Hornafjörður_Airport

Hornafjörður Airport

Hornafjörður Airport

Airport in Höfn, Iceland

Hornafjörður Airport or Hornafjordur Airport (IATA: HFN, ICAO: BIHN) is an airport serving Höfn, Iceland. The airport is 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north of the town. It is served by Eagle Air with regular flights to Reykjavík Airport.

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The Hornafjordur non-directional beacon (Ident: HN) is located 1.24 nautical miles off the threshold of runway 36.[4][5]

The airport was opened on 22 September 1965, replacing a landing area on coastal spit south of the town at Melatangi, Suðurfjörður. The airport originally opened with a second 800m runway which ran east-west, later decommissioned. A larger terminal building was added in 1982.[6]

In the 2013 film The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Hornafjörður Airport is depicted as Nuuk Airport, with an Air Greenland aircraft landing there.[7][8]

Airlines and destinations

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Statistics

Passengers and movements

Annual passenger traffic at HFN airport. See Wikidata query.
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See also

Notes

  1. [N 1]
    Number of passengers including domestic, international and transit.
  2. [N 2]
    Number of movements represents total takeoffs and landings during that year.

References

  1. [1]
    THE AVIATION FACT FILE Archived 2017-02-01 at the Wayback Machine (Isavia)
  2. [2]
    "Airport information for BIHN". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
  3. [3]
    Airport information for HFN at Great Circle Mapper.
  4. [4]
    "HN @ OurAirports". ourairports.com.
  5. [5]
    "SkyVector: Flight Planning / Aeronautical Charts". skyvector.com.
  6. [6]
    Háskólabókasafn, Landsbókasafn Íslands-. "Tímarit.is". timarit.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  7. [7]
    The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, retrieved 2024-02-19
  8. [8]
    Ago, Highwingsin #film • 7 Years (2017-08-09). "Film Locations I visited; Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Iceland". Steemit. Retrieved 2024-02-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. [9]
    "Fly Drive – Höfn East Iceland - Iceland Travel Guide: Locations & Tours". www.icelandaurora.com. 2015-02-26. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  10. [10]
    "Höfn in Hornafjörður | Eagle Air Iceland". www.eagleair.is. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  11. [11]
    "Passengers, freight and mail through Icelandic airports 2003-2019". PX-Web.[permanent dead link]



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