This article was updated at 1.30 PM.
Reykjanesbraut has been reopened and a number of delayed flights are expected to depart from Keflavík Airport starting at 3 PM. A yellow weather alert is in effect in the capital area and Reykjanes peninsula.
Travellers upset by delays, lack of information
A number of flights from Keflavík Airport were cancelled or delayed yesterday due to poor weather conditions, leaving hundreds of travellers stranded. Many of them complained about the lack of information and support provided by Isavia (the national airport and air navigation service provider of Iceland) and Icelandair, while also expressing dissatisfaction with low temperatures and the selection of food available at the airport.
Yellow weather alerts are still in effect but as of 1 PM this afternoon, Reykjanesbraut (the road leading from the capital area to the airport) has been reopened. The road was briefly opened to the east last evening but closed again last night.
A number of early-morning flights to Europe were cancelled and Icelandair has delayed daytime flights to Tenerife, Las Palmas, and Boston (estimated departures at 3 PM or later, at the time of writing).
Travellers can monitor the situation on the Icelandic Road Administration’s Twitter page, umferdin.is, and, of course, the departures and arrivals section of Keflavík Airport’s website.
