Airports / Iceland / EGS
Egilsstaðir Airport
BIEG / EGSEgilsstaðir, IcelandELEV 76 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
29 nm
To the nearest alternate
Vopnafjörður Airport (VPN).
Overview
Egilsstaðir Airport, listed as BIEG / EGS, is a mid-sized airport in Egilsstaðir, Iceland. The field lies at an elevation of 76 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
EGS has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Vopnafjörður Airport (VPN, 29 nm), Hornafjörður Airport (HFN, 63 nm), and Mývatn Airport (MVA, 67 nm).
Quotes for flights out of EGS vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from EGS, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
BIEG
IATA
EGS
FAA / Local
BIEG
Elevation
76 ft
Coordinates
65.2833° N · 14.4014° 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
Medium
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs Iceland fields
state range 6–1,030 ft
At 76 ft, EGS sits higher than 69% of the 13 Iceland fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 29nmVPNVopnafjörður AirportVopnafjörður
- 63nmHFNHornafjörður AirportHöfn
- 67nmMVAMývatn AirportMyvatn
- 85nmHZKHúsavík AirportHúsavík
- 94nmAEYAkureyri International AirportAkureyri
- 117nmGRYGrímsey AirportGrímsey/Sandvík
Location
Open the full mapBIEG · Egilsstaðir Airport · Egilsstaðir, Iceland