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Airport · ICAO · IS

Class D

Reykjavík Domestic Airport

ID BIRK Elev 48 ft Lat 64° 7.72' N Lon 21° 56.26' W Zulu

Aerial view · BIRK

No FAA diagram published

The FAA does not publish an Airport Diagram (APD) for BIRK — most non-towered fields, heliports, seaplane bases, and private strips fall here. Below: aerial imagery showing the actual field, runways, taxiways, and surroundings.

Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics, USDA FSA

Runways at BIRK

4 runway ends on file. Longest: 5,138 ft.

Designator Heading Length Width Surface Lighting Gradient
01 355° 5,138 ft 148 ft ASP Yes
19 175° 5,138 ft 148 ft ASP Yes
13 117° 4,035 ft 148 ft ASP Yes
31 297° 4,035 ft 148 ft ASP Yes

Source: in-app airport database (runway lengths + headings), OurAirports for surface, width, lighting. Gradient computed from FAA NASR runway-end elevation deltas (the published RWY_GRAD field is empty in 99.99% of NASR rows; we derive it from the elevations the FAA does publish).

Communications

5 frequencies on file — tower, ground, ATIS, CTAF, approach, departure, etc.

  • ATIS ATIS 128.100
  • GND GND 121.700
  • TWR TWR 118.000
  • A/D APP/DEP 119.000
  • RDO RDO 126.550

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Navaids associated with BIRK

  • NDB GF

    Grof

    0.32 MHz · TERMINAL · LOW

  • NDB RK

    Reykjavik

    0.35 MHz · BOTH · HIGH

  • NDB SA

    Skagi

    0.38 MHz · BOTH · LOW

Field profile

Reykjavík Airport is the main domestic airport serving Reykjavík, the capital of Iceland. The airport is located about two kilometres from the city centre. It is the domestic hub of Icelandair flights and has two runways. Reykjavík Airport is owned and operated by the state enterprise Isavia.

Tags

REK

Source: OurAirports community

IATA · RKV

NTSB events at BIRK

1 NTSB-recorded event on file at this airport .

Last 10 years · n=0

No NTSB events at this field in the last decade.

All time · n=1

  • Fuel exhaustion / starvation 1

Categories derived from NTSB Findings descriptions and probable-cause text via deterministic rule matching. "Other" includes cases where the agency record didn't surface enough text to classify.

Date Aircraft · Classification · Wx Sev
2008-02-11 Cessna 310N · Fuel exhaustion · day

Canonical references

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