Faro Airport

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Continent: Europe Country: Portugal


Faro International Airport
Location Faro, Portugal
IATA code FAO
ICAO code LPFR
Airport type Commercial
Website [www.ana-aeroportos.pt/ANAIngles/Faro/HomePage.htm www.ana-aeroportos.pt/ANAIngles/Faro/HomePage.htm]
Overview map [www.luisrosa.net/folders/images/aero%20file_800px.jpg Airport Overview]
Communications
Tower 118.200
Ground 118.575
Clearance -
Approach 119.400
Departure-
ATIS 124.200
Departure-

Faro International Airport is located in south Portugal, 5Km west of Faro city, the capital of Algarve province.

The airport first movement was in July 11th 1965, since then it has been constantly growing up in terms of passenger demand and aircraft movements. Nowadays Faro airport main objectives are to be the gateway of south Portugal (including the touristic province of Algarve), some regions in Spain and to be a top quality reference airport in the south of the Iberic Peninsula.

In 2004 Faro airport has processed 4.643.626 passengers, 32.580 aircraft movements and 1.540ton. of cargo.


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