Faro Airport

Faro International Airport (Portuguese: Aeroporto de Faro, IATA: FAO, ICAO: LPFR), officially Faro - Gago Coutinho International Airport (Aeroporto Internacional de Faro - Gago Coutinho ), is located four kilometres (two nautical miles) west of the city of Faro in Portugal. The airport opened in July 1965 being the main gateway to Faro District (the year-round resort region of the Algarve) and southwestern Spain, with nine million passengers using the facility in 2019. Since 2022, it is named after Gago Coutinho, Portuguese geographer, cartographer, naval officer, historian and aviation pioneer.

Faro Airport

Aeroporto Internacional de Faro
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerPublic, operated by Vinci Group
OperatorANA Aeroportos de Portugal
ServesFaro, Algarve, Portugal
Focus city for
Elevation AMSL7 m / 24 ft
Coordinates37°00′52″N 007°57′57″W
Websiteana.pt
Map
LPFR
Location within Portugal
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
10/28 2,490 8,169 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Passengers9,640,000
Passengers change 22-23 18.0%
Aircraft Movements62,709
Movements change 22-23 13.0%
Sources: ANAC, Vinci, ANA, WAD
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