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Faro Airport Aeroporto de Faro
IATA: FAO – ICAO: LPFR
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		ANA Aeroportos de Portugal, S.A.
Operator		ANA - Aeroportos de Portugal, SA
Serves		Faro Algarve
Location		Faro
Hub for		Ryanair
Elevation AMSL		7 m / 23 ft
Coordinates		37°00′52″N 007°57′57″W / 37.01444°N 7.96583°W / 37.01444; -7.96583Coordinates: 37°00′52″N 007°57′57″W / 37.01444°N 7.96583°W / 37.01444; -7.96583
Website		www.ana.pt
Map
LPFR Location within Portugal
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
10/28	2,490	8,169	Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
Aircraft Movements			40,596
Passengers			5,615,580
Sources: Portuguese AIP[1]

Faro Airport (Portuguese: Aeroporto de Faro) (IATA: FAO, ICAO: LPFR) (also known as Algarve Airport) is located 4 km (2.5 mi) to the west^[1] of Faro, Portugal.

The airport gets very busy during the summer months, namely from March to October, to the extent that the airport becomes a slot coordinated airport.^[2] There are 22 stands of which 16 are remote, with 60 check-in desks and 36 boarding gates

A total of 5.6 million passengers used Faro airport in 2011. The airport became a hub for the first time in March 2010, when Ryanair decided to base seven of its aircraft there.^[3]

Ground transport [edit]

More than ten car rental firms service the airport. The airport is also close to the A22 highway, with connections throughout the Algarve and direct to Lisbon and Spain.

Infrastructure [edit]

Faro Airport is capable of handling six million passengers a year. Faro Airport consists of:^[2]

• 22 stands of which 16 are remote.
• 60 check-in desks.
• 36 boarding gates.

Since its opening in 1966 Faro airport has had two major developments, the new passenger terminal building in 1989 and its enlargement in 2001.

Faced with growing traffic demand and passenger safety and satisfaction needs, the developmnet plan for 2009-2013, means Faro airport undergoes extensive improvements to runway and infrastructure as well as a widespread renovation of the airport terminal and commercial areas, namely:

• Increase of aircraft parking capacity from 22 to 33 positions, which will increase ATM’s from 22 to 30 per hour and passenger flow from 2400 to 3000 mov/h.
• Increase operational safety.
• Increase of airport capacity from 6 million to 8 million passengers per year.
• Functional and architectural modernisation of the airport terminal.
• Renovation and expansion of commercial areas.

Airlines and destinations [edit]

Departures (Partidas) terminal at Faro Airport.

The forecourt of the arrival hall (Chegadas).

Terminal building.

Jet2.com aircraft, Boeing 757-200 departs Faro.

Busiest routes [edit]

Busiest Routes from Faro Airport^{[5] [6]}

Rank	Country	City	Passengers (2011)	Passengers (2010)	Change	Carriers
1	United Kingdom	London	1,187,220	1,147,624	03.5%	British Airways, BA CityFlyer, EasyJet, Monarch Airlines, Ryanair, Thomas Cook Airlines, Thomson Airways
2	United Kingdom	Manchester	341,384	281,133	021.4%	Jet2.com, Monarch Airlines, Ryanair, Thomas Cook Airlines, Thomson Airways
3	Ireland	Dublin	298,532	311,118	04.0%	Aer Lingus, Germania, Orbest Orizonia Airlines, Ryanair, Thomson Airways
4	Netherlands	Amsterdam	228,683	199,288	014.8%	Arkefly, Transavia, XL Airways Germany
5	United Kingdom	Liverpool	224,902	176,362	027.5%	EasyJet, Ryanair
6	United Kingdom	Bristol	212,283	170,105	024.8%	EasyJet, Ryanair, Thomas Cook Airlines
7	United Kingdom	Birmingham	210,805	198,175	06.4%	Bmibaby, Monarch Airlines, Ryanair, Thomas Cook Airlines, Thomson Airways
8	Portugal	Lisbon	185,491	176,629	05.0%	TAP Portugal
9	United Kingdom	Nottingham	171,746	147,142	017.6%
10	United Kingdom	Glasgow	166,828	128,454	029.9%	EasyJet, Jet2.com, Ryanair, Thomas Cook Airlines, Thomson Airways
11	United Kingdom	Leeds/Bradford	128,586	116,683	010.2%	Jet2.com, Ryanair
12	Belgium	Brussels Airport	126,660	123,837	02.3%	Brussels Airlines, Jetairfly, Ryanair, Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium
13	United Kingdom	Belfast Airport	126,454	145,978	013.4%	Aer Lingus, EasyJet, Jet2.com, Thomson Airways
14	Germany	Düsseldorf	124,518	142,787	012.8%	Air Berlin, Ryanair, TUIfly
15	Portugal	Porto	118,688	101,933	016.4%	Ryanair
16	France	Paris	117.044	82.785	041.4%	EasyJet
17	United Kingdom	Newcastle	116.080	95.465	021.6%	Easyjet, Thomas Cook, Thomson Airways
18	Germany	Frankfurt	114.397	114.351	0.0%	Lufthansa, TU Fly
19	Netherlands	Rotterdam	107.599	100.040	07.6%	Transavia
20	Netherlands	Eindhoven	105.805	76.064	039.1%	Ryanair, Transavia

Incidents and accidents [edit]

• On 21 December 1992, Martinair Flight 495 skidded off the runway in bad weather at Faro Airport killing 54 passengers and two crew out of a total of 340 people on board.

• On 29 December 2009, the terminal building flooded due to severe weather and leaks in the roof. This caused many problems inside the terminal, no flights were cancelled although some passengers were unable to check in due to the flooding.

• On 24 October 2011, an overnight storm had collapsed portions of terminal roofs and blown out most windows in the control tower. Four people were slightly and one severely injured.^[7]

References [edit]

External links [edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Faro Airport

• [1](official site)
• Faro Airport Information (English)
• Accident history for FAO at Aviation Safety Network

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