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El Hierro Airport
GCHI / VDEEl Hierro Island, SpainELEV 103 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
49 nm
To the nearest alternate
La Palma Airport (SPC).
Overview
El Hierro Airport, listed as GCHI / VDE, is a mid-sized airport in El Hierro Island, Spain. The airport sits 103 feet above sea level. Alongside scheduled airline service, the airport handles a steady flow of private and charter traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into VDE for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are La Palma Airport (SPC, 49 nm), Tenerife Sur Airport (TFS, 71 nm), and Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (TFN, 91 nm).
Charter pricing from VDE depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. In directories and search listings it also appears under Hierro and El Hierro. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from El Hierro Island.
Field capability
ICAO
GCHI
IATA
VDE
FAA / Local
GCHI
Elevation
103 ft
Coordinates
27.8148° N · 17.8871° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs Spain fields
state range 11–3,380 ft
At 103 ft, VDE sits lower than 75% of the 55 Spain fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 49nmSPCLa Palma AirportSta Cruz de la Palma, La Palma Island
- 71nmTFSTenerife Sur AirportTenerife
- 91nmTFNTenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna AirportTenerife
- 133nmLPAGran Canaria AirportGran Canaria Island
- 216nmFUEFuerteventura AirportEl Matorral
- 236nmACECésar Manrique-Lanzarote AirportSan Bartolomé
Location
Open the full mapGCHI · El Hierro Airport · El Hierro Island, Spain