Vestmannaeyjar Airport

Vestmannaeyjar Airport (Icelandic: Vestmannaeyjaflugvöllur) (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.

Vestmannaeyjar Airport

Vestmannaeyjaflugvöllur
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorISAVIA
ServesVestmannaeyjar, Iceland
LocationHeimaey
Elevation AMSL326 ft / 99 m
Coordinates63°25′30″N 020°16′45″W
Map
VEY
Location of Airport in Iceland
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
04/22 1,160 3,806 Asphalt
13/31 1,199 3,934 Asphalt
Statistics (2016[1])
Passengers19,107
Source: AIP Iceland[2]

Operations

The main carrier was previously Air Iceland Connect, which flew multiple daily flights to Reykjavík Airport before it ended all scheduled activity on 3 August 2010. However Air Iceland Connect has announced that they will be returning to the airport in summer 2021.[3] Currently the main carrier is Eagle Air.

Vestmannaeyjar Airport has scheduled and private flights to Bakki Airport on the southern coast of Iceland, taking approximately seven minutes (depending on the weather) or by about 25-minute flight to Reykjavík Airport.

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
AirlinesDestinations
Air Iceland Connect Reykjavík (resumes 28 April 2021)[4]
Eagle Air Reykjavík

References
  1. THE AVIATION FACT FILE (Isavia)
  2. "AIP Iceland: AD 2 - BIVM - Vestmannaeyjar / Vestmannaeyjar" (PDF).
  3. "Air Iceland Connect - Westman Islands". airiceland.is. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  4. "Air Iceland Connect - Westman Islands". airiceland.is. Retrieved 7 December 2020.

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