Vágar Airport

Vágar Airport is the only airport in the , and is located 1 NM east of the village of , on the island of and 46 km west of the capital . It is the main operating base for Faroese flag carrier Atlantic Airways.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport in the Faroe Islands
  • Also known as: EKVG”, “FAE”, “Soervaag / Vagar”, “Vagar”, and “Vagar Airport

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sørvágsvatn and Vørðufelli.

Lake
Leitisvatn, sometimes called , is the largest lake in the . It is situated on the island of , between the municipalities of and Vágar.

Peak
is a mountain overlooking the village of on the . Its height is 284 metres above sea level. It is situated between Húsadalur, Vága, Vatnsdalur, and close to Klovin.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sørvágur and Vatnsoyrar.

Village
is a village on the island of in the . It is located at the landward end of . is the largest village in .

Village
is a village founded in 1921 in the middle of the of Vagar. , being created in 1921, is one of the youngest settlements in the Faroes.

Village
, is a village in the Faroe Islands on . It has been a municipality until 1 January 2009 when it fused with into Vága kommuna. Located on the south coast of the island of , is the largest town on this Faroese island.

Vágar Airport

Latitude
62.06402° or 62° 3′ 51″ north
Longitude
-7.27616° or 7° 16′ 34″ west
Elevation
85 metres (279 feet)
IATA airport code
FAE
ICAO airport code
EKVG
United Nations Location Code
FO FAE
Open location code
9CJJ3P7F+JG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 482873673
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
2610818
Wiki­data ID
Q371471
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Vágar Airport” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: مطار فاغار
  • Asturian: Aeropuertu de Vágar
  • Catalan: aeroport de Vágar
  • Catalan: Aeroport de Vágar
  • Chinese: 沃格机场
  • Chinese: 沃格機場
  • Croatian: Zračna luka Vágar
  • Czech: Letiště Vágar
  • Danish: Vágar Floghavn
  • Danish: Vagar Lufthavn
  • Danish: Vágar Lufthavn
  • Danish: Vágur Lufthavn
  • Dutch: Luchthaven Vagar
  • Dutch: Luchthaven Vágar
  • Egyptian Arabic: ڤاجار ايرپورت
  • Esperanto: Flughaveno de Vágar
  • Faroese: Vága Floghavn
  • Finnish: Vagarin lentoasema
  • Finnish: Vágarin lentoasema
  • Finnish: Vagarin lentokenttä
  • Finnish: Vágarin lentokenttä
  • French: Aeroport de Vagar
  • French: Aéroport de Vagar
  • French: aéroport de Vágar
  • French: Aéroport de Vágar
  • French: FAE
  • French: VAGAR
  • German: EKVG
  • German: FAE
  • German: Flughafen Vagar
  • German: Flughafen Vágar
  • Hebrew: נמל התעופה ואוגר
  • Hungarian: Vágari repülőtér
  • Icelandic: Vágaflugvöllur
  • Icelandic: Vogaflugvöllur
  • Indonesian: Bandar Udara Vágar
  • Indonesian: EKVG
  • Indonesian: FAE
  • Italian: Aeroporto di Vagar
  • Italian: Aeroporto di Vágar
  • Japanese: ヴァガール空港
  • Japanese: ヴォーアル空港
  • Kazakh: Вагар (әуежай)
  • Kazakh: Вагар
  • Korean: 보가르 공항
  • Latvian: Voaras lidosta
  • Lithuanian: Vagaro oro uostas
  • Lithuanian: Vagaro tarptautinis oro uostas
  • Malay: Lapangan Terbang Vagar
  • Norwegian Bokmål: EKVG
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Vága Floghavn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Vagar lufthavn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Vágar lufthavn
  • Norwegian: Vágar lufthavn
  • Persian: EKVG
  • Persian: FAE
  • Persian: فرودگاه واگار
  • Polish: Port lotniczy Vagar
  • Polish: Port lotniczy Vágar
  • Polish: Vagar Airport
  • Polish: Vágar Airport
  • Portuguese: Aeroporto de Vágar
  • Romanian: Aeroportul Vágar
  • Russian: Вагар
  • Russian: Воар
  • Serbian: Aerodrom Vagar
  • Serbian: Аеродром Вагар
  • Serbo-Croatian: Aerodrom Vagar
  • Serbo-Croatian: Zračna luka Vágar
  • Spanish: Aeropuerto de Vagar
  • Spanish: Aeropuerto de Vágar
  • Spanish: EKVG
  • Swedish: Torshamn Vágar flygplats
  • Swedish: Vága Floghavn
  • Swedish: Vagar airport
  • Swedish: Vágar airport
  • Swedish: Vágar flygplats
  • Swedish: Vagarflygplatsen
  • Tajik: Фурудгоҳи вогор
  • Turkish: Vágar Havaalanı
  • Turkish: Vágar Havalimanı
  • Ukrainian: Вагар
  • Vietnamese: Phi trường Vágar
  • Vietnamese: Sân bay Vágar
  • Welsh: Maes Awyr Vágar

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Highlights include Visit Vágar and Suður á FjaIli.

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