The new K64 Keflavík Airport Area Masterplan is an ambitious project of national importance for Iceland. Since 2019, Kadeco has led the collaboration of the Icelandic state, airport operator Isavia, and two municipalities, Reykjanesbær and Suðurnesjabær, around a comprehensive strategy and vision for the area around Keflavík Airport.
The plan is based on the cooperation of municipalities and interested parties and calls for the coordination of ideas and plans in order to create an attractive and viable society. An environment that transforms the airport area into an integrated development zone with the opportunities such close cooperation brings.
The plan promotes airport-related activities and prepares the area for growth with attractive residential areas, educational opportunities, diverse culture and services. The implementation of the development plan also creates a welcoming and memorable arrival experience for arriving passengers to Iceland, a reliable connection between the airport and capital area and an attractive environment for the residents.
Located 50 km away from the capital Reykjavík, the Suðurnes peninsula with Keflavík International Airport is Iceland’s most emblematic gateway. Sitting at the crossroads of Europe and North America, home to the Reykjanes UNESCO Global Geopark, the airport area is exceptionally well suited to become one of the leading developments for sustainable innovation in the aviation, energy and technology sectors. Codenamed K64 – for it straddles the 64th parallel north – the Keflavik Airport Area Masterplan aims to be a catalyst for innovating the Icelandic economy. It’s a grand project designed to develop the full potential of this unique territory and explore untapped opportunities in relation to the global challenges of the future. Building on its privileged position at the intersection of the northern Atlantic routes and banking on the Icelandic progressive way of thinking, K64 aims to converge influxes of people, assets and technologies toward a forward-looking environment, specifically designed to foster partnership, creativity and knowledge.
To sustain the K64 initiative over time, urban design, landscape and mobility strategies intertwine in an ecosystem that connects, protects, and enhances while supporting activity and population and employment growth. It fosters stronger synergies between the economic and social fabrics of the peninsula.
The masterplan went through an intense participatory process with a large group of stakeholders, and has political support by the local and national government.
The project can be discovered at www.k64.is
