Getting around KEF
Keflavík is the primary gateway to Iceland — around 97% of visitors arrive through it — and everything sits under one terminal roof, Flugstöð Leifs Eiríkssonar, split into three gate zones: A and C for flights within the Schengen Area, and D for everywhere outside it, including the US, UK and Canada. Iceland is in Schengen but not the EU, so a Schengen departure needs no passport at the border (an ID is still required), while a D-gate flight goes through passport control both ways. There is no railway: the Flybus leaves 40 minutes after each landing for the roughly 50 km run into Reykjavík, public Strætó buses also make the trip, and taxis wait outside arrivals around the clock. State-owned Isavia operates the airport, which handled 8.16 million passengers in 2025.
