DAY 7, LEG 37 - Wick to Vagar
This is our first step across the Atlantic Ocean as we stage through Vagar in the Faroe Islands. The Faroes are an autonomous province of Denmark and lie approximately midway between the Scottish Orkney Islands and Iceland. The airport is located on the edge of the island of Vagar and is surrounded by terrain. This means the approach to runway 13 is offset and in windy weather can produce some interesting approaches! I filled up the aircraft at Wick so I could divert to Reykjavik in Iceland should the weather at Vagar make it impossible to land there.
Ready to taxi at Wick as a rain shower passes through.
Holding short of runway 13 behind a Mooney aircraft departing to Inverness.
Duncansby Head and John O'Groats - the most northeasterly part of the UK.
Climbing out past the Orkney Islands.
First view of the Faroe Islands.
Descending into Vagar preparing for the Localizer approach to runway 31.
Passing a Bae-146 of Atlantic Airways from Vagar to Billund, Denmark.
On the localiser to runway 31.
6 mile final to runway 31.
4 mile final going visual and positioning towards the centreline.
Parked at Vagar looking back towards the short runway.
EGPC - EKVG stats
Take off time: 1300
Landing time: 1404
Flight time: 01:04
Fuel used: 498kg / 1096lbs
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