Rif Airport
Rif Airport is an airport serving Ólafsvík and Hellissandur, Iceland. It is located near Rif, a coastal village in the Western Region. Rwy 06 length includes a 1,250 feet displaced threshold.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport in Iceland
- Also known as: “BIRF”, “OLI”, and “Rifsflugvöllur”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Svöðufoss and Kerlingarfoss.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rif and Hellissandur.
Hellissandur
Photo: Chris Johnston, CC BY 2.0.
Hellissandur is a village on the Snæfellsnes peninsula in West Iceland. The village is considered one of the first fishing villages on Iceland, existing already in the 16th century, when people elsewhere mostly lived on agriculture.
Olafsvik
Town
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Ólafsvík is a small town in Iceland on the northern side of the Snæfellsnes Peninsula. At one point in the 17th and 18th centuries, commercial vessels sailed between Ólafsvík and Denmark, and the village was one of the larger trading ports in Iceland.
Rif Airport
- Categories: airport and transportation
- Location: Snæfellsbær, West Iceland, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
64.911° or 64° 54′ 40″ northLongitude
-23.81339° or 23° 48′ 48″ westElevation
5 metres (16 feet)IATA airport code
OLIICAO airport code
BIRFUnited Nations Location Code
IS RIFOpen location code
99PRW56P+9JOpenStreetMap ID
way 564041503OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodromeGeoNames ID
8298735Wikidata ID
Q12694700
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Swedish—“Rif Airport” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Оўляфсьвік (аэрадром)”
- Belarusian: “Оўляфсьвік”
- Cebuano: “Olafsvik (tugpahanan sa Islandya)”
- Cebuano: “Olafsvik”
- French: “aérodrome d’Ólafsvík”
- French: “Aérodrome d’Ólafsvík”
- German: “Flughafen Rif”
- German: “Flugplatz Rif”
- Indonesian: “BIRF”
- Indonesian: “OLI”
- Japanese: “リーフ空港”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Rif”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul Rif”
- Swedish: “Ólafsvíks flygplats”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Gufuskálar and Fróðárdalur.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sandgerdi and Taska.
West Iceland: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Borgarnes, Stykkishólmur, Hellissandur, and Snæfellsjökull National Park.
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