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Keflavík Airport

international airport serving Reykjavík, Iceland
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Summary

Keflavík Airport is an international airport[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of international airport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,902 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Reykjanesbær[3], Suðurnesjabær[4]
  • Country: Iceland[5]
  • Instance of: airport[6], commercial traffic aerodrome[7]
  • Owned by: Isavia[8]
  • Operator: Isavia[9]
  • Named after: Keflavík[10]
  • IATA airport code: KEF[11]
  • ICAO airport code: BIKF[12]
  • Commons category: Keflavík International Airport[13]
  • Runway: 01/19[14], 10/28[15]
  • Inception: March 23, 1943[16]
  • Coordinate location: 63.985, -22.605555555556[17]
  • Official website: http://www.kefairport.is/english/[18], https://www.isavia.is/en/keflavik-airport[19], https://www.isavia.is/keflavikurflugvollur[20]
  • Place served by transport hub: Njarðvík[21], Keflavík[22]
  • Phone number: +354-425-6000[23]
  • Date of official opening: 1943[24]
  • Native label: Keflavíkurflugvöllur[25]
  • Different from: Reykjavík Airport[26]
  • Elevation above sea level: 171[27]
  • Aerodrome reference point: 63.985, -22.6056[28]
  • Wi-Fi access: gratis[29]
  • Patronage: 567,236[30], 603,887[31], 748,774[32], 806,179[33], 700,787[34], 735,064[35], 740,901[36], 756,261[37], 761,344[38], 839,632[39], 843,439[40], 930,486[41], 1,024,650[42], 1,098,191[43]

Why It Matters

Keflavík Airport has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] It is known by 71 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]

Related Entities

Iceland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [44] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [45] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 29d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/55346|batch #55346]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 15w ago · Ytterbyz · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Mapcarta id → Keflavík_International_Airport
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Mapcarta id: Keflavík_International_Airport"
  3. 23w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Different from → Reykjavík Airport
    Instance of → international airport, airport, commercial traffic aerodrome
    State of use → in use
    + 26 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Wolfram language entity code: Entity["Airport", "BIKF"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257634|batch #257634]]"
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