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Vágar Airport

airport in the Faroe Islands
Place airport Q371471
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Vágar Airport

Summary

Vágar Airport is an airport[1]. It ranks in the top 0.9% of airport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,296 views/month, #69 of 7,663).[2]

Key Facts

  • Vágar Airport is located in Sørvágs Municipality[3].
  • Vágar Airport is in the country of Faroe Islands[4].
  • Vágar Airport's instance of is recorded as airport[5].
  • Vágar Airport's instance of is recorded as commercial traffic aerodrome[6].
  • Vágar Airport's instance of is recorded as international airport[7].
  • Vágar Airport is operated by Q104826400[8].
  • Vágar is named after Vágar Airport[9].
  • Vágar Airport's IATA airport code is recorded as FAE[10].
  • Vágar Airport's ICAO airport code is recorded as EKVG[11].
  • Vágar Airport took place at Sørvágur[12].
  • Vágar Airport's Commons category is recorded as Vágar Airport[13].
  • Vágar Airport's located in time zone is recorded as Atlantic/Faroe[14].
  • Vágar Airport's runway is recorded as 12/30[15].
  • 1942 marks the founding of Vágar Airport[16].
  • Vágar Airport's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 62.0636, 'lon': -7.2772}[17].
  • Vágar Airport's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Vágar[18].
  • Vágar Airport's official website is recorded as https://www.fae.fo[19].
  • Vágar Airport's place served by transport hub is recorded as Vágar[20].
  • Vágar Airport's Commons gallery is recorded as Vágar Airport[21].
  • Vágar Airport's date of official opening is recorded as 1942[22].
  • Vágar Airport sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q3710', 'amount': '+280'}[23].
  • Vágar Airport sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+85'}[24].
  • Vágar Airport covers an area of {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+55'}[25].
  • Vágar Airport's aerodrome reference point is recorded as {'lat': 62.063627777778, 'lon': -7.2772194444444}[26].
  • Vágar Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+946'}[27].

Body

Geography

Vágar Airport is in the country of Faroe Islands[4]. It is located in Sørvágs Municipality[3].

Physical Characteristics

Vágar Airport covers an area of {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+55'}[25]. Elevations include {'unit': 'Q3710', 'amount': '+280'}[23] and {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+85'}[24].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include airport[5], commercial traffic aerodrome[6], and international airport[7].

History and Context

1942 marks the founding of Vágar Airport[16]. Vágar is named after it[9].

Why It Matters

Vágar Airport ranks in the top 0.9% of airport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,296 views/month, #69 of 7,663).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Vágar

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . store.aci.aero. store.aci.aero. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . naviair-public.sharepoint.com. Retrieved . naviair-public.sharepoint.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . naviair-public.sharepoint.com. Retrieved . naviair-public.sharepoint.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . fae.fo. fae.fo. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16d ago · InternetArchiveBot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aerodrome reference point → {'lat': 62.063627777778, 'lon': -7.2772194444444}
    Located in/on physical feature → Vágar
    Named after → Vágar
    Country → Faroe Islands
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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