Vlieland Heliport (Oost-Vlieland) (EHVL)

Netherlands · elevation 37 ft AMSL · 53.2969, 5.0856 · Local time: --:--:-- · UTC time: --:--:--

About Vlieland Heliport (Oost-Vlieland)

Vlieland Heliport (Oost-Vlieland) is an airport with the ICAO code EHVL. Country: Netherlands. Nearest settlement listed in the database: Oost-Vlieland. OurAirports classifies it as a heliport. Its ICAO code starts with the EH prefix, which marks airports in Netherlands. No IATA code is assigned, which is typical for airports without scheduled traffic. The airport reference point sits at 53°17'49"N, 5°05'08"E, at an elevation of 37 ft (11 m) above sea level. The applicable time zone is Europe/Amsterdam.

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Climate at Vlieland Heliport (Oost-Vlieland) - statistics from METAR reports

What the METAR reports from EHVL for 2023-2025 show - counted hour by hour.

We computed these statistics from 26,180 METAR reports issued by EHVL in 2023-2025. VFR conditions prevailed 60% of the time, MVFR 27% and IFR or LIFR 13%. Best month for VFR flying: June (81% of hours VFR). Most IFR and LIFR hours: December (23%).

Through the day, IFR or LIFR conditions are most frequent around 05:00 UTC (16% of reports at that hour) and least frequent around 17:00 UTC (11%).

Fog (FG) was reported on 19 days a year on average, most often in December. Thunderstorms (TS) occurred on 8.7 days a year on average, and snowfall on 6.7.

The wind most often blows from W (270°) - 11% of reports. Calm (0 kt) made up <1% of reports, and gusts of 25 kt or more appeared in 1%. Warmest month: August (average high 21.0 °C); coldest: January (average low 3.7 °C).

Year

Period

Selected period in numbers: 2023-2025

VFR hours: 60%
IFR/LIFR hours: 13%
Avg high: 14.0 °C
Avg low: 9.2 °C
Fog days: 19
Thunderstorm days: 8.7
Snow days: 6.7
Prevailing wind: W · 11%
Gusts ≥ 25 kt: 1%

Day counts are for the selected period (for all years - the yearly average).

Flight categories month by month

VFR 60%
MVFR 27%
IFR 8%
LIFR 5%

Temperature month by month

The top of each bar is the average daily high, the bottom the average daily low (usually around dawn), in °C.

Wind rose

1-10 kt
11-20 kt
over 20 kt
calm: <1%

Most often: W - 11% of reports. Each petal shows the direction the wind blows from (as in METAR) - the longer it is, the more often. Colour shows wind speed.

Month by month

Month	Avg high °C	Avg low °C	VFR	IFR/LIFR	Fog days	Thunderstorm days	Snow days
January	7.1	3.7	40%	20%	2	0	2
February	7.7	4.2	39%	23%	2.3	0.3	1.7
March	9.7	5.1	55%	17%	2	0	0.7
April	12.4	6.5	69%	11%	1	0.3	0
May	16.2	10.2	64%	14%	1.7	1	0
June	19.3	13.4	81%	3%	0.7	0.7	0
July	20.6	15.4	73%	5%	0	2	0
August	21.0	15.3	76%	3%	0	2.4	0
September	19.5	13.7	76%	6%	2.3	1.7	0
October	14.8	10.9	54%	15%	2.7	0.3	0
November	10.6	6.9	55%	16%	1	0	1.7
December	8.6	5.6	34%	23%	3	0	0.7

Temperatures are averages of daily highs and lows. Day counts are the average per month over the period.

METAR and TAF for EHVL

Weather reports for Vlieland Heliport (Oost-Vlieland) are published under the ICAO code EHVL. A METAR is an observation of current conditions, usually issued every 30 or 60 minutes; a TAF is a forecast for the airport area, typically covering 9 to 30 hours.

The decoder breaks the EHVL report down into its parts: wind direction and speed including gusts and variability, visibility (including CAVOK and directional minimum visibility), weather phenomena by WMO code, cloud layers with their bases, temperature and dew point, QNH pressure, and the resulting flight category - VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR - using FAA thresholds.

Not every airport issues its own reports; many smaller airfields have no weather station. If no current data is available for EHVL, check the nearby airports listed below.

Reports always use UTC (the Z suffix). The Europe/Amsterdam zone is GMT+01:00 in winter and GMT+02:00 in summer - that is the shift to apply to the time in the report to get local time at the airport.

The closest airports in the database, measured in a straight line from the reference point, are Texel International Airport (De Cocksdorp) (EHTX, 26 km), L9-FF-1 Heliport (EHMG, 36 km), Ameland Airport Ballum (EHAL, 43 km). When no report is available for EHVL, they usually give the best approximation of conditions in the area.

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