Vagar Airport

Vagar Airport was originally a military installation, built during World War II. In the early '60s the need and popular demand in the Faroes for civil aviation grew to the point of making a modernisation of the runway a necessity to facilitate passenger traffic.

1st July 1963 Vagar Airport became operational for civil aviation and the first carrier landed on the 17th July 1963. During the early years only propeller aircraft were implemented. Since 1977 jet aircraft too have serviced the routes to the airport. The Danish Civil Aviation Administration administered Vagar Airport from 1963 to the 30th. of April 2007.

Since the beginning of 2008 Vagar Airport Ltd. has been responsible for conducting all operational activities at Vagar Airport.

Number of Terminals:

1

Urban population:

20,000

Total Catchment Population:

50,000

Number of Runways:

2 (12 &30)

Length of main runway (m):

1799

Operational Opening Hours:

07:00-19:45 UTC

Ownership:

Government owned Public Limited company

Number of Direct Destinations:

Summer -7 Winter- 3

List of Top 5 airlines:

Atlantic Airways

Passenger Numbers (mppa):

2011: 0.2

Cargo Tonnes (p.a.):

2011: 514.4 (cargo and mail)

Number of Serving Airlines:

1

Aircraft Parking Stands:

4 (no. 5 under construction)