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Patreksfjörður Airport (BIPA/PFJ) was a small airfield in the Westfjords of Iceland that once served the fishing village of Patreksfjörður, lying across the fjord about 4.8 kilometres south of the settlement. Commercial services ended in 2000 and the field was formally closed in 2011, leaving a single lit hard runway that remains of interest to simulator pilots exploring remote Icelandic strips.
Patreksfjörður Airport was a public airfield built to serve the fishing village of the same name on the south coast of the Westfjords peninsula in northwest Iceland. It sat on the far side of the fjord from the town itself, and although it never handled large traffic it offered a paved, lit runway that made it a useful stop for light aircraft serving this remote corner of the country. The field ceased scheduled operations in 2000 and was officially closed in 2011, which gives it a certain ghost-airfield appeal for pilots interested in flying to disused Icelandic strips.
The airfield lies in the Westfjords region of Iceland, on the southern side of Patreksfjörður fjord, roughly 4.8 kilometres south of the town of Patreksfjörður at coordinates 65.5558N, 23.9651W. The surrounding airspace falls under Reykjavik Area Control, reachable on 119.7 MHz. The nearest airport with any current scheduled service is Bíldudalur Airport, about 36 kilometres away.
The field has a single physical runway, 14/32, of hard surface construction and lit, with a length of approximately 4580 feet. Field elevation is 13 feet above mean sea level. There is no ILS.
An AFIS frequency of 119.1 MHz was associated with the field for local radio calls, with Reykjavik Area Control available on 119.7 MHz for the surrounding airspace. A non-directional beacon, identifier PA, was located on the airfield itself, though as the field is closed it should not be relied upon for navigation without checking current status.
The airfield's most useful visual reference is its position on the far side of the fjord from the town of Patreksfjörður, roughly 4.8 kilometres to the south across the water, making the fjord itself and the town a clear lead-in for locating the strip.
Patreksfjörður as a settlement dates back to at least the ninth century, with farming communities established along the fjord long before it grew into a fishing and trading village in the late eighteenth century. According to the Landnámabók, the fjord took its name from Bishop Patrick of the Hebrides, spiritual guide to Örlygur Hrappson, the area's first settler. The airport itself was built across the fjord from the village to provide air access to this isolated part of the Westfjords, with a non-directional beacon, identifier PA, sited on the field. Commercial passenger services ceased in 2000, and the airport was formally closed in 2011 after a decade without scheduled flights.
Patreksfjörður Airport has been closed since 2011 and no longer supports scheduled or commercial flying. The nearest airport now offering scheduled service to the area is Bíldudalur Airport, some 36 kilometres away, with onward bus connections to Patreksfjörður itself. Pilots considering the site today should treat it as a disused field with no active facilities.
