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Hierro airport in El Hierro Island (Spain)
Hierro airport is located near El Hierro Island, with Tamaduste at 1mi↑, Valverde at 3mi↑, Belgara Baja at 8mi↑, Frontera at 8mi↑, Frontera at 12mi↑, La Rajita at 40mi↑, Quise at 42mi↑, Alajero at 43mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in Spain and Southernmost airports in Spain
→ See also airports in Spain
aerial view of Hierro airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : GCHI
- IATA code : VDE
- Local code : -
Elevation : 31 m = 102ft
→ See also Highest airports in Spain and Lowest airports in Spain
Runways
- runway 16/34 : 1250m = 4101ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in Spain
Coming to Hierro airport
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By plane :
- Hierro airport at 0mi : book on Trip.com
- La Gomera airport at 44mi : book on Trip.com
- La Palma airport at 57mi : book on Trip.com
Aviation weather for Hierro airport GCHI VDE
METAR for Hierro airport GCHI VDE
GCHI 110400Z AUTO 28008KT 250V320 CAVOK 18/12 Q1007
Decoded METAR for Hierro airport GCHI VDE
METAR issued by GCHI on Friday, April 11, 2025 at 04:00 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 11 hours and 12 minutes ago.
CAVOK = Ceiling And Visibility OK, visibility is more than 10 km, no clouds below 5000 ft or below the minimum sector altitude. No cumulonimbus or budding cumulus, regardless of their altitude and no Significant Weather
visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
The temperature is 18°C = 64°F, dew point is 12°C = 54°F. L'air est très humide : relative air humidity is 68 %.
QNH is 1007hPa = 29.74inHg
Wind 15km/h = 8kt, direction is 280°.
Sky clear.
TAF for Hierro airport GCHI VDE
GCHI 110200Z 1103/1203 27007KT 9999 FEW026 TX22/1114Z TN16/1106Z PROB30 TEMPO 1109/1115 4500 RA PROB40 TEMPO 1200/1203 4500 RA
Decoded TAF for Hierro airport GCHI VDE
TAF issued by GCHI on Thursday, April 10, 2025 at 02:00 UTC, issued 13 hours and 12 minutes. weather forecast for 24 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Thursday, April 10, 2025 à 03:00 heure TU to Friday, April 11, 2025 à 03:00 heure UTC
1103/1203 27007KT 9999 FEW026 TX22/1114Z TN16/1106Z
wind 7kt = 13km/h, direction is 270°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
few clouds at 2600ft = 790m
probability of 30% to have temporarily from Friday, April 11, 2025 à 09:00 heure TU to Friday, April 11, 2025 à 15:00 heure UTC
PROB30 TEMPO 1109/1115 4500 RA
Visibility is 5km = 3mi.
rain
probability of 40% to have temporarily from Friday, April 11, 2025 à 00:00 heure TU to Friday, April 11, 2025 à 03:00 heure UTC
PROB40 TEMPO 1200/1203 4500 RA
Visibility is 5km = 3mi.
rain
VAC for Hierro airport GCHI VDE
The Visual Approach Chart (VAC Visual Approach Chart) is provided without any guarantee of its timeliness. The pilot is the only person responsible for the verification of its validity before using it operationally to prepare a flight or to use it during its navigation.
NOTAM for Hierro airport
Around Hierro airport in El Hierro Island (Spain)
near
- Hotels in Tamaduste
- Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (Bilbao) at 1354mi↑
- Eureka! Zientzia Museoa (San Sebastiàn) at 1389mi↑
- Hotel NH Collection San Sebastián Aránzazu (San Sebastián) at 1389mi↑
- Sercotel Codina (San Sebastian) at 1389mi↑
- Aquarium de Donostia-San Sebastián (San Sebastian) at 1390mi↑
- Hotel de Londres y de Inglaterra (San Sebastian) at 1390mi↑
- San Sebastian at 1390mi↑
- Saint-Jean-de-Luz at 1405mi↑
- Hôtel Txoko (Saint-Jean-de-Luz) at 1405mi↑
- Grand Hôtel Thalasso & Spa (Saint-Jean-de-Luz) at 1405mi↑
- Hotel Arena (Saint-Jean-de-Luz) at 1407mi↑
- Station de montagne Iraty at 1411mi↑
- for Hierro airport at 0mi↑
- for La Gomera airport at 44mi↑
- for San Sebastián De La Gomera airport at 52mi↑
nearest airports to Hierro airport in El Hierro Island (Spain)
- La Gomera airport (GCGM GMZ ) at 44mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- San Sebastián De La Gomera heliport (GCGO ) at 52mi↑NOTAM
- La Palma airport (GCLA SPC ) at 57mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Los Llanos heliport ( ES-0307) at 58mi↑
- Tenerife South airport (GCTS TFS ) at 82mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Tenerife Norte airport (GCXO TFN ) at 105mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Hospital Universitario De Canarias heliport (GCHU ) at 107mi↑NOTAM
- Tejeda heliport ( ES-0308) at 140mi↑
- El Berriel Aeroc airport (GCLB ) at 145mi↑NOTAM
- Gran Canaria airport (GCLP LPA ) at 153mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Morro Jable heliport ( ES-0325) at 216mi↑
- Boujdour Military heliport ( EH-0009) at 240mi↑
→ See also Former airports in Spain
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