Icelandic Aviation
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Icelandic Aviation
Hi all 
Just got back from an incredible 5 days in the beautiful country of Iceland, we were treated to blue skies every day and brilliant Northern Lights displays each night, can't believe how lucky we got.
We hired a car for the length of our stay and covered not far off 1000km over 3 days (spent a day in Isafjordur too, from Reykjavik City).
What surprised me was the amount of small airstrips there was dotted around the country, ones that I remember seeing are Selfoss, Hella and one just south of the volcano Eyjafjallajökull, clearly marked out with large orange cones.
I'm just curious as to how much General Aviation activity there is in Iceland? Some of the strips I saw appear to be in the 'middle of nowhere' type locations, particuarly the one next to Eyjafjallajökull. Googling I see there are 60+ registered airstrips dotted around the country
I'm not a pilot and have no GA flying experience but do have a keen interest in all things aviation so it interested me as to what the majority of these seemingly abandoned strips are used for, such as Selfoss that had a nice looking waiting room/tower and a large car park (with no cars in it).
Thanks
Just got back from an incredible 5 days in the beautiful country of Iceland, we were treated to blue skies every day and brilliant Northern Lights displays each night, can't believe how lucky we got.
We hired a car for the length of our stay and covered not far off 1000km over 3 days (spent a day in Isafjordur too, from Reykjavik City).
What surprised me was the amount of small airstrips there was dotted around the country, ones that I remember seeing are Selfoss, Hella and one just south of the volcano Eyjafjallajökull, clearly marked out with large orange cones.
I'm just curious as to how much General Aviation activity there is in Iceland? Some of the strips I saw appear to be in the 'middle of nowhere' type locations, particuarly the one next to Eyjafjallajökull. Googling I see there are 60+ registered airstrips dotted around the country
I'm not a pilot and have no GA flying experience but do have a keen interest in all things aviation so it interested me as to what the majority of these seemingly abandoned strips are used for, such as Selfoss that had a nice looking waiting room/tower and a large car park (with no cars in it).
Thanks
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There is quite a bit of light aviation in Iceland, with few roads and large distances to cover it is the ideal place for light aircraft. However just like in the rest of Europe disproportionate EASA regulation is strangling the freedom of the sky's.
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Was in there a few days ago ferrying a 560 Citation 5 to Dallas from UK
Beautiful country with a need for GA
Weather can be excellent too.
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-L...0715.JPG?gl=GB
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-T...0721.JPG?gl=GB
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-o...0724.JPG?gl=GB
Pace
Beautiful country with a need for GA
Weather can be excellent too.
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-L...0715.JPG?gl=GB
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-T...0721.JPG?gl=GB
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-o...0724.JPG?gl=GB
Pace
Last edited by Pace; 19th December 2012 at 13:56.
