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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
activities : book on Viator
Rent a car : book on Rentalcars
By train : book on Trip.com
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 260750Z AUTO 16004KT 9999 SCT033/// BKN180/// M00/M02 Q0984 REFZRASN RMK FEW036/// SCT180/// WIND SKEID 29009KT
Decoded METAR for Vágar airport EKVG FAE
METAR issued by EKVG on Sunday, January 26, 2025 at 07:50 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 21 hours and 37 minutes ago.
visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
The temperature is 0°C = 32°F, dew point is -2°C = 28°F. The air is extremely humid : relative air humidity is 86%.
QNH is 984hPa = 29.06inHg
Wind 7km/h = 4kt, direction is 160°.
Clouds : scattered clouds at 3300ft = 1010m. broken at 18000ft = 5490m.
recently freezing rain snow remarks : few clouds at 036inability to measure cloud height scattered clouds at 180inability to measure cloud height WIND SKEID 29009KT
TAF for Vágar airport EKVG FAE
EKVG 260502Z 2606/2615 27012KT 9999 -SHRA SCT035 TEMPO 2609/2615 29015G25KT 3000 SHRASN BKN012CB
Decoded TAF for Vágar airport EKVG FAE
TAF issued by EKVG on Sunday, January 26, 2025 at 05:02 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 1 days and 25 minutes. weather forecast for 9 hours, weather forecast updated every 3 hours.
from Sunday, January 26, 2025 à 06:00 heure TU to Sunday, January 26, 2025 à 15:00 heure UTC
2606/2615 27012KT 9999 -SHRA SCT035
wind 12kt = 22km/h, direction is 270°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
light intensity shower rain
scattered clouds at 3500ft = 1070m
temporarily from Sunday, January 26, 2025 à 09:00 heure TU to Sunday, January 26, 2025 à 15:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 2609/2615 29015G25KT 3000 SHRASN BKN012CB
wind 15kt = 28km/h with gusts at 25kt = 46km/h, direction is 290°
Visibility is 3km = 2mi.
shower rain snow
broken at 1200ft = 370m
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
- 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