Gjögur Airport

Gjögur Airport (IATA: GJR, ICAO: BIGJ) is an airport serving the small population of the Árneshreppur district in the Westfjords of north-west Iceland, on the coast of Húnaflói bay.

Gjögur Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorISAVIA
ServesGjögur, Árneshreppur, Iceland
Elevation AMSL98 ft / 30 m
Coordinates65°59′40″N 21°19′45″W
Map
GJR
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
05/23 960 3,150 Asphalt Stabilized Gravel
Source: AIP Iceland[1] Google Maps[2] GCM[3]

Operations

It is staffed part-time by an AFIS controller, and only opens for Eagle Air flights, which are twice a week in the winter and once a week in the summer. Gjögur airport is very important to the local population. In the winter, the airport is the only means of access to the entire district, as the access road is impassable. The government of Iceland requires these flights in order to supply the population with food and other goods, and provide passenger transport. Flugfélag Ernir is the only airline that flies here.

The airport has runway lights, PAPI lights, and taxiway lights. It has an instrument approach using the on-field Gjogur non-directional beacon (Ident: GJ), but this is only short range, e.g. it can be picked up from nearby Hólmavík airfield.[4][5]

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
Eagle AirReykjavík

See also

References
  1. "AIP Iceland: AD 2 - BIGJ - Gjögur" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-28.
  2. Google Maps - Gjögur
  3. Airport information for GJR at Great Circle Mapper.
  4. SkyVector Aeronautical Charts
  5. Gjogur NDB


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.