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Hornafjörður Airport

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Hornafjörður Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorIsavia
LocationHöfn, Iceland
Elevation AMSL24 ft (7.3 m)
Coordinates64°17′44″N 15°13′38″W / 64.29556°N 15.22722°W / 64.29556; -15.22722
Map
HFN is located in Iceland
HFN
HFN
Location of Airport in Iceland
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
18/36 1,500 4,921 Asphalt
Statistics (2016[1])
Passengers11,183
Source: DAFIF[2] GCM[3]

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 Icelandair with regular flights to Reykjavík Airport.

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

History

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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 800 m runway which ran east-west, later decommissioned. A larger terminal building was added in 1982.[6]

Icelandair had served the airport since its inception until Eagle Air took over service to the airport from 2007-2024.[7] Icelandair began serving the airport again by way of a public service contract in 2025.[8]

In the 2013 film The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Hornafjörður Airport is depicted as Nuuk Airport, with an Air Greenland aircraft landing there.[9][10]

Airlines and destinations

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AirlinesDestinations
IcelandairReykjavík[11]

Statistics

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Passengers and movements

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PassengersYear8000900010,00011,00012,00013,00014,00015,0001990199520002005201020152020PassengersAnnual passenger traffic
Number of
passengers[note 1]		Number of
movements[note 2]
2003 8,4141,366
2004 8.9731,594
2005 8,8641,602
2006 8,8731,328
2007 9,5121,300
2008 10,6771,276
2009 10,5721,381
2010 9,8881,350
2011 10,6451,184
2012 9,2711,100
2013 9,2631,100
2014 9,8871,086
2015 9,4401,150
2016 11,1831,216
2017 11,0081,424
2018 11,3421,361
2019 10,0051,219
2020 5,876837
2021 8,5861,097
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See also

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Notes

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

References

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  1. ↑ THE AVIATION FACT FILE Archived 2017-02-01 at the Wayback Machine (Isavia)
  2. ↑ "Airport information for BIHN". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05. Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
  3. ↑ "Airport information for HFN" – via Great Circle Mapper.
  4. ↑ "HN @ OurAirports". ourairports.com.
  5. ↑ "SkyVector: Flight Planning / Aeronautical Charts". skyvector.com.
  6. ↑ Háskólabókasafn, Landsbókasafn Íslands-. "Tímarit.is". timarit.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  7. ↑ "Flugfélagið Ernir fær nýja flugvél - Vísir". visir.is (in Icelandic). 2006-12-28. Retrieved 2026-04-23.
  8. ↑ Adam, Darren (2025-09-01). "Icelandair flights to Höfn underway: good news for Ísafjörður? - RÚV.is". RÚV. Retrieved 2026-04-23.
  9. ↑ The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, 30 July 2017, retrieved 2024-02-19
  10. ↑ 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)
  11. ↑ "Samið við Icelandair um flug til Hornafjarðar".
  12. ↑ "Passengers, freight and mail through Icelandic airports 2003-2019". PX-Web.[permanent dead link]
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