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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 12mi↑, La Rajita at 40mi↑, Quise at 42mi↑,→ 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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Aviation weather for Hierro airport GCHI VDE
METAR for Hierro airport GCHI VDE
GCHI 151830Z AUTO 03018G28KT 340V060 9999 SCT026 SCT031 BKN044 18/13 Q1025
Decoded METAR for Hierro airport GCHI VDE
METAR issued by GCHI on Sunday, February 15, 2026 at 18:30 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 7 hours and 1 minutes ago.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 1025hPa = 30.27inHg
Wind 33km/h = 18kt with gusts at 52km/h = 28kt, direction is 30°.
Clouds : scattered clouds at 2600ft = 790m. scattered clouds at 3100ft = 940m. broken at 4400ft = 1340m.
TAF for Hierro airport GCHI VDE
GCHI 151400Z 1515/1615 03020KT 9999 FEW035 TX25/1614Z TN18/1606Z TEMPO 1515/1522 03020G30KT BECMG 1522/1602 05008KT BECMG 1605/1608 17015KT PROB40 TEMPO 1610/1615 17015G25KT TEMPO 1612/1615 3000 HZ
Decoded TAF for Hierro airport GCHI VDE
TAF issued by GCHI on Sunday, February 15, 2026 at 14:00 UTC, issued 11 hours and 31 minutes. weather forecast for 24 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Sunday, February 15, 2026 à 15:00 heure TU to Sunday, February 15, 2026 à 22:00 heure UTC
1515/1615 03020KT 9999 FEW035 TX25/1614Z TN18/1606Z
wind 20kt = 37km/h, direction is 30°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
few clouds at 3500ft = 1070m
temporarily from Sunday, February 15, 2026 à 15:00 heure TU to Sunday, February 15, 2026 à 22:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 1515/1522 03020G30KT
wind 20kt = 37km/h with gusts at 30kt = 56km/h, direction is 30°
becoming from Sunday, February 15, 2026 à 02:00 heure TU to Monday, February 16, 2026 à 05:00 heure UTC
BECMG 1522/1602 05008KT
wind 8kt = 15km/h, direction is 50°
becoming from Monday, February 16, 2026 à 08:00 heure TU to Monday, February 16, 2026 à 15:00 heure UTC
BECMG 1605/1608 17015KT
wind 15kt = 28km/h, direction is 170°
probability of 40% to have temporarily from Monday, February 16, 2026 à 10:00 heure TU to Monday, February 16, 2026 à 15:00 heure UTC
PROB40 TEMPO 1610/1615 17015G25KT
wind 15kt = 28km/h with gusts at 25kt = 46km/h, direction is 170°
temporarily from Monday, February 16, 2026 à 12:00 heure TU to Monday, February 16, 2026 à 15:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 1612/1615 3000 HZ
Visibility is 3km = 2mi.
haze
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↑
- Jarde airport ( ES-0232) at 241mi↑
- Fuerteventura airport (GCFV FUE ) at 249mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Lanzarote airport (GCRR ACE ) at 272mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- La Graciosa heliport ( ES-0331) at 283mi↑
→ 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