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Vágar Airport

Vágar, Faroe Islands

FAEIATA code
EKVGICAO code
239.1Kpassengers in 2021
1,799 mlongest of 1 runway
85 melevation · 279 ft
1942opened
Vágar Airport (FAE)
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Vágar Airport (FAE/EKVG) is an airport in the Faroe Islands serving Vágar.

It handled 239,085 passengers in 2021.

It has 1 runway, the longest 1,799 m, at an elevation of 85 m.

2 airlines use it as a hub, including Atlantic Airways and FarCargo.

Passengers per year

2007–2021
219.3K221.9K203.7K200K203.5K225.5K236.2K250.3K276.4K292.4K341.4K377.8K424.3K239.1K
2007’072008’082009’092010’102011’112012’122013’132014’142015’152016’162017’172018’182019’192021’21
Identification
IATA
FAE
ICAO
EKVG
UN/LOCODE
FOFAE
Wikidata
Q371471
Location
City served
Vágar
Located in
Sørvágs Municipality
Coordinates
62.0636, -7.2772
Elevation
85 m (279 ft)
Organisation
Type
international airport, airport
Opened
1942-01-01
Named after
Vágar
Runways
12/30
1,799 m · 5,902 ftbitumen

Hub for 2 airlines

RCAtlantic AirwaysFarCargo