RKV

Reykjavík Domestic Airport

ICAO BIRK64.1287°N 21.9376°W15 m / 48 ftMedium airport
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Reykjavík Domestic Airport (IATA: RKV, ICAO: BIRK) is a medium airport in Reykjavík, Capital Region, Iceland. It opened on 6 Jul 1946. It has 2 runways; the longest is 1,566 m (5,138 ft). It is operated by Isavia. In 2025 it handled 317 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1946–1946
06 JUL 1946
OpenedReykjavík Domestic Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Reykjavíkurflugvöllur
01/19355° / 175° · LIT
LENGTH1,566 m5,138 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt
13/31117° / 297° · LIT
LENGTH1,230 m4,035 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
365K
389K
417K
426K
388K
340K
159K
278K
331K
337K
331K
317K
141516171819202122232425

Routes

8 destinations · 2 countries
Most destinationsNorlandair 4Icelandair 4

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from RKV. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Reykjavík Airport” (revision of 23 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers317K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,313of 3,974 · #285 Europe · #2 ISLongest runway1,566 m5,138 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=6,067of 29,823 · =932 Europe · #6 ISElevation15 m48 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=39,373of 43,341 · =5,275 Europe · =49 ISAgeOpened 19462026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=2,744of 15,079 · =728 Europe · #5 ISRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =134 Europe · =3 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

Radio frequencies

5 channels
A/DAPP/DEP119.000
ATISATIS128.100
GNDGND121.700
RDORDO126.550
TWRTWR118.000