Þingeyri Airport is an airport serving
Þingeyri
Þingeyri (, regionally also ) is a settlement in the municipality of Ísafjarðarbær, Iceland.
It is located on the coast of Dýrafjörður fjord in the mountainous peninsula Westfjords (in Icelandic language, Icelandic written Vestfirðir). On ...
(Thingeyri),
Iceland
Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi ...
.
It was closed for air traffic in 2013 due to winter damage to the runway.
Ónýtur flugvöllur á Þingeyri
/ref> The runway has reopened to traffic. It is typically only used as a backup to Ísafjörður Airport
Ísafjörður Airport ( ) is an airport serving Ísafjörður, a town in the Westfjords () region in northwestern Iceland. History
Planning for the airport started in 1958 construction of the runway started the same year. It was originally 1,100 ...
.
See also
*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 ti ...
*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. Domestic flights serve pla ...
References
External links
OurAirports - Iceland
Airports in Iceland
Westfjords
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