El Hierro Airport
El Hierro Airport is an airport located 9 km northeast of Valverde. It is the only existing airport on the Island of El Hierro, Canary Islands, Spain. It was inaugurated in December 1972.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport
- Also known as: “EL HIERRO”, “GCHI”, “Hierro Airport”, and “VDE”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of Nuestra Señora de la Concepción, Valverde and Puerto de La Estaca.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Isora.
El Hierro Airport
- Categories: airport, commercial traffic aerodrome, and transportation
- Location: Villa de Valverde, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
27.81445° or 27° 48′ 52″ northLongitude
-17.88725° or 17° 53′ 14″ westElevation
31 metres (102 feet)Inception
1972Operator
AENAIATA airport code
VDEICAO airport code
GCHIOpen location code
7CV4R477+Q4OpenStreetMap ID
way 52323651OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodrome
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Satellite Map
Discover El Hierro Airport from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Asturian to Wu Chinese—“El Hierro Airport” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Aeropuertu d’El Hierro”
- Asturian: “GCHI”
- Asturian: “VDE”
- Basque: “El Hierroko aireportua”
- Basque: “Hierroko aireportua”
- Catalan: “Aeroport d’El Hierro”
- Catalan: “Aeroport de El Hierro”
- Cebuano: “Hierro / Aeropuerto”
- Cebuano: “Hierro/Aeropuerto”
- Chinese: “耶罗机场”
- Dutch: “El Hierro Airport”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ال هيرو ايرپورت”
- Finnish: “El Hierron lentoasema”
- French: “aérodrome d’El Hierro”
- French: “Aérodrome d’El Hierro”
- French: “aérodrome de Espagne”
- French: “Aéroport de El Hierro - Valverde”
- French: “EL HIERRO”
- French: “GCHI”
- French: “VDE”
- Galician: “Aeroporto de El Hierro”
- German: “Flughafen El Hierro”
- German: “GCHI”
- Hungarian: “El Hierro repülőtér”
- Hungarian: “El Hierró-i repülőtér”
- Indonesian: “Bandar udara el hierro”
- Indonesian: “Bandar Udara El Hierro”
- Indonesian: “GCHI”
- Indonesian: “VDE”
- Italian: “Aeroporto di El Hierro”
- Japanese: “エル・イエロ空港”
- Japanese: “エル・イエロ飛行場”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Hierro”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “El Hierro lufthavn”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “GCHI”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “VDE”
- Norwegian: “El Hierro lufthavn”
- Persian: “فرودگاه ال ایهرو”
- Persian: “فرودگاه ال هیرو”
- Polish: “Port lotniczy El Hierro”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul El Hierro”
- Russian: “Иерро”
- Spanish: “Aeropuerto de el hierro”
- Spanish: “Aeropuerto de El Hierro”
- Spanish: “EL HIERRO”
- Spanish: “GCHI”
- Spanish: “VDE”
- Swedish: “El Hierro Flygplats”
- Swedish: “Hierro / Aeropuerto”
- Swedish: “Hierro/Aeropuerto”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи ил ҳиру”
- Turkish: “El hierro havalimanı”
- Turkish: “El Hierro Havalimanı”
- Vietnamese: “Sân bay El Hierro”
- Wu Chinese: “耶罗机场”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Llano de los Cangrejos and La Montañaeta.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include La Caleta and Playa de Tamaduste.
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