Airports / Iceland / AEY
Akureyri International Airport
BIAR / AEYAkureyri, IcelandELEV 6 FT
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Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
24 nm
To the nearest alternate
Húsavík Airport (HZK) — 3 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Akureyri International Airport (BIAR / AEY) is a large commercial airport serving Akureyri, Iceland. The field lies at an elevation of 6 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
Charter departments call it home: NorlandAir bases aircraft at AEY. Useful alternates include Húsavík Airport (HZK, 24 nm), Mývatn Airport (MVA, 29 nm), and Siglufjörður Airport (SIJ, 35 nm).
Quotes for flights out of AEY vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from AEY, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
BIAR
IATA
AEY
FAA / Local
BIAR
Elevation
6 ft
Coordinates
65.6566° N · 18.0720° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Large
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs Iceland fields
state range 6–1,030 ft
At 6 ft, AEY sits lower than 92% of the 13 Iceland fields on the register.
Based charter operators1
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 24nmHZKHúsavík AirportHúsavík
- 29nmMVAMývatn AirportMyvatn
- 35nmSIJSiglufjörður AirportSiglufjörður
- 53nmGRYGrímsey AirportGrímsey/Sandvík
- 80nmVPNVopnafjörður AirportVopnafjörður
- 94nmEGSEgilsstaðir AirportEgilsstaðir
Location
Open the full mapBIAR · Akureyri International Airport · Akureyri, Iceland