Keflavík

Keflavík is a town in that is home to the country's international airport. The population was approximately 16,000 in 2018, before further municipality mergers.
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  • Type: Town with 15,000 residents
  • Description: town in Iceland
  • Also known as: “Keflavik”
  • Postal code: 230

Places of Interest

Highlights include Keflavík International Airport and Icelandic Museum of Rock ‘n’ Roll.

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is in Keflavík and serves as the main international airport of and . It has become a rapidly growing hub for transatlantic flights, especially for discount travellers and smaller cities.

Museum
The Icelandic Museum of Rock 'n' Roll is located at the Hljómahöll concert and conference hall in . It was formally opened on April 5, 2014.

Lighthouse
Photo: Bjorn.thorvaldsson.is, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Reykjanesbaer and Njardvik.

Town
Photo: Helgi Halldórsson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Reykjanesbær is a municipality on the in , though the name is also used by locals to refer to the suburban region of Keflavík and which have grown together over the years.

Town
Photo: Steinninn, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Njarðvík is a town in southwestern , on the peninsula of . As of 2025, its population was 10.000.

Suburb
Photo: Steinninn, CC BY 4.0.
is a part of the former U.S. Naval Air Station Keflavik now supervised by the Icelandic defence authorities. After U.S. forces evacuated in 2006, a part of the base not needed for current military defence needs, was re-invented as a community of entrepreneurs, students and business.

Keflavík

Latitude
63.9998° or 63° 59′ 59″ north
Longitude
-22.5565° or 22° 33′ 24″ west
Population
15,000
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IS KEF
Open location code
99MVXCXV+W9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2876969801
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3415496
Wiki­data ID
Q170693
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Keflavík” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Keflavík”
  • Arabic: “كيفلافيك”
  • Armenian: “Կեֆլավիկ”
  • Asturian: “Keflavík”
  • Azerbaijani: “Keflavik”
  • Basque: “Keflavík”
  • Belarusian: “Кеблавік”
  • Belarusian: “Кефлавік”
  • Belarusian: “Кефлявік”
  • Bulgarian: “Кеплавик”
  • Catalan: “Keflavík”
  • Cebuano: “Keflavík”
  • Chinese: “凯夫拉维克”
  • Chinese: “凱夫拉維克”
  • Croatian: “Keflavík”
  • Czech: “Keflavík”
  • Danish: “Keflavik”
  • Danish: “Keflavík”
  • Dutch: “Keflavik”
  • Dutch: “Keflavík”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كيفلافيك”
  • Esperanto: “Keflavik”
  • Esperanto: “Keflavík”
  • Estonian: “Keflavik”
  • Estonian: “Keflavík”
  • Faroese: “Keflavík”
  • Finnish: “Keflavik”
  • Finnish: “Keflavík”
  • French: “Keflavik”
  • French: “Keflavík”
  • Galician: “Keflavík”
  • Georgian: “კებლავიკი”
  • Georgian: “კეფლავიკი”
  • German: “Keflavik”
  • German: “Keflavík”
  • Greek: “Κεφλαβίκ”
  • Greek: “Κέφλαβικ”
  • Hebrew: “קפלאוויק”
  • Hebrew: “קפלאויק”
  • Hebrew: “קפלוויק”
  • Hindi: “केफ्लाविक”
  • Hungarian: “Keflavík”
  • Icelandic: “Keflavík”
  • Icelandic: “Keflavíkur”
  • Icelandic: “Keflavíkurbær”
  • Icelandic: “Keflavíkurhreppur”
  • Icelandic: “Keflavíkurkaupstaður”
  • Indonesian: “Keflavik”
  • Indonesian: “Keflavík”
  • Interlingue: “Keflavík”
  • Irish: “Keflavík”
  • Italian: “Keflavik”
  • Italian: “Keflavík”
  • Japanese: “キェプラヴィーク”
  • Japanese: “ケフラヴィーク”
  • Japanese: “ケプラヴィーク”
  • Japanese: “ケフラヴィク”
  • Kalaallisut: “Keflavík”
  • Korean: “케플라비크”
  • Latin: “Keflavík”
  • Latvian: “Ķeblavika”
  • Latvian: “Keflavika”
  • Latvian: “Keflavīka”
  • Lithuanian: “Keblavikas”
  • Lithuanian: “Keflavikas”
  • Low German: “Keflavík”
  • Macedonian: “Кеплавик”
  • Macedonian: “Кефлавик”
  • Mingrelian: “კებლავიკი”
  • Moksha: “Кэплавик”
  • Northern Sami: “Keflavík”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Keflavik”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Keflavík”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Keflavik”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Keflavík”
  • Norwegian: “Keflavík”
  • Ossetian: “Кеблавик”
  • Ossetian: “Кефлавик”
  • Persian: “کپلاویک”
  • Polish: “Keflavik”
  • Polish: “Keflavík”
  • Portuguese: “Keflavik”
  • Portuguese: “Keflavík”
  • Russian: “Кеблавик”
  • Russian: “Кеплавик”
  • Russian: “Кефлавик”
  • Scots: “Keflavík”
  • Serbian: “Keblavik”
  • Serbian: “Keflavík”
  • Serbian: “Кеблавик”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Keflavík”
  • Sicilian: “Keflavík”
  • Slovak: “Keflavík”
  • Slovenian: “Keflavík”
  • Spanish: “Keflavik”
  • Spanish: “Keflavík”
  • Swedish: “Keflavik”
  • Swedish: “Keflavík”
  • Turkish: “Keflavík”
  • Ukrainian: “Кеплавік”
  • Urdu: “کیپلاویک”
  • Veps: “Keblavik”
  • Vietnamese: “Keflavík”
  • Volapük: “Keflavík”
  • Welsh: “Keflavik”
  • Welsh: “Keflavík”
  • Western Frisian: “Keflavik”
  • Western Frisian: “Keflavík”
  • Wu Chinese: “凯夫拉维克”

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