[5] The airport is mainly used for domestic flights to Reykjavík, but it also serves medical, emergency, charter and general aviation.

[6] In late 2016, the UK tour operator Discover the World chartered flights from London-Gatwick and for a few months.

The operator later preferred regular tickets to Keflavík Airport for its Iceland package holidays.

[8] These plans were cancelled two months before the start of the route, Condor citing weak demand.

The town of Egilsstaðir is the largest in Eastern Iceland, and the airport serves as a gateway to the region.

The towns of Seyðisfjörður, Neskaupstaður, Reyðarfjörður, Stöðvarfjörður, Eskifjörður and Fáskúrðsfjörður in the eastfjords are less than an hour away by car.