Hornafjörður Airport

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 Myflúg Air with regular flights to Reykjavík Airport.

Hornafjörður Airport
IATA: HFN ICAO: BIHN
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Isavia
Location	Höfn, Iceland
Elevation AMSL	24 ft / 7 m
Coordinates	64°17′44″N 15°13′38″W
Map
HFN Location of Airport in Iceland
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 18/36 1,500 4,921 Asphalt
Statistics (2016[1])
Passengers 11,183
Source: DAFIF[2] GCM[3]

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

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

In the 2013 film The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Hornafjörður Airport is depicted as Nuuk Airport, with an Air Greenland aircraft landing there.^[7][8]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Mýflug	Reykjavík[9]

Statistics

Passengers and movements

Annual passenger traffic at HFN airport. See Wikidata query.

	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
[10]

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.