Vágar Airport
Vágar Airport is the only airport in the Faroe Islands, and is located 1 NM east of the village of Sørvágur, on the island of Vágar and 46 km west of the capital Tórshavn. It is the main operating base for Faroese flag carrier Atlantic Airways.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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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.
Sørvágsvatn
Lake
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Leitisvatn, sometimes called Sørvágsvatn, is the largest lake in the Faroe Islands. It is situated on the island of Vágar, between the municipalities of Sørvágur and Vágar.
Vørðufelli
Peak
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Vørðufelli is a mountain overlooking the village of Sørvágur on the Faroe Islands. 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.
Sørvágur
Village
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Sørvágur is a village on the island of Vágar in the Faroe Islands. It is located at the landward end of Sørvágsfjørður. Sørvágur is the largest village in Sørvágur Municipality.
Vatnsoyrar
Village
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Vatnsoyrar is a village founded in 1921 in the middle of the Faroese island of Vagar. Vatnsoyrar, being created in 1921, is one of the youngest settlements in the Faroes.
Miðvágur
Village
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Miðvágur, is a village in the Faroe Islands on Vágar. It has been a municipality until 1 January 2009 when it fused with Sandavágur into Vága kommuna. Located on the south coast of the island of Vágar, Miðvágur is the largest town on this Faroese island.
Vágar Airport
- Categories: airport, commercial traffic aerodrome, international airport, and transportation
- Location: Vágar, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
62.06402° or 62° 3′ 51″ northLongitude
-7.27616° or 7° 16′ 34″ westElevation
85 metres (279 feet)IATA airport code
FAEICAO airport code
EKVGUnited Nations Location Code
FO FAEOpen location code
9CJJ3P7F+JGOpenStreetMap ID
way 482873673OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodromeGeoNames ID
2610818Wikidata 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”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Visit Vágar and Suður á FjaIli.
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