El Hierro Airport
El Hierro Airport Aeropuerto de El Hierro | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | AENA | ||||||||||
| Location | El Hierro | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 32 m / 103 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°48′53″N 017°53′13″W / 27.81472°N 17.88694°W | ||||||||||
| Website | Airport of El Hierro | ||||||||||
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| Source:Spanish AIP at EUROCONTROL, Aena [1] | |||||||||||
El Hierro Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto de El Hierro, also known as Aeropuerto de Los Cangrejos) (IATA: VDE, ICAO: GCHI) is an airport located 9 km (5.6 mi) northeast of Valverde. It is the only existing airport on the Island of El Hierro, Canary Islands, Spain. It was inaugurated in December 1972.
The air traffic is domestic, and the flights are normally from/to Tenerife North and Gran Canaria. In 2011, the airport carried 170,225 passengers, with 4,674 operations and 135 tons of cargo.