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Vágar airport at Vágar (Faroe Islands)
Vágar airport is located near Vágar, with Vatnsoyrar at 1mi↑, Vága Sýsla at 2mi↑, Midvagur at 3mi↑, Sorvagur at 3mi↑, Nesið at 7mi↑, Vestmanna at 7mi↑, Faroe Islands at 10mi↑, Streymoyar Sýsla at 10mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in Faroe Islands and Southernmost airports in Faroe Islands
→ See also airports in Faroe Islands
aerial view of Vágar airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : EKVG
- IATA code : FAE
- Local code : -
Elevation : 85 m = 279ft
→ See also Highest airports in Faroe Islands and Lowest airports in Faroe Islands
Runways
- runway 12/30 : 1799m = 5902ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in Faroe Islands
Coming to Vágar airport
Taxi : book on Taxi Booking
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By plane :
- Vágar airport at 0mi : book on Trip.com
- Foula airport at 220mi : book on Trip.com
- Papa Stour airport at 221mi : book on Trip.com
Aviation weather for Vágar airport EKVG FAE
METAR for Vágar airport EKVG FAE
EKVG 222350Z AUTO VRB03KT 9999 FEW031/// 03/01 Q1010 RMK FEW029/// SCT033/// WIND SKEID 31010KT
Decoded METAR for Vágar airport EKVG FAE
METAR issued by EKVG on Saturday, March 22, 2025 at 23:50 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 9 days and 236 hours and -12918 minutes ago.
visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
The temperature is 3°C = 37°F, dew point is 1°C = 34°F. The air is extremely humid : relative air humidity is 87%.
QNH is 1010hPa = 29.83inHg
Wind 6km/h = 3kt, direction is °.
Clouds : few clouds at 3100ft = 940m.
Remarks : few clouds at 029inability to measure cloud height scattered clouds at 033inability to measure cloud height WIND SKEID 31010KT
TAF for Vágar airport EKVG FAE
EKVG 191401Z 1915/1921 VRB03KT 9999 BKN028
Decoded TAF for Vágar airport EKVG FAE
TAF issued by EKVG on Wednesday, March 19, 2025 at 14:01 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 13 days and 6 hours and 31 minutes. weather forecast for 6 hours, weather forecast updated every 3 hours.
from Wednesday, March 19, 2025 à 15:00 heure TU to Wednesday, March 19, 2025 à 21:00 heure UTC
1915/1921 VRB03KT 9999 BKN028
wind 3kt = 6km/h, direction is °
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
broken at 2800ft = 850m
NOTAM for Vágar airport
Around Vágar airport at Vágar (Faroe Islands)
near
- Hotels in Vatnsoyrar
- Le Matissia (Paris) at 984mi↑
- Paris at 985mi↑
- Hotel Monge (Paris) at 986mi↑
- Hotel Origami (Strasbourg) at 1096mi↑
- Hôtel Cour du Corbeau (Strasbourg) at 1097mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Champ du Feu at 1098mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Lac Blanc at 1112mi↑
- Station de montagne Gerardmer at 1112mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Tanet at 1114mi↑
- Station de montagne La Bresse Hohneck at 1116mi↑
- Station de montagne Les Trois Fours at 1116mi↑
- Station de montagne Les Pistes de Ventron at 1120mi↑
- for Vágar airport at 0mi↑
- for Gásadalur airport at 6mi↑
- for Koltur airport at 12mi↑
nearest airports to Vágar airport at Vágar (Faroe Islands)
- Gásadalur heliport ( FO-0006) at 6mi↑defunct airport
- Koltur heliport ( FO-0002) at 12mi↑
- Mykines heliport (EKMS ) at 12mi↑NOTAM
- Faroe Islands National Hospital heliport ( FO-0004) at 17mi↑
- Skopun heliport ( FO-0003) at 17mi↑
- Boðanes heliport (EKTB ) at 17mi↑NOTAM
- Klaksvík heliport (EKKV ) at 25mi↑METAR NOTAM
- Skúvoy heliport (EKSY ) at 25mi↑NOTAM
- Trøllanes heliport ( FO-0005) at 26mi↑defunct airport
- Múli heliport ( FO-0007) at 30mi↑defunct airport
- Stóra Dímun heliport (EKSR ) at 31mi↑NOTAM
- Svínoy heliport (EKSO ) at 34mi↑NOTAM
→ See also Former airports in Faroe Islands
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap