SW Iceland
Capital Region
Reykjavík

Reykjavík Airport

Reykjavík Airport is the main domestic airport serving , the capital of . The airport is located about two kilometres from the city centre.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: main domestic airport serving Reykjavík, the capital of Iceland and located about two kilometres (1+1⁄4 miles) from the city center
  • Also known as: “BIRK”, “Reykjavik Airport”, “REYKJAVIK airport”, and “RKV”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Perlan and Nordic House.

is a natural history museum in , . It is situated on the top of . It was initially only a cluster of hot water tanks, but on June 21, 1991, the building was opened to the public.

Public building
Photo: Fingalo, CC BY-SA 2.0 de.
The in is a cultural institution opened in 1968 and operated by the Nordic Council of Ministers. Its goal is to foster and support cultural connections between and the other Nordic countries.

Library
Photo: Gunnar Klack, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn is the national library of which also functions as the university library of the University of Iceland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kópavogur and Garðabaer.

Photo: Axel Kristinsson, CC BY 2.0.
is a town in that is the country's second-largest municipality by population. It lies immediately south of and is part of the .

Town
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Garðabær is a town and municipality in the of .

Locality
Photo: SergejPassau, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a multi-purpose stadium in , . It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar.

Reykjavík Airport

Latitude
64.12938° or 64° 7′ 46″ north
Longitude
-21.94377° or 21° 56′ 38″ west
Elevation
14 metres (46 feet)
Operator
ISAVIA
IATA airport code
RKV
ICAO airport code
BIRK
Open location code
99PW43H4+QF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 52278395
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
6295712
Wiki­data ID
Q843204
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Reykjavík Airport” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مطار ريكيافيك”
  • Asturian: “Aeropuertu de Reikiavik”
  • Catalan: “Aeroport de Reykjavík”
  • Cebuano: “Reykjavik (tugpahanan sa Islandya)”
  • Cebuano: “Reykjavik”
  • Chinese: “雷克雅未克机场”
  • Chinese: “雷克雅未克機場”
  • Czech: “Letiště Reykjavík”
  • Danish: “Reykjavík Lufthavn”
  • Dutch: “Luchthaven van Reykjavik”
  • Dutch: “Reykjavikurflugvollur”
  • Dutch: “Reykjavíkurflugvöllur”
  • Esperanto: “Flughaveno de Rejkjaviko”
  • Estonian: “Reykjavíki lennujaam”
  • Finnish: “Reykjavikin lentoasema”
  • Finnish: “Reykjavíkin lentoasema”
  • French: “aérodrome de Islande”
  • French: “aéroport de Reykjavik”
  • French: “Aéroport de Reykjavik”
  • French: “Aéroport de Reykjavík”
  • French: “BIRK”
  • French: “Reykjavík”
  • French: “RKV”
  • German: “BIRK”
  • German: “Flughafen Reykjavik”
  • German: “Flughafen Reykjavík”
  • German: “RKV”
  • Hebrew: “נמל התעופה רייקיאוויק”
  • Hebrew: “שדה התעופה ברייקיאוויק”
  • Hebrew: “שדה התעופה רייקיאוויק”
  • Hebrew: “שדה התעופה של רייקיאוויק”
  • Hungarian: “Reykjavíki repülőtér”
  • Icelandic: “Reykjavíkurflugvöllur”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Reykjavik”
  • Indonesian: “Bandara Reykjavik”
  • Indonesian: “BIRK”
  • Indonesian: “RKV”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto di Reykjavik”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto di Reykjavík”
  • Japanese: “レイキャヴィーク空港”
  • Korean: “레이캬비크 공항”
  • Malay: “Lapangan terbang Reykjavik”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Reykjavik”
  • Navajo: “Siil Nástłʼahdi chidí naatʼaʼí ńdinibįįhígi”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “BIRK”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Reykjavik lufthavn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Reykjavík lufthavn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “RKV”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Reykjavík lufthamn”
  • Norwegian: “Reykjavík lufthavn”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه ریکیاویک”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Reykjavik”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Reykjavík”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto de Reykjavík”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Reykjavík”
  • Russian: “Аэропорт Рейкьявика”
  • Russian: “Рейкьявик”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Reikiavik”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Reikiávik”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Reykjavik”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Reykjavík”
  • Spanish: “BIRK”
  • Spanish: “RKV”
  • Swedish: “Reykjavík flygplats”
  • Swedish: “Reykjaviks flygplats”
  • Swedish: “Reykjavíks flygplats”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи рикиовик”
  • Turkish: “Reykjavík Airport”
  • Turkish: “Reykjavík Havalimanı”
  • Ukrainian: “Аеропорт Рейк’явік”
  • Vietnamese: “Sân bay Reykjavík”
  • “BIRK”
  • “RKV”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Skerjafjörður and Skildinganes.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Skerjafjörður 1 and Reykjavík Domestic Airport.

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