Airports / Iceland / MVA
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
22 nm
To the nearest alternate
Húsavík Airport (HZK) — 2 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Mývatn Airport (BIRL / MVA) sits in Myvatn, Iceland, where it functions as a mid-sized airport. The field lies at an elevation of 1,030 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
MVA has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Húsavík Airport (HZK, 22 nm), Akureyri International Airport (AEY, 29 nm), and Vopnafjörður Airport (VPN, 51 nm).
Quotes for flights out of MVA vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. The airport is also known as Reykjahlíð. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from MVA, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
BIRL
IATA
MVA
FAA / Local
BIRL
Elevation
1,030 ft
Coordinates
65.6558° N · 16.9181° 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
No
Elevation vs Iceland fields
state range 6–1,030 ft
At 1,030 ft, MVA sits higher than 92% 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.
- 22nmHZKHúsavík AirportHúsavík
- 29nmAEYAkureyri International AirportAkureyri
- 51nmVPNVopnafjörður AirportVopnafjörður
- 57nmSIJSiglufjörður AirportSiglufjörður
- 60nmGRYGrímsey AirportGrímsey/Sandvík
- 67nmEGSEgilsstaðir AirportEgilsstaðir
Location
Open the full mapBIRL · Mývatn Airport · Myvatn, Iceland