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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↑, Alajero at 43mi↑, Vallehermoso at 44mi↑,
→ 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
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Aviation weather for Hierro airport GCHI VDE
METAR for Hierro airport GCHI VDE
METAR GCHI 051530Z 02010KT 340V070 9999 FEW026 26/19 Q1016
Decoded METAR for Hierro airport GCHI VDE
METAR issued by GCHI on Monday, October 5, 2026 at 15:30 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 6 hours and 14 minutes ago.
visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
The temperature is 26°C = 79°F, dew point is 19°C = 66°F. The air is very humid : relative air humidity is 65 %.
QNH is 1016hPa = 30inHg
Wind 19km/h = 10kt, direction is 20°.
Sky clear.
TAF for Hierro airport GCHI VDE
TAF GCHI 051400Z 0515/0615 35013KT 9999 FEW030 TX26/0516Z TN23/0603Z PROB40 TEMPO 0600/0609 13005KT RA BECMG 0610/0612 05011KT TEMPO 0612/0615 BKN013
Decoded TAF for Hierro airport GCHI VDE
TAF issued by GCHI on Monday, October 5, 2026 at 14:00 UTC, issued 7 hours and 44 minutes. weather forecast for 24 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Monday, October 5, 2026 à 15:00 heure TU to Tuesday, October 6, 2026 à 10:00 heure UTC
wind 13kt = 24km/h direction is 350° with gusts at kt = kt
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
few clouds at
from Monday, October 5, 2026 à 00:00 heure TU to Tuesday, October 6, 2026 à 09:00 heure UTC
RA
temporarily
wind 5kt = 9km/h direction is 130° with gusts at kt = kt
from Tuesday, October 6, 2026 à 10:00 heure TU to Tuesday, October 6, 2026 à 15:00 heure UTC
becoming
wind 11kt = 20km/h direction is 50° with gusts at kt = kt
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
few clouds at
from Tuesday, October 6, 2026 à 12:00 heure TU to Tuesday, October 6, 2026 à 15:00 heure UTC
temporarily
broken at
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↑
- Puntagorda heliport (GCPU ) at 67mi↑NOTAM
- Tenerife South airport (GCTS TFS ) at 82mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- IES La Guancha heliport (GCLG ) at 85mi↑NOTAM
- Los Rodeos Army heliport (GCXM ) at 104mi↑NOTAM
- Tenerife Norte airport (GCXO TFN ) at 105mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Hospital Universitario De Canarias heliport (GCHU ) at 107mi↑NOTAM
- Nuestra Señora de Candelaria University Hospital heliport (GCDC ) at 107mi↑NOTAM
- Maspalomas Station heliport (GCMP ) at 138mi↑NOTAM
- Tejeda heliport ( ES-0308) at 140mi↑
- El Berriel Aeroc airport (GCLB ) at 145mi↑NOTAM
- Insular Hospital heliport (GCHG ) at 152mi↑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↑
- Hassan I airport (GMML EUN ) at 290mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Tarfaya airport ( ) at 304mi↑
→ See also Former airports in Spain
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX et NOAA
- TAF : AVWX et NOAA
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap
