Reykjavík Airport BIRK / RKV
The downtown airport, a five-minute drive from Reykjavík's centre, handling domestic flights and GA. Customs are available by prior arrangement; jets face noise sensitivity and the runway limits size, so most business jets use Keflavík 45 minutes away.
5,141 ft
Longest runway
5 min
Drive to Reykjavik
1
FBOs / handlers
48 ft
Elevation
Facts
- Hours
- 07:00–23:00 (Confirm with the airport); PPR for jets
- 24-hour operations
- No
- Customs & immigration
- Yes
- Prior permission (PPR)
- Yes
- Slot coordination
- No
- Noise curfew
- Yes
- Runway surface
- asphalt
- Fuel type
- Jet A-1, Avgas 100LL
- Helipad
- Yes
- Distance to centre
- 2 km
- Typical largest aircraft
- Turboprops and light/midsize jets; large-cabin limited by runway.
- Website
- www.isavia.is
Private terminals (FBOs)
- Isavia Reykjavík Airport GA handling (Confirm with the airport)
An FBO is the private terminal: lounge, crew, fuel, customs desk. You drive up, walk 30 metres, and board.
Compare published takeoff distances
Initial comparison of published takeoff distances and runway length (5,141 ft). Confirm aircraft suitability and current restrictions with the operator.
Within the screening threshold
- Dassault Aviation Falcon 2000LXS 4,675 ft
- Embraer Executive Jets Praetor 600 4,717 ft
- Dassault Aviation Falcon 2000S 4,325 ft
- Bombardier Challenger 3500 4,835 ft
- Bombardier Challenger 350 4,835 ft
- Gulfstream Aerospace G300 4,780 ft
Above the screening threshold
- Dassault Aviation Falcon 50EX needs 4,890 ft
- Dassault Aviation Falcon 900DX needs 4,890 ft
- Dassault Aviation Falcon 900C needs 4,935 ft
Other airports for Reykjavik
- Keflavík International Airport BIKF 10,020 ft · 45 min
What it costs to fly here privately
Sources and credits
- Reykjavík Airport · Mitchul Hope · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons