Reykjanesbær, home to Iceland’s main international airport, sits on the exposed Reykjanes peninsula southwest of Reykjavik and receives around 900 mm (about 35 inches) of rain a year, among the wetter and windier parts of the greater capital region given its direct, largely unsheltered exposure to Atlantic weather systems. Given the airport’s central role in the country’s international air travel, sudden shifts in wind and rain here carry real operational significance for flight schedules. Weather on this exposed peninsula can change unusually quickly even by Icelandic standards. Because of this, radar tracking is used here as a genuinely important operational tool, not just for personal planning. Iceland’s Meteorological Office operates the national radar network.
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