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Vágar Airport

airport in the Faroe Islands
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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 (4,879 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 runway is recorded as 12/30[14].
  • 1942 marks the founding of Vágar Airport[15].
  • Vágar Airport's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 62.0636, 'longitude': -7.2772}[16].
  • Vágar Airport's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Vágar[17].
  • Vágar Airport's official website is recorded as https://www.fae.fo[18].
  • Vágar Airport's place served by transport hub is recorded as Vágar[19].
  • Vágar Airport's Commons gallery is recorded as Vágar Airport[20].
  • Vágar Airport's date of official opening is recorded as 1942[21].
  • Vágar Airport sits at an elevation of {'amount': '+280'}[22].
  • Vágar Airport sits at an elevation of {'amount': '+85'}[23].
  • Vágar Airport covers an area of {'amount': '+55'}[24].
  • Vágar Airport's aerodrome reference point is recorded as {'latitude': 62.063627777778, 'longitude': -7.2772194444444}[25].
  • Vágar Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+946'}[26].
  • Vágar Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+2401'}[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 {'amount': '+55'}[24]. Elevations include {'amount': '+280'}[22] and {'amount': '+85'}[23].

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[15]. Vágar is named after it[9].

Why It Matters

Vágar Airport ranks in the top 0.9% of airport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,879 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 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Vágar

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . 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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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/55346|batch #55346]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 18w ago · InternetArchiveBot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aerodrome reference point → {'latitude': 62.063627777778, 'longitude': -7.2772194444444}
    Located in/on physical feature → Vágar
    Named after → Vágar
    Country → Faroe Islands
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||3 */ Rescuing 3 sources and submitting 0 for archiving. #IABot (v2.0.9.5)"
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