Þórshöfn Airport

{{Infobox airport

| name = Þórshöfn Airport

| nativename = {{lang|is|Þórshafnarflugvöllur}}

| image =

| IATA = THO

| ICAO = BITN

| pushpin_map = Iceland

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Airport in Iceland

| pushpin_label = THO

| pushpin_label_position = top

| type = Public

| owner =

| operator = ISAVIA

| city-served = Þórshöfn, Iceland

| location =

| elevation-f = 64

| elevation-m = 20

| coordinates = {{coord|66|13|06|N|015|20|08|W|region:IS_type:airport|display=title,inline}}

| website = https://www.isavia.is/en/thorshofn-airport

| metric-rwy = y

| r1-number = 02/20

| r1-length-m = 1,199

| r1-length-f = 3,934

| r1-surface = Asphalt

| footnotes = Sources: AIP Iceland,{{cite web |url= http://ww2.caa.is/media/PDF/AD_2_BITN.pdf |title= AIP Iceland: AD 2 - BITN - ÞÓRSHÖFN / Thorshofn |access-date= 2013-12-04 |archive-date= 2013-08-29 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130829001945/http://ww2.caa.is/media/PDF/AD_2_BITN.pdf |url-status= dead }} DAFIF{{cite web|url-status=usurped|url=http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=BITN|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190305143444/http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=BITN|archive-date=2019-03-05|title=Airport information for BITN|website=World Aero Data}} Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.{{GCM|THO}}

}}

Þórshöfn Airport ({{langx|is|Þórshafnarflugvöllur}} {{IPA|is|ˈθour̥sˌhapnarˌflʏɣˌvœtlʏr̥}}) {{airport codes|THO|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.

Overview

Þórshöfn Airport was previously located about 4.8 km to the northeast, at {{Coord|66|15|07|N|15|16|23|W|type:airport_region:IS|display=inline|name=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. The airport has a very small terminal building of around {{convert|12|x|9|m|ft|sp=us}}. Domestic airports do not need security checks in Iceland, and the 19-seat Twin Otter aircraft used does not need large terminals.

Airlines and destinations

{{airport-dest-list

| Norlandair | Akureyri, Vopnafjörður

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Statistics

=Passengers and movements=

class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto;" \|+
\|	Number of passengersNumber of passengers including domestic, international and transit.	style="width:125px"\| Number of movementsNumber of movements represents total takeoffs and landings during that year.
2015 \|502 \|\| 428
2016 \|441 \|\| 452
2017 \|1,079 \|\| 458
2018 \|870 \|\| 468
2019 \|835 \|\| 489
2020 \|467 \|\| 392
2021 \|964 \|\| 532
colspan="5" style="text-align:right;"\| {{Cite web\|url=https://px.hagstofa.is/pxen/pxweb/en/Umhverfi/Umhverfi__5_samgongur__2_flugogflugvellir/SAM04201.px\|title=Passengers, freight and mail through Icelandic airports 2003-2019}}

class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto;"

Number of
passengersNumber of passengers including domestic, international and transit.

style="width:125px"| Number of
movementsNumber of movements represents total takeoffs and landings during that year.

2015

|502 || 428

2016

|441 || 452

2017

|1,079 || 458

2018

|870 || 468

2019

|835 || 489

2020

|467 || 392

2021

|964 || 532

colspan="5" style="text-align:right;"| {{Cite web|url=https://px.hagstofa.is/pxen/pxweb/en/Umhverfi/Umhverfi__5_samgongur__2_flugogflugvellir/SAM04201.px|title=Passengers, freight and mail through Icelandic airports 2003-2019}}

== Accidents and incidents ==

File:Flugzeugwrack.jpg

In July 1969, Douglas R4D-6 Bu 150187 of the United States Navy was damaged beyond economic repair in an accident at Þórshöfn Airport. Pilot Russell W. Sims Jr, Executive Officer of NAS Keflavik, was flying in supplies and mail when cross winds, unimproved runway surface coupled with what the investigative report stated was pilot error was not able to keep control of the plane upon landing, going off the runway surface and destroying the landing gear. Another source states that the aircraft swung off the runway during takeoff.[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19690725-1 Accident description DC-3 Bu 150187], Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 13 September 2016.

Notes

References

External links

{{ASN|THO}}
[http://www.mats.is/fotoweb/Preview.fwx?&position=2&archiveType=ImageFolder&archiveId=5000&albumId=5000&sorting=ModifiedTimeAsc&search=BITH&fileId=B55884BE03B0023272C877AB64D69E7680DF334D1B5D3FA12BEB30FD8D343FD8BE1FAA6C640BC51D9D43F87D18664D4D2809A229D8BD062294D38C76197E81A331A4EC1F313B3C76D69FD8A84B812F63B15DECF1FCE2F740DA73AC9D5877DC3A9E3E36366831EE066211B8A5905D92F281FCC613F60DE29729A49814A0A246B6432B37C3A23CA7F692636AB29432020E6CFD413FAB3577725012364BEDC81418ED4414647053C591 Aerial picture of the new Þórshöfn Airport (BITN), viewing south with the town of Þórshöfn in the background 2 nm away]
[http://www.mats.is/fotoweb/Preview.fwx?&position=1&archiveType=ImageFolder&archiveId=5000&albumId=5000&sorting=ModifiedTimeAsc&search=BITH&fileId=B55884BE03B0023272C877AB64D69E7680DF334D1B5D3FA12BEB30FD8D343FD8BE1FAA6C640BC51D9D43F87D18664D4D2809A229D8BD062294D38C76197E81A331A4EC1F313B3C761F26F71E68F968E7AC09021F4DE344C629ED54F535D79E9B4EF0A1F98E7CE6F94F35CDC2159E424B29A49814A0A246B6432B37C3A23CA7F692636AB29432020E6CFD413FAB3577725012364BEDC81418ED4414647053C591 Aerial picture of the old Þórshöfn Airport (BITH)].

Category:Airports in Iceland

Category:Northeastern Region (Iceland)