Porto Santo Airport
| Porto Santo Airport Aeroporto de Porto Santo | |||||||||||
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| IATA: PXO – ICAO: LPPS | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military/Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Porto Santo Island | ||||||||||
| Location | Vila Baleira | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 103 m / 338 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°04′15″N 016°20′59″W / 33.07083°N 16.34972°WCoordinates: 33°04′15″N 016°20′59″W / 33.07083°N 16.34972°W | ||||||||||
| Website | ana.pt | ||||||||||
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  PXO Location in Madeira | |||||||||||
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Porto Santo Airport (Portuguese: Aeroporto de Porto Santo) (IATA: PXO, ICAO: LPPS) is an airport located 2 km (1.2 mi) north northwest of Porto Santo on Porto Santo Island, Madeira.
History
The island of Porto Santo was the first of the Madeira Islands to obtain an airport. In 1959,[2] its runway was built with an initial length of 2,000 m (6,600 ft).
The first aircraft to land at this airport was a TAP Portugal Douglas DC-4, on 20 July 1960.
The airport's infrastructure has improved over time, with increases to the runway length and in ramp surface. The last improvements to the airport structure were finalized on August 28, 1995, with the inauguration of a new passenger terminal and a new increase in runway length, which then reached 3,000 m (9,800 ft). The runway was also re-paved.
Facilities
The airport has a 3,000 m × 45 m (9,843 ft × 148 ft) asphalt/concrete runway, with no ILS equipment as of 2011, but with VOR and NDB approaches available.
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Aero VIP | Funchal |
| Azores Airlines | Charter: Lisbon, Porto |
| Condor | Seasonal: Düsseldorf (begins 10 April 2017), Frankfurt (begins 3 April 2017)[3] |
| Danish Air Transport | Seasonal charter: Billund, Copenhagen |
| Enter Air | Charter: Funchal, Paris-Charles de Gaulle |
| Everjets | Charter: Lisbon |
| Germania[4] | Seasonal: Düsseldorf |
| Neos | Charter: Milan-Malpensa |
| TAP Portugal | Lisbon |
| Thomson Airways | Seasonal charter: Birmingham, London-Gatwick, Manchester[5] |
| Travel Service | Charter: Warsaw-Chopin[6] |
| TUIfly Belgium | Charter: Brussels[7] |
References
- ↑ AIP Part 3 - AD 2 Aerodromes
- ↑ Sinta o ritmo do Aeroporto da Madeira Archived July 7, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/267472/condor-adds-porto-santo-service-in-s17/
- ↑ "Germania Flight Schedule / 30.12.2014 - 01.11.2015" (PDF). Germania.
- ↑ "Manchester/Porto Santo a partir do Verão de 2012". Dnoticias.pt. Retrieved 2013-10-28.
- ↑ "Nova operação aérea entre o Porto Santo e a cidade de Varsóvia". Dnoticias.pt. 2011-05-28. Retrieved 2013-10-28.
- ↑ Sinta o ritmo do Aeroporto da Madeira