Bíldudalur Airport

Bíldudalur Airport
IATA: BIU ICAO: BIBD
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	ISAVIA
Serves	Bíldudalur, Tálknafjörður and Patreksfjörður, Iceland
Elevation AMSL	26 ft / 8 m
Coordinates	65°38′30″N 23°32′45″W
Map
BIU
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 05/23 1,000 3,281 Asphalt
Source: AIP Iceland[1] GCM[2] Google Maps[3]

Bíldudalur Airport (IATA: BIU, ICAO: BIBD) is an airport serving Bíldudalur, a village in the Vesturbyggð municipality in the Westfjords of Iceland. The runway is 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) south-southeast of the village.

Flights that land in Northern direction, which is common, have to pass a 450 metres (1,480 ft) mountain pass as well as an altitude margin only 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) from the runway. These flights also have to make a fairly steep descent and perform a 40-degree turn just before landing.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Norlandair	Reykjavík

Statistics

Passengers and movements

	Number of passengers[note 1]	Number of movements[note 2]
2003	4,148	732
2004	4,326	780
2005	3,858	826
2006	3,418	740
2007	2,866	930
2008	3,926	838
2009	3,764	758
2010	3,602	716
2011	3,513	694
2012	4,180	686
2013	3,921	692
2014	3,575	664
2015	3,371	652
2016	3,333	734
2017	3,600	742
2018	3,014	725
2019	2,983	696
2020	2,304	604
2021	3,685	777
[4]

See also

• Transport in Iceland
• List of airports in Iceland

Notes

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

References

1. "AIP Iceland: AD 2 - BIBD - BÍLDUDALUR / Bildudalur" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 2, 2014.
2. Airport information for BIU at Great Circle Mapper.
3. "Google Maps". Google Maps.
4. "Passengers, freight and mail through Icelandic airports 2003-2019". PX-Web.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

External links

• OurAirports - Bíldudalur
• OpenStreetMap - Bíldudalur