Hornafjörður Airport Explained

Location:Höfn, Iceland
Coordinates:64.2956°N -15.2272°W
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Metric-Rwy:y
Hornafjörður Airport
Iata:HFN
Icao:BIHN
Pushpin Map:Iceland
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Airport in Iceland
Pushpin Label:HFN
Pushpin Label Position:top
Type:Public
Operator:Isavia
Elevation-F:24
R1-Number:18/36
R1-Length-M:1500
Footnotes:Source: DAFIF[1] GCM
Stat1-Header:Passengers
Stat1-Data:11,183
Stat-Year:2016[2]

Hornafjörður Airport or Hornafjordur Airport is an airport serving Höfn, Iceland. The airport is north of the town. It is served by Eagle Air with regular flights to Reykjavík Airport.

The Hornafjordur non-directional beacon (Ident: HN) is located 1.24 nautical miles off the threshold of runway 36.[3] [4]

The airport was opened on 22 September 1965, replacing a landing area on coastal spit south of the town at Melatangi, Suðurfjörður. The airport originally opened with a second 800m runway which ran east-west, later decommissioned. A larger terminal building was added in 1982.[5]

In the 2013 film The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Hornafjörður Airport is depicted as Nuuk Airport, with an Air Greenland aircraft landing there.[6]

Airlines and destinations

[7] [8]

Statistics

Passengers and movements

Number of
passengers[9]
Number of
movements[10]
20038,414 1,366
20048.973 1,594
20058,864 1,602
20068,873 1,328
20079,512 1,300
200810,677 1,276
200910,572 1,381
20109,888 1,350
201110,645 1,184
20129,271 1,100
20139,263 1,100
20149,887 1,086
20159,440 1,150
201611,183 1,216
201711,008 1,424
201811,342 1,361
201910,005 1,219
20205,876 837
20218,586 1,097
[11]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: usurped. Airport information for BIHN. https://web.archive.org/web/20190305143444/http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=BIHN. 2019-03-05. World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
  2. http://www.isavia.is/english/about-isavia/reports-and-statistics/statistics/annual-aviation-fact-file/ THE AVIATION FACT FILE
  3. Web site: HN @ OurAirports. ourairports.com.
  4. Web site: SkyVector: Flight Planning / Aeronautical Charts. skyvector.com.
  5. Web site: Háskólabókasafn . Landsbókasafn Íslands- . Tímarit.is . 2024-02-19 . timarit.is . is.
  6. Web site: Ago . Highwingsin #film • 7 Years . 2017-08-09 . Film Locations I visited; Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Iceland . 2024-02-19 . Steemit . en.
  7. Web site: 2015-02-26 . Fly Drive – Höfn East Iceland - Iceland Travel Guide: Locations & Tours . 2024-02-19 . www.icelandaurora.com . en-US.
  8. Web site: Höfn in Hornafjörður Eagle Air Iceland . 2024-02-19 . www.eagleair.is.
  9. Number of passengers including domestic, international and transit.
  10. Number of movements represents total takeoffs and landings during that year.
  11. Web site: Passengers, freight and mail through Icelandic airports 2003-2019. PX-Web.