Information of El Hierro Airport

• Location & QuickFacts
• Airport Communications
• Runway Information
• Remarks

Location & QuickFacts

Airport ICAO Code:	GCHI
Airport IATA Code:	VDE
Longitude/Latitude:	W 017° 53' 13.40"/N 27° 48' 53.45" -17.887056/27.814847
Elevation:	103 ft / 31.39 m
Location:	El Hierro, Canary Islands (Spain)
Magnetic Variation:	W 6°51.4' (2008-04)
Time Zone:	UTC 0(+1DT)

Airport Communications

Type	Name	Freq 1	Freq 2	Freq 3	Freq 4	Freq 5
Approach/Departure Control	CANARIAS APP	126.1 M
Ground Control	GND	121.6 M
Tower	TWR	118.1 M

Runway Information

Runway 16/34

Dimension:	4101 x 98 ft / 1250.0 x 29.9 m
Surface:	Asphalt, asphaltic concrete, tar macadam, or bitumen bound macadam.

	Runway 16	Runway 34
Longitude:	-17.889975 / W 017° 53' 23.91"	-17.884136 / W 017° 53' 02.89"
Latitude:	27.819847 / N 27° 49' 11.45"	27.809847 / N 27° 48' 35.45"
End Elevation:	71.0 ft	103.0 ft
Alignment:	160.0	340.0
Slope:	0.8	-0.8
Touchdown Zone Elev.:	Unknown	Unknown
Lighting System 1:	Medium Intensity Runway Lighting System	Medium Intensity Runway Lighting System
Lighting System 2:	PAPI - Precision Approach Path Indicator	PAPI - Precision Approach Path Indicator

Remarks

Operating Hours - Opr 0810-1800Z++.