Location
Satellite and aerial maps of Keflavik with nearby locations | |
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| Km | Bearing | ||
| 36.1 | 063 | BIRK | Reykjavik, Höfuðborgarsvæði |
| 37.1 | 062 |  Landspitali University Hospital, Höfuðborgarsvæði | |
| 48.8 | 063 | BIMS | Mossfellsbaer, Höfuðborgarsvæði |
| 50.9 | 080 | BISS | Sandskeid, Suðurland |
| 76.8 | 093 | BISF | Selfoss, Suðurland |
| 89.8 | 010 | BIKA | Kaldarmelar, Vesturland |
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History of this Location | |
Until Sep 2006, Keflavik International Airport was also the site of the US Navy at NAS Keflavik. Built in 1941 by the US Army, the air station passed to US Navy control in 1961, primarily as a Maritime Reconnaissance base to stand watch around the Greenland-Iceland-UK gateway to the North Atlantic Ocean.
The base is now operated by the Icelandic Coastguard, who also host the NATO Air Policing mission.
The base is now operated by the Icelandic Coastguard, who also host the NATO Air Policing mission.
List of units at Keflavik | Login to Edit | |
| Years | Rotary Wing Aircraft Unit | bold : Current Model normal: Unit no longer at this base |
| 1988/06 |  56th RQS | S-70 H-60 1992/ S-61 H-3 1988/92 |
List of aircraft and events at Keflavik | Login to Edit | |
By Date | By Serial
| Dates | Org/Type | Unit | |||
| 1969-jul-11 | accident | US Navy | HSS-1 / SH-34G Seabat | 145666 | |
| 1979-dec-18 | accident | US Air Force | CH-3E | 67-14716 | |
| 1987 | US Air Force | CH-3E | 66-13285 | ||
| 1991-sep | homebase | US Air Force | CH-3E | 67-14715 | |
| 1991-sep | homebase | US Air Force | CH-3E | 69-5801 | |
| 1991-sep | homebase | US Air Force | CH-3E | 66-13285 | |
| 1994 | tail code IS | US Air Force | HH-60G Pave Hawk | 89-26206  | |
| 2003-aug-02 | CH-149 Cormorant | 149903 / 903 | |||
| 2004-oct-25 | HH-60G Pave Hawk | 89-26205 / IS | |||
| 2005 | US Air Force | HH-60G Pave Hawk | 88-26109 | ||
| 2006-jul-12 | MV-22B Osprey | 166480 / MV-23 | |||
| 2006-aug-07 | HH-60G Pave Hawk | 89-26212 / IS | |||
| 2008-mar-01 | AS332C Super Puma | LN-OBX | |||
| 2013-may-06 | NH90 NFH | 7 | |||
