Travel guide: Vagar Airport, Faroe Islands (FAE)
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Local facts
Travel essentials for Vagar Airport, Faroe Islands — what to expect on the ground. Vagar Airport sits in Faroe Islands (Europe), in a polar/sub-polar climate band — high-latitude northern-hemisphere zone with long winters and short summers. Airport IATA code FAE serves the area. Local timezone is Atlantic/Faroe, which matters for arrivals and check-ins. It sits at 62.07°, -7.27° — useful for weather, daylight, and route planning. Use the live tools below to plan around these facts.
- RegionFaroe Islands, Europe
- Climate bandhigh-latitude northern-hemisphere zone with long winters and short summers
- Airport IATA code FAE
- TimezoneAtlantic/Faroe
- Coordinates62.07, -7.27
- Located in the Northern Hemisphere
FAE is the airport code for Vagar Airport, the only airport of the Faroe Islands, a small, remote archipelago in the North Atlantic between Scotland, Norway and Iceland, an autonomous territory of Denmark. The airport lies on the island of Vagar, and the Faroes are famous for their dramatic, elemental scenery: steep green mountains and sea cliffs plunging into the ocean, deep fjords, waterfalls tumbling to the sea, and grass-roofed villages scattered along the shores of the eighteen islands. Often wrapped in mist and changeable weather, the Faroes offer superb hiking, birdlife, and sights such as the cliff-edge lake at Sorvagsvatn near the airport and the village of Gasadalur with its famous waterfall. The capital is Torshavn. The Faroes are reached by flights into Vagar Airport and by ferry from Denmark and Iceland. The climate is cool, wet and windy, mild for the latitude.
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Frequently asked questions
What airport is FAE?
FAE is the code for Vagar Airport, the only airport of the Faroe Islands, a remote North Atlantic archipelago and autonomous territory of Denmark, lying between Scotland, Norway and Iceland. It is on the island of Vagar and is the main gateway to the islands, along with ferries.
What are the Faroe Islands known for?
The Faroe Islands are famous for their dramatic, elemental scenery: steep green mountains and sea cliffs plunging into the ocean, deep fjords, waterfalls, and grass-roofed villages across eighteen islands. They offer superb hiking, birdlife and sights like the cliff-edge lake near Vagar and the waterfall village of Gasadalur.
How do you get to the Faroe Islands?
The Faroe Islands are reached by flights into Vagar Airport, the islands' only airport, from Copenhagen, Reykjavik and other cities, and by ferry from Denmark and Iceland. From Vagar, roads, tunnels and ferries connect to Torshavn, the capital, and the other islands.
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