Hornafjörður Airport
Airport in Höfn, Iceland
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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
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
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Icelandair | Reykjavík[11] |
Statistics
Passengers and movements
| Number of passengers[note 1] | Number of movements[note 2] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 8,414 | 1,366 | ||
| 2004 | 8.973 | 1,594 | ||
| 2005 | 8,864 | 1,602 | ||
| 2006 | 8,873 | 1,328 | ||
| 2007 | 9,512 | 1,300 | ||
| 2008 | 10,677 | 1,276 | ||
| 2009 | 10,572 | 1,381 | ||
| 2010 | 9,888 | 1,350 | ||
| 2011 | 10,645 | 1,184 | ||
| 2012 | 9,271 | 1,100 | ||
| 2013 | 9,263 | 1,100 | ||
| 2014 | 9,887 | 1,086 | ||
| 2015 | 9,440 | 1,150 | ||
| 2016 | 11,183 | 1,216 | ||
| 2017 | 11,008 | 1,424 | ||
| 2018 | 11,342 | 1,361 | ||
| 2019 | 10,005 | 1,219 | ||
| 2020 | 5,876 | 837 | ||
| 2021 | 8,586 | 1,097 | ||
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