Þórshöfn Airport

Þórshöfn Airport
Þórshafnarflugvöllur
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator ISAVIA
Serves Þórshöfn, Iceland
Elevation AMSL 64 ft / 20 m
Coordinates 66°13′06″N 015°20′08″W / 66.21833°N 15.33556°W / 66.21833; -15.33556Coordinates: 66°13′06″N 015°20′08″W / 66.21833°N 15.33556°W / 66.21833; -15.33556
Map
THO

Location of Airport in Iceland

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
02/20 1,199 3,934 Asphalt
Sources: AIP Iceland,[1] DAFIF[2][3]

Þórshöfn Airport (Icelandic: Þórshafnarflugvöllur) (IATA: THO, ICAO: BITN) is an airport located in Þórshöfn, a village in northeast Iceland. It is also referred to as Thorshofn Airport in many English-language sources.

Þórshöfn Airport was previously located about 4.8 km to the northeast, at 66°15′07″N 15°16′23″W / 66.25194°N 15.27306°W / 66.25194; -15.27306 (Former location of Þórshöfn Airport (ICAO:BITH)), near Sauðanes, and had the ICAO code BITH (but the same IATA code THO). It had a slightly shorter runway with a gravel surface, which has since been closed.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Norlandair Akureyri, Vopnafjörður

Accidents and incidents

The wreck of the DC-3 is nowadays used as a sheep and horse shelter on private land

References

  1. "AIP Iceland: AD 2 - BITN - ÞÓRSHÖFN / Thorshofn" (PDF).
  2. Airport information for BITN at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
  3. Airport information for THO at Great Circle Mapper.
  4. Accident description DC-3 Bu 150187, Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
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