Travel to Akureyri

Every way to reach Akureyri: 1 modes compared, with fares.

Akureyri is reachable from 5 places across 3 countries by 1 mode, on services run by 4 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €34.36 and the fastest takes 3h 54m door to door. The nearest origin is 249 km away.

Checked October 3, 2026Priced for October 3, 2026One passenger, all fees included

Arriving

How people reach Akureyri

Every mode that actually calls at Akureyri, with the cheapest fare and the fastest journey on each.

One row per mode that actually calls here. Reach is the furthest origin that mode serves in a straight line.
ModeOriginsFromFastestReachOperators
Flight10€34.363h 54m2,570 km4
  • 5Places you can arrive from
  • 5Places you can leave for
  • 3Countries
  • 4Operators

That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Akureyri is not something we sell.

A hotel room

Looking for somewhere to stay in Akureyri?

Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.

Partner links. We do not sell accommodation. We earn a commission when a booking completes, and it never changes what you pay.

Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
200 to 600 km220%Reykjavík, 249 km
600 to 1,500 km220%Glasgow, 1319 km
Over 1,500 km660%Manchester, 1614 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Akureyri that we sell.

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
United Kingdom660%
Switzerland220%
Iceland220%
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Akureyri

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Akureyri

Bus
  • Akureyri Hof
  • Miðbær
Air
  • AEY

AEY is not in Akureyri, and the drive in from it is the part of the trip nobody plans. We sell the flight and stop at the terminal door.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

Getting from AEY into Akureyri?

Settled in advance, so the ride into Akureyri costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.

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Fares

The cheapest journeys into Akureyri

Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Akureyri, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Reykjavik to Akureyri flight€34.363h 54m249 km
Manchester to Akureyri flight€161.805h 59m1,614 km
Glasgow to Akureyri flight€181.275h 20m1,319 km
London to Akureyri flight€186.586h 4m1,874 km
Zurich to Akureyri flight€276.857h 8m2,570 km

We cannot promise Akureyri Hof still has a baggage check, because plenty of stations closed theirs.

Left luggage lockers

Somewhere to drop the bags in Akureyri?

Most of the points near Akureyri Hof open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Popular trips to Akureyri

Common questions about Travel to Akureyri

How can I get to Akureyri?

Akureyri is reachable by 1 mode on our network, from 5 places, across 3 countries, on services run by 4 operators. The table on this page compares those modes on the cheapest fare, the fastest journey, how far each reaches and how many carriers run it.

What is the cheapest way to get to Akureyri?

The cheapest way into Akureyri is by flight, from €34.36 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 5 origins we sell into Akureyri over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.

What is the fastest way to get to Akureyri?

The fastest journey into Akureyri is by flight, at 3h 54m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 249 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.

Which stations and airports does Akureyri have?

Akureyri has 3 named terminals on our network, including 0 rail stations and 1 airports. Among them are AEY. Every journey time on this page allows for reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

Where else can I go from Akureyri in Iceland?

Akureyri connects to 5 places on our network across 3 countries, the furthest of them 2,570 km away in a straight line. Iceland routes are listed on this page, and the country pages carry the rest of the network around it.

Where these numbers come from

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Catchment, Fares, Door to door, Distances

Elsewhere in Iceland

The wider region

Our job ends at the platform. What fills the days in Akureyri afterward does not belong to us.

A guided tour group

Anything to book in Akureyri before you go?

Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Akureyri, with free cancellation on most of it.

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