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BIRK · Reykjavík Domestic Airport

ICAO · IS · 1 NTSB events

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

Aerial view

No FAA diagram published

Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics, USDA FSA

Runways

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 —

Lengths + headings: in-app airport database. Surface, width, lighting: OurAirports. Gradient: derived from FAA NASR runway-end elevations (NASR's RWY_GRAD field is empty in 99.99% of rows).

Communications · 5 frequencies

  • 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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  • 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

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 rule-matched from NTSB findings and probable-cause text. "Other" = not enough agency text to classify.

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