El Hierro Airport

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El Hierro Airport Aeropuerto de El Hierro
IATA: VDE ICAO: GCHI
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	Aena
Location	El Hierro
Elevation AMSL	32 m / 103 ft
Coordinates	27°48′53″N 017°53′13″W / 27.81472°N 17.88694°W / 27.81472; -17.88694
Website	Airport of El Hierro
Map
VDE Location of airport in Canary Islands
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 16/34 1,250 4,101 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Passengers 268,900 Passenger change 18-19 8.8%
Source:Spanish AIP at EUROCONTROL, Aena [1][1]

El Hierro Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto de El Hierro, also known as Aeropuerto de Los Cangrejos) (IATA: VDE, ICAO: GCHI) is an airport located 9 km (5.6 mi) northeast^[1] of Valverde. It is the only existing airport on the Island of El Hierro, Canary Islands, Spain. It was inaugurated in December 1972.

However, in spite of its size and its limited timetable, it was the airport which had the greatest increase in number of passengers and merchandise in the Canary Islands in 2007.^{[citation needed]}

The air traffic is national, and the flights are normally from/to Tenerife North and Gran Canaria. In 2011, the airport carried 170,225 passengers, with 4,674 operations and 135 tons of cargo.^[2]