{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Airport","name":"El Hierro Airport","iataCode":"VDE","icaoCode":"GCHI","city":"El Hierro Island","country":"ES","airportType":"medium_airport","cargoCapable":false,"cargoRank":null,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":27.8148,"longitude":-17.8871},"elevationMeters":31,"runwayLengthMeters":null,"description":"Carrying the codes VDE (IATA) and GCHI (ICAO), El Hierro Airport is the only airport on the smallest and most westerly of the Canary Islands, a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, sitting about 9 km north-east of the island capital Valverde. Its freight role is marginal: just 53 tonnes of air cargo passed through in 2024, down from 58 in 2023. Binter Canarias and Canaryfly link VDE by ATR 72 turboprop to Tenerife Norte (TFN) and Gran Canaria (LPA) several times a day, and goods travel only as belly freigh","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/el-hierro-airport-vde","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/airports/en/el-hierro-airport-vde","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"El Hierro Airport · (IATA: VDE) · El Hierro Island, ES · 31 m"}