Air travel in Iceland
 

Travelling with Icelandair, Air Iceland, Islandsflug and other domestic airlines

Iceland’s main airport, Keflavik International Airport, is located 50 kms (31 miles) from Reykjavík, with good shuttle bus connections to the capital.

From there, Icelandair has regular scheduled flights to major cities all over Western Europe and the USA. Iceland Express also operates regular flights between Iceland, London and Copenhagen, and there are some charter flights as well.

Iceland is, along with 14 other European countries, a participant in the Schengen co-operation, which has the objective to secure free passage of individuals over the borders of participant states. This means there is no personal border control for passengers travelling to Iceland from another Schengen state. The other Schengen states are: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain and Sweden.

Hofdi House, site of the world famous Regan-Gorbachev Summit 1986.

Passengers can shop in the duty-free store in the Leifur Eiríksson terminal both on exit and entry and incoming passengers can bring up to 1 litre of alcohol and 1 litre of wine or 6 litres of beer into the country tax-free, in addition to 200 cigarettes or 250 grams of other tobacco products. While in Iceland, visitors can reclaim VAT on purchases of more than ISK 4,000 in each store.

Locally, Flugfélag Íslands (Air Iceland) operates scheduled flights between Reykjavík Airport and several other towns around the country. The airport is only a few minutes drive from the city centre. There are some regional carriers as well.

Eiriksjokull - taken on flight from Akureyri to Reykjavik on a clear spring day in April.