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Flight Statistics

Isavia publishes monthly flight statistics on the web with basic statistics about passengers, aircraft movements, cargo and traffic in the Reykjavik Control Area.

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Flight Statistics 2018

Passengers

Passenger movements through Isavia airports totalled 10.6 million in 2018, an increase of around 11% from 2017. The number of international passengers increased from almost 8.8 million to more than 9.8 million, i.e. an increase of some 12% year-on-year. The greatest increase (70%) was at Akureyri Airport, followed by Keflavik Airport (12%), Egilsstaðir Airport (10%) while international passenger at Reykjavik Airport decreased by just 3%. The number of domestic passengers decreased during the same period from just more than 772,000 to just less than 737,000, i.e. a decrease of some 5%, as indicated above.

Number of passengers at all Isavia airports

International Passengers Domestic Passengers
2009 1872423 815042
2010 2123256 738502
2011 2528215 781357
2012 2818926 751505
2013 3259968 695556
2014 3910244 675828
2015 4907486 692622
2016 6869659 749134
2017 8806029 771892
2018 9859122 737319

Flight movements

There were just more than 193,000 flight movements at Isavia airports in 2018. This is a decrease of just more than 2% from the previous year. International flight movements at Icelandic scheduled flight airports totalled over 72,000, an increase of some 9%. The increase was the greatest at Egilsstaðir (just less than 16%), with an increase of more than 9% at Keflavík Airport. Flight movements within Iceland on scheduled flight airports totalled more than 121,000, a decrease of 6% year-on-year.

Number of flight movements

Domestic International
2009 124132 24957
2010 124940 25883
2011 106093 28856
2012 113408 30902
2013 115475 33435
2014 127527 37882
2015 133353 43089
2016 118274 54536
2017 128897 65528
2018 121493 71577

Freight transportations

In total, almost 61,000 tonnes of goods were transported through the company’s airports in 2018, an increase of more than 2% from the previous year. Freight transportation between countries was almost 60,000 tonnes in 2018, an increase of more than 6% year-on-year. In 2018, domestic freight transportation totalled just more than 1,260 tonnes, a decrease of 7% year-on-year.


Number of freight transportations (tonn)

International Domestic
2009 38598 1852
2010 36447 1669
2011 38191 1641
2012 40566 1681
2013 42705 1570
2014 43257 1546
2015 44980 1582
2016 49865 1763
2017 56286 1348
2018 59436 1261

Air traffic control

Around 196,000 aircraft passed through Icelandic airspace in 2018, an increase of around 6% from 2017. A total of almost 267 million kilometres were flown in the Icelandic air traffic control area in 2018. Over a quarter of all air traffic crossing the North Atlantic passes through the Isavia-managed Reykjavik CTA. It is somewhat unique among oceanic control areas in its flexibility regarding flight routing and altitudes.

Number of aircraft using the airspace

Number
2009 101503
2010 102275
2011 111489
2012 107998
2013 116326
2014 130856
2015 145891
2016 165636
2017 185296
2018 196001