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Hierro airport at 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
Taxi : book on Taxi Booking
activities : book on Viator
Rent a car : book on Rentalcars
By train : book on Trip.com
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 250200Z AUTO 35015KT 320V020 9999 FEW021 18/13 Q1028
Decoded METAR for Hierro airport GCHI VDE
METAR issued by GCHI on Monday, February 24, 2025 at 02:00 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 4 hours and 14 minutes ago.
visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
The temperature is 18°C = 64°F, dew point is 13°C = 55°F. The air is very humid : relative air humidity is 73%.
QNH is 1028hPa = 30.36inHg
Wind 28km/h = 15kt, direction is 350°.
Clouds : few clouds at 2100ft = 640m.
TAF for Hierro airport GCHI VDE
GCHI 242000Z 2421/2521 02015KT 9999 SCT025 TX22/2514Z TN18/2506Z PROB30 TEMPO 2421/2507 02015G25KT
Decoded TAF for Hierro airport GCHI VDE
TAF issued by GCHI on Monday, February 24, 2025 at 20:00 UTC, issued 10 hours and 14 minutes. weather forecast for 24 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Monday, February 24, 2025 à 21:00 heure TU to Tuesday, February 25, 2025 à 21:00 heure UTC
2421/2521 02015KT 9999 SCT025 TX22/2514Z TN18/2506Z
wind 15kt = 28km/h, direction is 20°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
scattered clouds at 2500ft = 760m
probability of 30% to have temporarily from Monday, February 24, 2025 à 21:00 heure TU to Tuesday, February 25, 2025 à 07:00 heure UTC
PROB30 TEMPO 2421/2507 02015G25KT
wind 15kt = 28km/h with gusts at 25kt = 46km/h, direction is 20°
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 at 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 at 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