How Much Does It Cost to Get from Keflavik Airport to Reykjavik?

Keflavik Airport sits 50 km southwest of Reykjavik. There is no metro and no train, and every option costs real money because Iceland is an expensive country. Here is what to budget. Every fare below is the operator's own published price as of July 2026; euro figures use the European Central Bank reference rate of 15 July 2026 (1 EUR = 143.40 ISK).

Strætó public bus (cheapest)

Iceland's public bus network does reach the airport — route 55 runs between Keflavik Airport and the capital area every day of the week.

• To Reykjavik: ISK 2,400 adult (about EUR 17)
• To Fjörður, Hafnarfjörður: ISK 1,800 adult (about EUR 13)
• Young people 12–17 and seniors 67+: ISK 1,200 and ISK 900 respectively
• Children 11 and under: free

The catch is frequency and convenience. Route 55 runs to a timetable rather than to flight arrivals, not every trip serves the BSÍ terminal, and arriving passengers board at a stop near Kjóavellir rather than at the terminal door. Check the timetable at straeto.is before you plan around it.

Flybus (most convenient coach)

Flybus departs about 40 minutes after each plane lands, so it absorbs flight delays.

• To BSÍ bus terminal: ISK 3,999 adult (about EUR 28)
• Flybus Plus, with onward hotel drop-off: ISK 5,299 adult (about EUR 37) — the hotel leg adds ISK 1,300
• Youth 6–15: ISK 2,000 to BSÍ, ISK 2,650 for Flybus Plus
• Children 1–5: free
• Oversized luggage: ISK 1,500. Bicycle: ISK 3,800

The ride to BSÍ takes about 45 minutes.

Taxi

There is no fixed airport taxi fare in Iceland — the meter runs on the published city tariff. Hreyfill, the country's largest taxi cooperative, lists these rates effective 18 March 2026 for a four-passenger car:

• Start: ISK 880
• First 4 km: ISK 477 per km
• Thereafter: ISK 364 per km (ISK 452 nights and weekends)
• Fee for trips starting at Keflavik Airport: ISK 490

Run over 50 km, that is roughly ISK 20,000 in weekday daytime hours and about ISK 24,500 at night or at weekends (about EUR 140–170), before any waiting time. Vehicles for 5–8 passengers are charged at a higher rate again. Hreyfill also sells a fixed-price airport transfer from ISK 22,500, which is worth comparing against the meter. Tariffs are revised regularly — check the current one before you travel.

Private transfer

A private transfer is priced per vehicle, not per person, and the price is fixed when you book rather than run on a meter. It varies with vehicle size, distance, season and how far outside Reykjavik you are going, and there is no single published rate worth quoting — get a quote for your actual address and party size. The value case is straightforward: the coach charges per seat, so the more people and bags you have, the better a per-vehicle price looks.

Rental car

Daily rates swing sharply with season, vehicle class and insurance level, so compare at the time you book rather than trusting a figure in a guide. Budget separately for fuel, for the gravel and sand damage coverage that is worth having in Iceland, and for parking in Reykjavik, which is limited and often paid.

Blue Lagoon detour

Many services offer an airport-to-Blue-Lagoon-to-Reykjavik route; the lagoon is roughly halfway. Hreyfill, for example, lists a fixed-price airport-plus-Blue-Lagoon car transfer from ISK 41,600. Lagoon admission is separate, must be pre-booked, and is priced by package and time slot — check bluelagoon.com for the current rates.

The math that matters

For a solo traveler counting every krona, route 55 at ISK 2,400 is the cheapest thing that moves, and the Flybus at ISK 3,999 buys you flight-linked departures and a terminal-door pickup for ISK 1,599 more. For two people either coach is still comfortably the cheapest. The per-seat cost is what turns the decision: four adults on Flybus Plus pay ISK 21,196, which is the same territory as a metered taxi and worth pricing a per-vehicle transfer against. A taxi makes sense mainly if you did not book anything and you want to leave now.