# Mývatn Airport (MVA / BIRL)

**Mývatn Airport** (IATA: MVA, ICAO: BIRL) is a medium airport in Myvatn, Northeastern Region, Iceland. It has one runway, 1,055 m (3,461 ft) long, asphalt. In 2019 it handled 22 passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MVA / BIRL
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Myvatn, Northeastern Region, Iceland
- Elevation: 314 m / 1,030 ft
- Coordinates: 65.6558, -16.9181
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,055 m / 3,461 ft
- Passengers: 22 (2019)
- Time zone: UTC+0 · Atlantic/Reykjavik
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BDvatn_Airport (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17512580
- Weather station: BIHU
- Ident: BIRL

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 02/20 | 1,055 m / 3,461 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2008 | 2,026 | Wikidata |
| 2009 | 1,346 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 1,442 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 1,912 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 2,272 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 2,072 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 4,064 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 1,670 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 1,540 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 1,370 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 794 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 22 | Wikidata |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 22 (2019) | =3,817 of 3,974 | =791 in Europe | #17 in IS |
| Longest runway | 1,055 m / 3,461 ft | =12,857 of 29,858 | =1,366 in Europe | #18 in IS |
| Elevation | 314 m / 1,030 ft | =17,189 of 43,403 | =1,400 in Europe | #12 in IS |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =9 in IS |

## Nearby airports

- [HZK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bihu.md) Húsavík Airport · 40 km / 25 mi
- [AEY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/biar.md) Akureyri International Airport · 53 km / 33 mi
- [VPN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bivo.md) Vopnafjörður Airport · 95 km / 59 mi
- [SIJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bisi.md) Siglufjörður Airport · 105 km / 65 mi
- [GRY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bigr.md) Grímsey Airport · 111 km / 69 mi
- [EGS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bieg.md) Egilsstaðir Airport · 123 km / 77 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)
- [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/birl/data