Airport details

Egilsstaðir Airport

Egilsstadir, Iceland Europe

IATA EGS ICAO BIEG 1 runways
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Airport information

Dataset record
IATA
EGS
ICAO
BIEG
Elevation
76 ft / 23 m
Runways
1
Longest runway
7,054 ft / 2,150 m
Main surface
Asphalt
Timezone
Atlantic/Reykjavik
Coordinates
65.283302307129, -14.401399612427

Location

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Weather snapshot

Atlantic/Reykjavik · Updated Sat 7 Nov, 05:30

Open-Meteo

Overcast now, with temperatures around 3°C to 9°C (38°F to 49°F) today and up to 24% rain risk.

Current
Overcast
Temperature
4°C
38°F
Humidity
82%
Wind
8 km/h 5 mph
Local time
05:31
Sunrise
09:08
Sunset
16:12

Today

Overcast

3°C to 9°C 38°F to 49°F

Rain 24%
Wind 29 km/h 18 mph

Sun

Light drizzle

3°C to 9°C 37°F to 49°F

Rain 62%
Wind 28 km/h 17 mph

Mon

Light drizzle

0°C to 3°C 32°F to 37°F

Rain 68%
Wind 16 km/h 10 mph

Airline service

Routes dataset

No airline route coverage data is currently available for this airport.

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About

From Wikipedia

Egilsstaðir Airport

Egilsstaðir Airport(Icelandic:Egilsstaðaflugvöllur[ˈeijɪlsˌstaːðaˌflʏɣˌvœtlʏr̥]; IATA:EGS, ICAO:BIEG) is a single-runway airport in Egilsstaðir, Iceland. The only scheduled carrier is Icelandair with flights to Reykjavík. Egilsstaðir also serves as a diversion airport for Keflavik International Airport located 415 kilometers southwest of Egilsstaðir.

It is designated as an international airport and port of entry by the Icelandic government, but as of 2024 has no scheduled international flights.

Originally a gravel runway was made in 1951 and in 1954 it was equipped with runway lights. On the 23rd of September 1993, a new lengthened asphalt runway replaced the older gravel runway on the other side of the terminal. The air terminal was originally built in 1968, but was rebuilt and expanded during 1987 to 1999. A new arrivals hall was opened in 2007.

During the Eyjafjallajökull volcanic eruption in 2010, many flights were diverted to Egilsstaðir airport due to ATC restrictions because of vol...

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Egilsstaðir Airport

Country

Iceland

Official name
Iceland

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