El Hierro Airport

El Hierro Airport is an airport located 9 km northeast of . It is the only existing airport on the Island of , , . It was inaugurated in December 1972.
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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.

Church

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Isora.

Hamlet
is a hamlet, which is situated 10 km southwest of El Hierro Airport.

El Hierro Airport

Latitude
27.81445° or 27° 48′ 52″ north
Longitude
-17.88725° or 17° 53′ 14″ west
Elevation
31 metres (102 feet)
Inception
1972
Operator
AENA
IATA airport code
VDE
ICAO airport code
GCHI
Open location code
7CV4R477+Q4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 52323651
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
6297186
Wiki­data ID
Q1431249
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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

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