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Vágar airport (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
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 302220Z AUTO 26014KT 9999 FEW048/// 07/03 Q1010 RMK FEW026/// SCT031/// WIND SKEID 27014G27KT 200V310
Decoded METAR for Vágar airport EKVG FAE
METAR issued by EKVG on Wednesday, April 30, 2025 at 22:20 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 3 days and 87 hours and -4291 minutes ago.
visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
The temperature is 7°C = 45°F, dew point is 3°C = 37°F. The air is very humid : relative air humidity is 76 %.
QNH is 1010hPa = 29.83inHg
Wind 26km/h = 14kt, direction is 260°.
Clouds : few clouds at 4800ft = 1460m.
Remarks : few clouds at 026inability to measure cloud height scattered clouds at 031inability to measure cloud height WIND SKEID 27014G27KT 200V310
TAF for Vágar airport EKVG FAE
EKVG 301424Z 3015/3021 21008KT 9999 OVC006 BECMG 3015/3017 2000 DZRA BR OVC001 TEMPO 3017/3020 0100 FG VV002 3020/3021 4000 DZ BKN020
Decoded TAF for Vágar airport EKVG FAE
TAF issued by EKVG on Wednesday, April 30, 2025 at 14:24 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 3 days and 23 hours and 25 minutes. weather forecast for 6 hours, weather forecast updated every 3 hours.
from Wednesday, April 30, 2025 à 15:00 heure TU to Wednesday, April 30, 2025 à 15:00 heure UTC
3015/3021 21008KT 9999 OVC006
wind 8kt = 15km/h, direction is 210°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
overcast at 600ft = 180m
becoming from Wednesday, April 30, 2025 à 17:00 heure TU to Wednesday, April 30, 2025 à 20:00 heure UTC
BECMG 3015/3017 2000 DZRA BR OVC001
Visibility is 2km = 1mi.
drizzle rain
mist
overcast at 100ft = 30m
temporarily from Wednesday, April 30, 2025 à 17:00 heure TU to Wednesday, April 30, 2025 à 20:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 3017/3020 0100 FG VV002
Visibility is 0km = 0mi, there's fog.
fog
VV200ft = 60m
from Wednesday, April 30, 2025 à 20:00 heure TU to Wednesday, April 30, 2025 à 21:00 heure UTC
3020/3021 4000 DZ BKN020
Visibility is 4km = 2mi.
drizzle
broken at 2000ft = 610m
NOTAM for Vágar airport
Around Vágar airport (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 (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