Vestmannaeyjar Airport
Vestmannaeyjar Airport Vestmannaeyjaflugvöllur | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Operator | ISAVIA | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland | ||||||||||||||
Location | Heimaey | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 326 ft / 99 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 63°25′30″N 020°16′45″W / 63.42500°N 20.27917°W | ||||||||||||||
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VEY Location of Airport in Iceland | |||||||||||||||
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Vestmannaeyjar Airport (Icelandic: Vestmannaeyjaflugvöllur [ˈvɛstˌmanːaˌeiːjaˌflʏɣˌvœtlʏr̥]) (IATA: VEY, ICAO: BIVM) is a two-runway airport on the island of Heimaey, in Vestmannaeyjar (Westman Islands), a small archipelago off the south coast of Iceland. It is also known as Westman Islands Airport.
Operations[]
Air Iceland Connect, flew multiple daily flights to Reykjavík Airport before it ended all scheduled activity on 3 August 2010. The main carrier was then Eagle Air until 2020.[3] Icelandair then took over flights to the airport from April 2021.[4]
Vestmannaeyjar Airport previously had private flights to Bakki Airport on the southern coast of Iceland, taking approximately 7 minutes (depending on the weather); the scheduled flights to Reykjavík Airport takes 25 minutes..
History[]
During Eldfell's volcanic eruption in 1973, Vestmannaeyjar Airport served as an evacuation point for elderly and patients from the hospital who could not evacuate by boat. After the eruption was over, the tephra provided suitable materials to extend the runways.
Airlines and destinations[]
Airlines | Destinations |
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Eagle Air (Iceland) | Reykjavík |
Statistics[]
Passengers and movements[]
Number of passengers[note 1] |
Number of movements[note 2] | |||
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2003 | 45,156 | 13,244 | ||
2004 | 47,157 | 13,762 | ||
2005 | 50,490 | 13,526 | ||
2006 | 47,523 | 13,714 | ||
2007 | 48,882 | 13,200 | ||
2008 | 52,189 | 14,599 | ||
2009 | 55,382 | 11,034 | ||
2010 | 26,300 | 5,142 | ||
2011 | 20,430 | 4,022 | ||
2012 | 19,242 | 4,136 | ||
2013 | 17,655 | 4,159 | ||
2014 | 19,412 | 4,900 | ||
2015 | 19,637 | 4,718 | ||
2016 | 19,107 | 4,586 | ||
2017 | 17,395 | 4,817 | ||
2018 | 16,803 | 4,292 | ||
2019 | 11,690 | 3,484 | ||
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Notes[]
References[]
- ^ THE AVIATION FACT FILE (Isavia)
- ^ "AIP Iceland: AD 2 - BIVM - Vestmannaeyjar / Vestmannaeyjar" (PDF).
- ^ "Icelandair stops flights to Vestmannaeyjar due to low demand". 27 August 2021.
- ^ "Air Iceland Connect - Westman Islands". airiceland.is. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ "Passengers, freight and mail through Icelandic airports 2003-2019". PX-Web.
External links[]
Media related to Vestmannaeyjar Airport at Wikimedia Commons
- Airports in Iceland
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- Europe transport stubs
- Iceland stubs