Faro airport

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Aeroporto de Faro
FaroAPoverview.jpg
Characteristics
ICAO code LPFR
IATA code FAO
Coordinates

37 ° 0 '52 "  N , 7 ° 57' 57"  W Coordinates: 37 ° 0 '52 "  N , 7 ° 57' 57"  W.
Height above MSL 7 m (23  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center 3 km west of Faro
Street IC 4 / N125-10
Local transport bus
Basic data
opening 1965
operator ANA Aeroportos de Portugal
Passengers 8,685,571 (2018)
Air freight 120 t (2018)
Flight
movements 		57,352 (2018)
Start-and runway
10/28 2490 m × 45 m asphalt

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Approach from the west on runway 10

The Faro airport ( port. : Aeroporto de Faro ) is an international commercial airport in the south of Portugal , of the ANA Aeroportos de Portugal is operated. It is the third largest commercial airport in the country after the airports of Lisbon and Porto and as the “gateway to the Algarve ” an important location factor for tourism. The passenger volume consists predominantly of holidaymakers who used to travel mainly with charter airlines . Since the liberalization of European air traffic and the turn of the millennium, low-cost airlines such as Easyjet or Ryanair have taken on this role. In addition, TAP Portugal and other European scheduled airlines offer scheduled connections. Since October 2015, the airport's terminal building has been renovated and expanded in order to increase the capacity from 6 million passengers to up to 8 million guests per year. This work should be completed in spring 2017. The airport is located 3 km west of Faro within sight of the Atlantic coast .

Traffic figures

Source: ANA Aeroportos de Portugal
Aeroporto de Faro traffic figures 2012-2018
year Passenger volume Air freight ( tons ) Flight movements
2018 8,685,571
0-0.5%
 120
+ 2.9%
 57,352
0-0.2%
2017 8,727,132
+ 14.4%
 117 57,473
+ 12.0%
2016 7,630,909
+ 18.5%
 - 51,330
+ 19.1%
2015 6,436,881
+ 4.4%
 - 43.096
0+1.6%
2014 6,166,927
+ 3.1%
 - 42,402
0+ 2.4%
2013 5,981,448
+ 5.4%
 - 41,410
0+5.0%
2012 5,672,377 - 39,441

Incidents

On December 21, 1992 a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 of the Dutch charter airline Martinair had an accident while landing in Faro. On its final approach to runway 11 (now runway 10), the aircraft got into a wind shear . 56 inmates died in the accident and another 106 were seriously injured.

Web links

Commons : Faro Airport  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Annual Reports. ANA.pt, accessed on August 13, 2019 .
  2. ↑ https://www.algarve-entdecker.com/2016/04/mehr-luftverkehr-an-die-algarve-flughafen-faro-linien-charter-billigfluege/ Statistics from Faro Airport
  3. ↑ https://www.algarve-entdecker.com/2016/04/faszination-flughafen-faro-50-jahre-algarve-airport-und-visionen-fuer-die-zukunft/ Planning of Faro Airport