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 | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Public, operated by Vinci Group | ||||||||||
| Operator | ANA Aeroportos de Portugal | ||||||||||
| Serves | Faro, Algarve, Portugal | ||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 7 m / 24 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°00′52″N 007°57′57″W | ||||||||||
| Website | ana.pt | ||||||||||
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Sources: ANAC, Vinci, ANA, WAD | |||||||||||
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