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Stop over in Keflavik Airport, Iceland

Looking at booking my flights to and from Scotland. Google Flights has given my an option for the return trip from Edinburgh to Keflavik in Iceland then going back to Minneapolis. The stopover in Keflavik is 55 minutes. Answers to an earlier post (2016) on this travel forum reassured the traveler that a 55 minute stopover was OK at this airport.

Just wondering if anything has changed in 10 years!

Thanks so much, Sandy

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No personal experience, but if they have been doing it for 10 or more years, it must work.

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Since you are starting in Scotland and transfering to a flight to the US, you will stay in the same area for your departure as your arrival. No need to go through immigration.

I've done this a few times and once it was the exact same plane for both legs of my trip. I did have to deplane and get back on when they commenced boarding.

Icelandair allows you to stopover in Iceland for a few days at no extra cost regarding your flight. If you have never been to Iceland, and you have the time, you might consider a few days. It's a great place to visit.