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Flight Simulator Flights at BIRL Reykjahlíð Airport

Flights recorded 7
Average flight score 91%
Total distance flown 459 nm
Departure
88%
vs 95% ▼ 7
Enroute
99%
vs 96% ▲ 2
Arrival
87%
vs 93% ▼ 6
Landing
78%
vs 86% ▼ 8

Reykjahlíð Airport (ICAO BIRL, IATA MVA) is a small airfield at Mývatn in the Northeastern Region of Iceland, sitting at 1,027 feet above sea level. It offers a single hard-surfaced runway and serves the communities around Lake Mývatn, an area known for its striking volcanic and geothermal landscape.

Overview

Reykjahlíð Airport, also known by its IATA code MVA, is a small aerodrome located at Myvatn in the Northeastern Region (Norðurland eystra) of Iceland. It lies at an elevation of 1,027 feet and provides a single paved runway, making it a modest but useful stop for visual flight rules pilots exploring the Mývatn area of northern Iceland.

Airspace & Location

The airfield is situated at Myvatn in the Northeastern Region of Iceland, at coordinates 65.6558 N, 16.9181 W.

Runways

Reykjahlíð Airport has one physical runway, orientated 01/19, measuring 2,608 feet in length with a hard surface. Both directions are lit.

Radio & Navigation

No communications frequencies are published for the airfield, and it has no instrument landing system or associated navaids on record. Pilots should expect the field to be uncontrolled and should exercise standard self-announcing procedures appropriate to an unattended Icelandic airstrip.

The Airfield Today

Reykjahlíð Airport remains a small regional airfield with a single lit runway serving the Mývatn area of northern Iceland.

BIRL Airport Layout

BIRL Reykjahlíð Airport airport diagram — runways, taxiways and parking stands

Recent Flights

BIRL → BIKP
Reykjahlíð Airport to Kópasker Airport
Cessna Skyhawk
08 Jan 2025 · 42 nm 93.09%
BIRL → BIRL
Reykjahlíð Airport to Reykjahlíð Airport
Cessna Skyhawk
08 Jan 2025 · 9 nm 97.24%
BIGR → BIRL
Grímsey Airport to Reykjahlíð Airport
Cessna Skyhawk
06 Jan 2025 · 67 nm 95.46%
BIRL → BIKR
Reykjahlid to Alexander
TBM 850
27 Mar 2024 · 77 nm 90.38%
BIEG → BIRL
Egilsstadir to Reykjahlid
TBM 850
27 Mar 2024 · 72 nm 88.57%
BIRL → BIHK
Reykjahlid to Holmavik
Piper PA-24 Comanche
04 Feb 2024 · 120 nm 88.21%
BIEG → BIRL
Egilsstadir to Reykjahlid
Piper PA-24 Comanche
03 Feb 2024 · 72 nm 87.19%