Editing Akureyri (section)

=== Airport ===
[[File:Eyjafjörður.jpeg|thumb|right|250px|Aerial view of the [[fjord]]]]
[[Akureyri Airport]], one of four international airports in Iceland and the only international airport in the north of the country,<ref>{{Harvnb|AFE|2004}}</ref> was constructed in 1954 replacing the airstrip at Melgerdismelar further to the south.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nat.is/travelguideeng/akureyri_airport.htm|publisher=Nordic Adventure Travel|title=Akureyri airport|access-date=2009-06-12| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090625015231/http://www.nat.is/travelguideeng/akureyri_airport.htm| archive-date= 25 June 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref> 

The airport is mostly used for domestic flights. [[Icelandair]] flies several times a day to [[Reykjavík Airport|Reykjavík]], and there are also domestic flights to [[Grímsey]], [[Vopnafjörður]] and [[Þórshöfn]] (small settlements in northeast Iceland).<ref>{{cite web |title=Domestic travel |url=http://www.visitakureyri.is/go-there/domestic-travel |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090213031516/http://visitakureyri.is/go-there/domestic-travel/ |archive-date=2009-02-13 |access-date=2009-06-12 |publisher=Akureyri Cultural and Marketing Office}}</ref> 

There are also seasonal scheduled international flights to [[Gatwick Airport|London-Gatwick]], [[Amsterdam Airport Schiphol|Amsterdam]] and [[Zürich]] with [[easyJet]] and [[Transavia]]. [[Nerlerit Inaat Airport|Nerlerit Inaat]] in Greenland is also served.<ref>{{Cite web |last=akureyri.net |title="Lykilatriði til að jafna árstíðasveifluna" |url=https://www.akureyri.net/is/moya/news/lykilatridi-til-ad-jafna-arstidasveifluna |access-date=2024-02-22 |website=akureyri.net |language=is |archive-date=22 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240222214649/https://www.akureyri.net/is/moya/news/lykilatridi-til-ad-jafna-arstidasveifluna |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2007, Akureyri Airport had a passenger traffic level of 221,200 and 19,778 aircraft movements.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.statice.is/?PageID=1406&src=/temp_en/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=SAM04201%26ti=Passengers%2C+freight+and+mail+through+Icelandic+airports+2003%2D2007+%26path=../Database/ferdamal/Flug/%26search=AKUREYRI%26lang=3%26units=number|title=Passengers, freight and mail through Icelandic airports 2003-2007|publisher=Statistics Iceland|access-date=2009-06-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608083535/http://www.statice.is/?PageID=1406&src=%2Ftemp_en%2FDialog%2Fvarval.asp%3Fma%3DSAM04201&ti=Passengers%2C+freight+and+mail+through+Icelandic+airports+2003-2007+&path=..%2FDatabase%2Fferdamal%2FFlug%2F&search=AKUREYRI&lang=3&units=number|archive-date=2011-06-08|url-status=live}}</ref>