Reykjahlíð Mývatn Airport
Mývatn Airport is an airport serving Reykjahlíð, Iceland. The Lake Mývatn area is a nature preserve of volcanic origin.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport in Iceland
- Also known as: “BIRL”, “MVA”, “Mývatn Airport”, “Mývatnsflugvöllur”, “Reykjahlid Airport”, “Reykjahlíð Airport”, and “Reykjahlid Myvatn Airport”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Grjótagjá and Hlíðarfjall.
Grjótagjá
Cave
Photo: Chris 73, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Grjótagjá is a small lava cave near lake Mývatn in Iceland. It has a thermal spring inside. In early 18th century the outlaw Jón Markússon lived there and used the cave for bathing.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Reykjahlíð and Námaskarð.
Reykjahlíð
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mývatn is a lake near Akureyri in North Iceland. The lake was formed during a massive eruption 2300 years ago. Today the area is best known for the huge numbers of birds that visit in the summer, and for the weird and inspiring volcanic features that surround the lake.
Reykjahlíð Mývatn Airport
- Categories: airport and transportation
- Location: Þingeyjarsveit, Northeast, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
65.65595° or 65° 39′ 21″ northLongitude
-16.91899° or 16° 55′ 8″ westElevation
314 metres (1,030 feet)IATA airport code
MVAICAO airport code
BIRLOpen location code
9CQ5M34J+9COpenStreetMap ID
way 396061751OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodrome
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Reykjahlíð Mývatn Airport” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Reykjahlíð Airport”
- Chinese: “米湖机场”
- French: “aérodrome de Islande”
- French: “aérodrome de Reykjahlíð”
- French: “Aérodrome de Reykjahlíð”
- French: “Mývatn”
- German: “Flugplatz Mývatn”
- Indonesian: “BIRL”
- Indonesian: “MVA”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Reykjahlid”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul Mývatn”
- Swedish: “Reykjahlíð flygplats”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Vogar and Neslönd.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Reception and Reykjahlíðarkirkja.
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