Gjögur Airport ( is, Gjögurflugvöllur ) is an airport serving the small population of the
Árneshreppur district in the
Westfjords
The Westfjords or West Fjords ( is, Vestfirðir , ISO 3166-2:IS: IS-4) is a large peninsula in northwestern Iceland and an administrative district, the least populous administrative district. It lies on the Denmark Strait, facing the east coas ...
of north-west
Iceland
Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its s ...
, on the coast of
Húnaflói
Húnaflói (, "Huna Bay") is a large bay between Strandir and Skagaströnd in Iceland. It is about wide and long. The towns Blönduós and Skagaströnd are located on the bay's eastern side.
Fauna
The bay has been proposed as a protecte ...
bay.
Operations
It is staffed part-time by an AFIS controller, and only opens for
Norlandair
Norlandair is an Icelandic airline. It was founded on 1 June 2008 when it acquired the Twin Otter flight operation of Air Iceland.
History
The company traces its roots to a company with the same name, Norlandair, that was founded in 1974. That co ...
flights, which are twice a week in the winter and once a week in the summer. Gjögur airport is very important to the local population. In the winter, the airport is the only means of access to the entire district, as the access road is impassable. The government of Iceland requires these flights in order to supply the population with food and other goods, and provide passenger transport. Norlandair is the only airline that flies here.
The airport has runway lights,
PAPI lights, and taxiway lights. It has an instrument approach using the on-field Gjogur
non-directional beacon
A non-directional beacon (NDB) or non-directional radio beacon is a radio beacon which does not include directional information. Radio beacons are radio transmitters at a known location, used as an aviation or marine navigational aid. NDB are i ...
(Ident: GJ), but this is only short range, e.g. it can be picked up from nearby
Hólmavík airfield.
Airlines and destinations
Statistics
Passengers and movements
See also
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Transport in Iceland
The modes of transport in Iceland are governed by the country's rugged terrain and sparse population. The principal mode of personal transport is the car. There are no public railways, although there are bus services. Transport from one major t ...
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List of airports in Iceland
This is a list of airports in Iceland.
There are no railways in Iceland. Driving from Reykjavík to Akureyri takes 4-5 hours compared to 45 minutes flight time, driving from Reykjavík to Egilsstaðir takes 9 hours compared to 1 hour flight tim ...
Notes
References
External links
OurAirports - GjögurOpenStreetMap - Gjögur
Airports in Iceland
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