![]() ![]() ![]() Paul, New York–JFKĮdinburgh, London–Gatwick, London–Luton, ManchesterĪlicante, Amsterdam, Baltimore, Barcelona, Berlin, Boston, Brussels, Chicago–O'Hare, Copenhagen, Dublin, Frankfurt, Glasgow, Helsinki, Kulusuk, London–Gatwick, London–Heathrow, Manchester, Munich, Newark, New York–JFK, Nuuk, Oslo, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Prague (begins 1 June 2023), Raleigh/Durham, Rome–Fiumicino, Seattle/Tacoma, Stockholm–Arlanda, Tenerife–South, Toronto–Pearson, Vancouver, Washington–Dulles, Zürich Seasonal: Detroit (begins ), Minneapolis/St. Seasonal: Montréal–Trudeau, Toronto–Pearson The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter services to and from Keflavík: Airlines The airport only handles international flights domestic flights are operated from Reykjavík's domestic airport. WOW air was the second largest Icelandic carrier and the second largest at Keflavík, following its acquisition of Iceland Express on 23 October 2012, until it ceased operations on 28 March 2019. The largest carrier operating out of Keflavik is Icelandair. Airlines and destinations Passenger Īlthough the population of Iceland is only about 370,000, there are scheduled flights to and from numerous locations across North America and Europe. There are also plans to add a third runway. In 2016, the current terminal was expanded. The terminal has duty-free stores in the departure and arrival lounges. The North Building was later enlarged and finished in 2007. It was later extended with the opening of the South Building in 2001 (not a separate terminal) to comply with the requirements of the Schengen Agreement. ![]() It was opened in April 1987 and separated the airport's civil traffic from the military base. The terminal is named after Leif Erikson who was the first European to arrive in North America ( Flugstöð Leifs Eiríkssonar, "Leif Erikson Air Terminal"). The airport was used as a hub by WOW air until it ceased operations on 28 March 2019. The United States military base closed down in 2006. The airport is also an important emergency landing runway for large aircraft in transatlantic operation in the ETOPS system, which requires aircraft to always have less than a certain flight time from a suitable landing site. ![]() On 29 June 1999, Concorde G-BOAA flew from Heathrow Airport to Reykjavík (Keflavik airport). The two 3,000-metre-long (10,000 ft) and 60-metre-wide (200 ft) runways were large enough to support NASA's Space Shuttle as well as the Antonov An-225. military presence in Iceland (and in particular at Keflavík), and every year protesters walked the 50-kilometre (30 mi) road from Reykjavík to Keflavík and chanted "Ísland úr NATO, herinn burt" (literally: Iceland out of NATO, the military away). During the 1960s and 1970s, rallies were held to protest the U.S. Defense Agreement of 1951 was controversial in Iceland, which had no indigenous military forces other than the Icelandic Coast Guard. The presence of foreign military forces in Iceland under the NATO-sponsored Iceland–U.S. Travelers had to pass through military check points to reach their flights, until 1987, when the civilian terminal was relocated. With the reestablishment of the military air base at Keflavík during the 1950s, the air terminal found itself in the middle of a secure military zone. military returned to the airport under a defence agreement between Iceland and the U.S. Patterson Field was closed after the war, but Meeks Field and the adjoining structures were returned to Iceland's control and were renamed Naval Air Station Keflavik, for the nearby town of Keflavík. It was named after another young pilot, George Meeks, who died on the Reykjavík airfield. Meeks Field to the north-west opened on 23 March 1943. It was named after a young pilot who died in Iceland. Patterson Field in the south-east opened in 1942 despite being partly incomplete. It consisted of two separate two-runway airfields, built simultaneously just 4 km apart. Originally, the airport was built by the United States military during World War II, as a replacement for a small British landing strip at Garður to the north. Keflavík Airport is operated by Isavia, a government enterprise. The airport is only used for international flights all domestic flights use the much smaller Reykjavík Airport, which lies three kilometres (two miles) from Reykjavík's city centre. The main carrier at Keflavík is Icelandair, which has the airport as its main hub. Most international journeys to or from Iceland pass through this airport. The airport has three runways, two of which are in use, and the airport area is about 25 km 2 (10 sq mi). The airport is 1.7 nautical miles (3.1 kilometres) west of Keflavík and 50 km (30 mi) southwest of Reykjavík. Keflavík Airport ( Icelandic: Keflavíkurflugvöllur ) ( IATA: KEF, ICAO: BIKF), also known as Reykjavík–Keflavík Airport, is the largest airport in Iceland and the country's main hub for international transportation. ![]()
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