Tomorrow 18th June KEF is scheduled to receive 106 flight arrivals and 102 departures - this excludes cargo movements. This I think is the first time the 100 barrier has been broken both in- and outbound on the same day.

There are plenty of reports of the the airport bursting at the seams at peak hours. Have developments at the airport this summer caught up with its dramatic growth? Last time I flew through KEF was 2012 and it was a very pleasant experience.

Where are you getting your information from?

Kefalonia only sees a maximum of about 15-20 flights a day and these are during the summer months only, todays arrival board confirms this!

http://kefaloniaairport.info

KEF = Keflavik, Iceland.

Indeed. Kefalonia is EFL, not KEF. This isn't about Kefalonia, it's about Keflavik.

I wonder how they can handle that amount of traffic, the terminal at Keflavik is rather small.

It is really nuts the number of daily seats with some major cities. For tomorrow (departures):

London, 7 flights

WW810 WOW air London Gatwick 06:10
FI450 Icelandair London Heathrow 07:40
FI470 Icelandair London Gatwick 07:45
EZY2296 easyJet London Luton 09:00
BA801 British Airways London Heathrow 10:35
WW814 WOW air London Gatwick 15:30
FI454 Icelandair London Heathrow 16:10

New York, 7 flights

FI613 Icelandair New York JFK 10:30
DL246 Delta Air Lines New York JFK 10:55
DL247 Delta Air Lines New York JFK 11:30
WW103 WOW air New York Newark 15:10
FI623 Icelandair New York Newark 17:00
FI615 Icelandair New York JFK 17:00

Paris, 5 flights (also AMS 5)

FI540 Icelandair Paris CDG 01:05
WW404 WOW air Paris CDG 06:00
FI548 Icelandair Paris Orly 07:40
FI542 Icelandair Paris CDG 07:40
WW408 WOW air Paris CDG 15:30

Boston, 4 flights

FI635 Icelandair Boston 10:30
WW125 WOW air Boston 15:30
FI631 Icelandair Boston 17:00
FI633 Icelandair Boston 17:40

SCQ83 wrote:

It is really nuts the number of daily seats with some major cities. For tomorrow (departures):

London, 7 flights

WW810 WOW air London Gatwick 06:10
FI450 Icelandair London Heathrow 07:40
FI470 Icelandair London Gatwick 07:45
EZY2296 easyJet London Luton 09:00
BA801 British Airways London Heathrow 10:35
WW814 WOW air London Gatwick 15:30
FI454 Icelandair London Heathrow 16:10

New York, 7 flights

FI613 Icelandair New York JFK 10:30
DL246 Delta Air Lines New York JFK 10:55
DL247 Delta Air Lines New York JFK 11:30
WW103 WOW air New York Newark 15:10
FI623 Icelandair New York Newark 17:00
FI615 Icelandair New York JFK 17:00

Paris, 5 flights (also AMS 5)

FI540 Icelandair Paris CDG 01:05
WW404 WOW air Paris CDG 06:00
FI548 Icelandair Paris Orly 07:40
FI542 Icelandair Paris CDG 07:40
WW408 WOW air Paris CDG 15:30

Boston, 4 flights

FI635 Icelandair Boston 10:30
WW125 WOW air Boston 15:30
FI631 Icelandair Boston 17:00
FI633 Icelandair Boston 17:40

It is nuts.
Is it connecting or Tourists mainly on these flights?

Why was this thread moved from civil aviation where airport passenger figures and milestones are discussed regularly to this graveyard where it does not seem to belong?

Yes indeed, why was this thread moved from civil aviation where airport passenger figures and milestones are discussed regularly to this graveyard where it does not seem to belong?

That's a crazy number of flights. And the facility isn't that large. Wonder if there's a bubble forming here.

Today FI had 2 departures out of AMS both scheduled at 1400 local time. The FI501 and FI507, with TFISJ and TFISK. Assuming the flightplan will be more or less identical, does this not pose a problem to ATC in terms of similarity and confusion?

Martijn

CrimsonNL wrote:

Today FI had 2 departures out of AMS both scheduled at 1400 local time. The FI501 and FI507, with TFISJ and TFISK. Assuming the flightplan will be more or less identical, does this not pose a problem to ATC in terms of similarity and confusion?

Martijn

No, it doesn't. To ATC these are just two seperate flights and that they both follow the same route and are operated by the same airline does not make any difference.

Only wonder why they put two planes on it instead of one.

normie999 wrote:

Yes indeed, why was this thread moved from civil aviation where airport passenger figures and milestones are discussed regularly to this graveyard where it does not seem to belong?

Probably because it doesn't involve an American airport IMHO. Have you ever wondered why these forums are so heavily weighted towards American 'themes'...?