243 miMIAMiami International AirportUnited States · Amerijet International5,890 km3,660 miLAXLos Angeles International AirportUnited States · Icelandair6,926 km4,304 miNLUFelipe Ángeles International AirportMexico · Silk Way West Airlines7,382 km4,587 miMost destinationsIcelandair 64easyJet 11Jet2.com 11Wizz Air 8Neos 4Delta Air Lines 3
Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from KEF. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Keflavík International Airport” (revision of 23 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Records & rankings
Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · countryScale: 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
8 channelsA/GAIR GND131.900
APPAPP119.300
ATISATIS128.300
DEPDEP119.300
GNDGND121.900
OPSBASE OPS129.000
PMSVPMSV METRO125.000
TWRTWR118.300