Faro Airport
| Faro International Airport Aeroporto Internacional de Faro | |||||||||||
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| IATA: FAO – ICAO: LPFR | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | ANA Aeroportos de Portugal, S.A. | ||||||||||
| Operator | ANA Aeroportos de Portugal | ||||||||||
| Serves | Faro, Portugal | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 7 m / 23 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°00′52″N 007°57′57″W / 37.01444°N 7.96583°WCoordinates: 37°00′52″N 007°57′57″W / 37.01444°N 7.96583°W | ||||||||||
| Website | ana.pt | ||||||||||
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  LPFR Location within Portugal | |||||||||||
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Sources: ANA Relatório Contas 2013 | |||||||||||
Faro Airport (Portuguese: Aeroporto Internacional 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 opened in July 1965.[2]
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] 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.[4]
Facilities
Faro Airport is capable of handling six million passengers a year. There are 22 stands of which 16 are remote, with 60 check-in desks and 36 boarding gates.[4]
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 development 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
Statistics
| Rank | Country | City | Passengers (2011) | Passengers (2010) | Change | Carriers |
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| 1 | United Kingdom | London | 1,187,220 | 1,147,624 |  3.5% |
British Airways, BA CityFlyer, EasyJet, Monarch Airlines, Ryanair, Thomas Cook Airlines, Thomson Airways |
| 2 | United Kingdom | Manchester | 341,384 | 281,133 | 21.4% |
Jet2.com, Monarch Airlines, Ryanair, Thomas Cook Airlines, Thomson Airways, BA CityFlyer |
| 3 | Ireland | Dublin | 298,532 | 311,118 |  4.0% |
Aer Lingus, Ryanair, Thomson Airways |
| 4 | Netherlands | Amsterdam | 228,683 | 199,288 | 14.8% |
Arkefly, Transavia |
| 5 | United Kingdom | Liverpool | 224,902 | 176,362 | 27.5% |
EasyJet, Ryanair |
| 6 | United Kingdom | Bristol | 212,283 | 170,105 | 24.8% |
EasyJet, Ryanair, Thomas Cook Airlines |
| 7 | United Kingdom | Birmingham | 210,805 | 198,175 | 6.4% |
Monarch Airlines, Ryanair, Thomas Cook Airlines, Thomson Airways |
| 8 | Portugal | Lisbon | 185,491 | 176,629 | 5.0% |
TAP Portugal |
| 9 | United Kingdom | Nottingham | 171,746 | 147,142 | 17.6% |
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| 10 | United Kingdom | Glasgow | 166,828 | 128,454 | 29.9% |
EasyJet, Jet2.com, Ryanair, Thomas Cook Airlines, Thomson Airways |
| 11 | United Kingdom | Leeds/Bradford | 128,586 | 116,683 | 10.2% |
Jet2.com, Ryanair |
| 12 | Belgium | Brussels Airport | 126,660 | 123,837 | 2.3% |
Brussels Airlines, Jetairfly, Ryanair, Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium |
| 13 | United Kingdom | Belfast Airport | 126,454 | 145,978 | 13.4% |
Aer Lingus, EasyJet, Jet2.com, Thomson Airways |
| 14 | Germany | Düsseldorf | 124,518 | 142,787 | 12.8% |
Air Berlin, TUIfly |
| 15 | Portugal | Porto | 118,688 | 101,933 | 16.4% |
Ryanair |
| 16 | France | Paris | 117.044 | 82.785 | 41.4% |
EasyJet, Aigle Azur |
| 17 | United Kingdom | Newcastle | 116.080 | 95.465 | 21.6% |
Easyjet, Thomas Cook, Thomson Airways |
| 18 | Germany | Frankfurt | 114.397 | 114.351 | 0.0% | Lufthansa, TUIfly |
| 19 | Netherlands | Rotterdam | 107.599 | 100.040 | 7.6% |
Transavia |
| 20 | Netherlands | Eindhoven | 105.805 | 76.064 | 39.1% |
Ryanair, Transavia |
Ground transport
Several 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.
Incidents and accidents
- 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.[13]
See also
References
- ↑ AIP Part 3 - AD 2 Aerodromes
- ↑ http://www.ana.pt/SiteCollectionDocuments/Negocios_Empresas/Sobre_Aeroportos/ALGARVE_PLANO_DIRECTOR.pdf
- ↑ Ryanair base
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Info
- ↑ Enter Air
- ↑ http://www.flybe.com/timetableClassic/timetable.jsp?selDep=FAO&selDest=XXX
- ↑ "SmartWings Contact". smartwings.com.
- ↑ "SmartWings Flight schedule". smartwings.com.
- ↑ http://airlineroute.net/2013/10/02/to-s14update1/
- ↑ "Vueling Plans New Routes in S15". routesonline.com.
- ↑ ESTATÍSTICA DE TRÁFEGO AÉREO 2010
- ↑ http://www.ana.pt/SiteCollectionDocuments/Negocios_Empresas/Sobre_Aeroportos/Relatorio%20Anual%20ANA_2011.pdf
- ↑ "Storm damages Faro airport, snarls flights". portugaldailyview.com. 24 October 2011. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
External links
Media related to Faro Airport at Wikimedia Commons
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