Route brief · NYC → KEF
New York → Reykjavík
$391
−21% vs typical
seasonal median $495 · difference $104
Nov 18 – Nov 23 · 5 nights
IcelandairNonstop
- Usual monthly lows
- $402–$521
- Board rank
- Stronger than 58%
- Route sample
- 6 observed months
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
Destination briefKEFReykjavíkWaterfalls, black beaches and the aurora — a stopover economy built on absurdly low fares.Best windowJun–Aug · Feb–Mar (aurora)AirportsKeflavík (KEF)All routes into ReykjavíkWhen this route gets cheap.
Cached-fare history: across 6 months, Nov is the cheapest for NYC → KEF. Best time to be there: Jun–Aug · Feb–Mar (aurora).
Fares bottom out in November around $391 and peak in December near $829 — a $438 spread across the 6 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking flies Icelandair nonstop and takes about 6 hours outbound, on a 5-night trip. At $391 for 4,167 km each way, that works out to about $47 per 1,000 km flown. That is above the $39 typical of medium-haul fares here. Across the 8 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Reykjavík, this fare ranks 4th — 1.9× the $205 we hold from Rome. For context, the middle fare among the 6 routes of similar length we watch out of New York is $288.
Day-level prices for the next 4 months
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 3% lower than when tracking began on Aug 8 — $470 then versus $454 now, across 5 recorded snapshots. This is a calendar-level trend, so an individual deal above can be lower. The lowest single day we have seen here is $331, on Aug 16.
Cached day-level data for this route is sparse — 11 of 122 days priced, from 49 tracked fares. The days below are shown as found, with no cheapest-day or below-median call.
December 2026
Cheapest in Nov · around $391
21% below the $495 typical fare
Cheapest round-trip fare found per month · New York → Reykjavík · cached-price history
Route facts
- Airports
- JFK · Newark (EWR) · LaGuardia (LGA) ↔ Keflavík (KEF)
- Flight time
- ~6 hours outbound
- Distance
- ~4,167 km each way
- Typical price
- $495 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Icelandair
- Itineraries
- Nonstop available
- Best months to visit
- Jun–Aug · Feb–Mar (aurora)
NYC → KEF, answered.
Is $391 a good price for New York to Reykjavík?
Yes — the seasonal median for this route is around $495 round-trip. At $391 you're 21% below that, saving about $104, which we rate good for this route.
What is the cheapest month to fly from New York to Reykjavík?
Across 6 months of cached-fare history, Nov comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Reykjavík are Jun–Aug · Feb–Mar (aurora) — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book NYC → Reykjavík?
We do not publish a number for this, because we cannot measure it yet. Answering it honestly means watching the same departure date on this route over many weeks as it approaches, and that archive is still filling up — so any "book N days ahead" figure here would be borrowed from somewhere else rather than measured. What we can measure is which month is cheap: across 6 months of cached fares, Nov comes out lowest on this route. See /guides/what-moves-a-flight-price/ for what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from New York to Reykjavík?
Yes — the current board includes nonstop fares (Icelandair). The outbound leg runs around 6 hours.
Are these prices guaranteed?
No — these are cached fares found on real searches (this one on September 1). Airlines reprice constantly, so the booking search re-checks the live price before you pay. Fresher finds are far more likely to still be available.
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