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The airport located approximately 3 km (1.9 mi) west of the town of Keflavík, Reykjanesbær, and 50 km (30 mi) southwest of Reykjavík. The airport is linked to downtown Reykjavik via a 50-kilometre (30 mi) journey on the Route 41 dual carriageway.
Naval Air Station Keflavik. Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF) is a United States Navy air station at Keflavík International Airport, Iceland, located on the Reykjanes peninsula on the south-west portion of the island. NASKEF was closed on 8 September 2006, and its facilities were taken over by the Icelandic Defence Agency as their primary ...
Keflavík (pronounced [ˈcʰɛplaˌviːk] ⓘ, meaning Driftwood Bay) is a town in the Reykjanes region in southwest Iceland. It is included in the municipality of Reykjanesbær whose population as of 2016 is 15,129. [2] In 1995, Keflavík merged with nearby Njarðvík and Hafnir to form the municipality of Reykjanesbær. Keflavík ...
Reykjavík (/ ˈreɪkjəvɪk, - viːk / RAYK-yə-vik, -veek; [ 4 ]Icelandic: [ˈreiːcaˌviːk] ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of Iceland. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói bay. With a latitude of 64°08′ N, the city is the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state.
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Rockville Air Station was established in early 1952, although its origins date to a temporary site at Keflavik Airport set up in 1951 to provide radar coverage over the airport. The permanent site was operated by the 932d Aircraft Control and Warning (later Air Defense, Later Air Control) Squadron , and was equipped with AN/TPS-1 B; AN/FPS-3 ...
VPN. Vopnafjörður Airport. 885. Not listed are former military airports and airbases Naval Air Station Keflavik (which is now Keflavik International Airport), RAF Reykjavik (which is now Reykjavik Airport) and RAF Kaldadarnes (which is now abandoned). Also not listed are smaller airfields like Sandskeið glider airfield.
Reykjavík Airport is owned and operated by the state enterprise Isavia. [4] Having shorter runways than the larger Keflavík International Airport, which is sited 50 kilometres (30 mi) out of town, it serves only domestic flights within Iceland and limited Greenland flights. The airport also services medivac, private aviation and general ...