# Vopnafjörður Airport (VPN / BIVO)

**Vopnafjörður Airport** (IATA: VPN, ICAO: BIVO) is a medium airport in Vopnafjörður, Eastern Region, Iceland. It has one runway, 885 m (2,904 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Isavia. In 2019 it handled 1 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: VPN / BIVO
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Isavia
- Serves: Vopnafjörður, Eastern Region, Iceland
- Elevation: 5 m / 16 ft
- Coordinates: 65.7206, -14.8506
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 885 m / 2,904 ft
- Passengers: 1,042 (2019)
- Time zone: UTC+0 · Atlantic/Reykjavik
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vopnafj%C3%B6r%C3%B0ur_Airport (12 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2875989
- Weather station: BIVO · WMO 04085
- Ident: BIVO

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 885 m / 2,904 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2008 | 1,965 | Wikidata |
| 2009 | 1,814 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 1,921 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 1,982 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 1,881 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 1,635 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 1,622 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 1,195 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 1,042 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 1,259 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 1,946 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 1,042 | Wikidata |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [THO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bitn.md) Þórshöfn Airport · Iceland · 60 km / 37 mi · Norlandair
- [AEY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/biar.md) Akureyri International Airport · Iceland · 148 km / 92 mi · Norlandair

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from VPN, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- FNA [Norlandair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/norlandair) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 1K (2019) | #3,299 of 3,974 | #681 in Europe | #11 in IS |
| Longest runway | 885 m / 2,904 ft | =17,320 of 29,858 | =1,747 in Europe | #27 in IS |
| Elevation | 5 m / 16 ft | =41,727 of 43,403 | =5,628 in Europe | #65 in IS |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =9 in IS |

## Nearby airports

- [EGS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bieg.md) Egilsstaðir Airport · 53 km / 33 mi
- [MVA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/birl.md) Mývatn Airport · 95 km / 59 mi
- [HZK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bihu.md) Húsavík Airport · 120 km / 75 mi
- [AEY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/biar.md) Akureyri International Airport · 148 km / 92 mi

## In collections

- [Shortest runways with airline service](https://dromopedia.com/collections/shortest-scheduled) #72

## 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)
- [Wikipedia: “Vopnafjörður Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vopnafjörður_Airport&oldid=1363086638), revision of 7 Jul 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/bivo/data