Bíldudalur Airport Explained

Bíldudalur Airport
Iata:BIU
Icao:BIBD
Type:Public
Operator:ISAVIA
City-Served:Bíldudalur, Tálknafjörður and Patreksfjörður, Iceland
Elevation-F:26
Coordinates:65.6417°N -23.5458°W
Pushpin Map:Iceland
Pushpin Label:BIU
Metric-Rwy:y
R1-Number:05/23
R1-Length-M:1000
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Footnotes:Source: AIP Iceland[1] GCM Google Maps[2]

Bíldudalur Airport is an airport serving Bíldudalur, a village in the Vesturbyggð municipality in the Westfjords of Iceland. The runway is south-southeast of the village.

Flights which shall land in Northern direction which is common, have to pass a 450m (1,480feet) mountain pass plus an altitude margin, only 9km (06miles) from the runway, and make a fairly steep descent, and do a 40 degree turn just before landing.

Statistics

Passengers and movements

Number of
passengers[3]
Number of
movements[4]
20034,148 732
20044,326 780
20053,858 826
20063,418 740
20072,866 930
20083,926 838
20093,764 758
20103,602 716
20113,513 694
20124,180 686
20133,921 692
20143,575 664
20153,371 652
20163,333 734
20173,600 742
20183,014 725
20192,983 696
20202,304 604
20213,685 777
[5]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: AIP Iceland: AD 2 - BIBD - BÍLDUDALUR / Bildudalur . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140202103237/http://ww2.caa.is/media/PDF/AD_2_BIBD.pdf . February 2, 2014 .
  2. Web site: Google Maps. Google Maps.
  3. Number of passengers including domestic, international and transit.
  4. Number of movements represents total takeoffs and landings during that year.
  5. Web site: Passengers, freight and mail through Icelandic airports 2003-2019. PX-Web.