Airport type Military Serves Reykjavík, Iceland In use 1941-1945 (1945) Year built 1940 | Operator Royal Air Force Location Reykjavík, Iceland Elevation AMSL 45 ft / 13.7 m Owner Politics of Iceland | |
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Royal Air Force Station Reykjavik or more simply RAF Reykjavik is a former Royal Air Force station, near the city of Reykjavík, Iceland.
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Beginnings
The station was built in 1940 by the British Army and used by the Royal Air Force from March 1941 and throughout the remainder of the Second World War.
Squadrons
After the cessation of hostilities of the Second World War the British Government handed the airfield over to the Icelandic Civil Aviation Authority on 6 July 1946. It is now known as Reykjavik Airport.
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RAF Reykjavik Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA