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62°01′N · 6°46′WCorridors C1–C6Autumn schedule · Issue 07

Post thatcrossesthe sound.

Skerry flies parcels, prescriptions and spare parts between the eight islands of the Varrø archipelago — over water the ferry crosses twice a week, in the time it takes to boil a kettle.

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Fig. 01Corridor C3, westbound, low tide
01Network

Eight islands. One ferry a week. A drone every eleven minutes.

Fig. 02 — Corridor plan1 : 250 000
STREYMØEYSANÓLSEYKALSØFUGLASKARVØSANDØLÍTLA DÍMUNC1C2C3C4C5C6TOFTAVÍK HUBN
Parcels flown in 2026
41,280
to 30 Sep
Median door to door
11min
all corridors
Cold-chain medical runs
1,184
4 °C, logged
Parcels lost at sea
0
since launch

Every corridor starts at one hub and ends at a door. They are fixed lanes over open water, flown at 120 metres and filed with the aviation authority — so the people underneath always know where the aircraft will be.

02Flight
Fig. 03Seventeen minutes, hub to door, Corridor C3

How a box crosses nineteen kilometres of sea.

  1. 01T+00:00

    Packed at the hub

    A courier seals the box at Toftavík, weighs it and scans it into a slot. Over 2.4 kg, or anything that sloshes, goes by boat.

  2. 02T+00:03

    Weather gate

    The corridor is cleared against live wind, gust and visibility readings from six mast stations. Above 32 kt the flight waits; it never guesses.

  3. 03T+00:04

    Climb to 120 m

    The Tern lifts vertically, then joins its corridor: a fixed lane over water, away from houses, logged with the aviation authority.

  4. 04T+00:16

    Hover and lower

    Over the drop point the aircraft holds at 25 m and winches the box down on a tether. Nobody hears more than a fridge-door hum.

  5. 05T+00:17

    Signed for, flown home

    The recipient taps their code on the box lid. The aircraft climbs back into the corridor and is charging before the kettle has boiled.

“The ferry comes on Thursdays. Insulin doesn’t wait for Thursdays.”

— Dr Hanna Joensen, GP, Kalsø surgery
Fig. 04Holding pattern, 2 km off Eysa
03Fleet
A white quad-rotor drone hovering against a blurred blue coastlineWinch bay, 25 m tetherRotor guard, salt-sealedDownward camera + lidar

Twenty-two Terns. Each one built to be rained on.

Our aircraft are assembled and repaired on Streymø, by people who also fish, farm and get their post this way. Every airframe is rinsed of salt after each shift and retired at 1,800 flight hours.

Spec sheet · Tern Mk II
AirframeTern Mk II, quad-rotor
Span, rotor tip0.92 m
Cruise72 km/h
Range, loaded38 km
Payload2.4 kg
Wind ceiling32 kt gusting
Noise at 120 m44 dB
DeliveryWinch, 25 m tether
04Send

Three ways to put something in the air.

Prices in Varrø krónur, VAT included. Households pay per parcel; clinics and fisheries book capacity.

Islander

kr 48

per parcel up to 1 kg

  • Same-day on all six corridors
  • Code-locked drop box at your door
  • Flight tracked to the minute
Send a parcel
ClinicMost flown

Contract

per surgery, per year

  • Priority slot on every departure
  • 4 °C cold box with temperature log
  • Night flights on lit pads, 24/7
Talk to dispatch
Fishery

kr 210

per flight, deck or quay

  • Spare parts to vessels at anchor
  • Lowered to a marked deck square
  • Booked up to 40 minutes ahead
Book a deck drop