# Sandskeið Airport (BISS)

**Sandskeið Airport** (ICAO: BISS) is a small airport in Sandskeið, Capital Region, Iceland. It opened in 1936. It has one runway, 786 m (2,578 ft) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / BISS
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Sandskeið, Capital Region, Iceland
- Opened: 1936
- Elevation: 183 m / 600 ft
- Coordinates: 64.0608, -21.5747
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 786 m / 2,578 ft
- Time zone: UTC+0 · Atlantic/Reykjavik
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandskei%C3%B0 (3 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3472057
- Weather station: BIRK · WMO 04030
- Ident: BISS

## Timeline

- 1936: Sandskeið Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 15/33 | 786 m / 2,578 ft | 18 m / 59 ft | Asphalt |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 786 m / 2,578 ft | =20,160 of 29,858 | =2,076 in Europe | #28 in IS |
| Elevation | 183 m / 600 ft | =25,286 of 43,403 | =2,377 in Europe | =13 in IS |
| Age | Opened 1936 | =649 of 15,079 | =368 in Europe | #2 in IS |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =9 in IS |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TRFC | Traffic | 119.900 |

## Nearby airports

- [IS-0005](https://dromopedia.com/airports/is-0005.md) Heiði - Fisfélag · 8.5 km / 5.3 mi
- [BIMS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bims.md) Tungubakkar Airport · 15 km / 9.2 mi
- [RKV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/birk.md) Reykjavík Domestic Airport · 19 km / 12 mi
- [BISF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bisf.md) Selfoss Airport · 30 km / 19 mi
- [BIVA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/biva.md) Vatnsnes Airport · 45 km / 28 mi
- [BIFZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bifz.md) Forsæti Airport · 48 km / 30 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/biss/data