Faro Airport
| 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 at 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.
This airport has a 10-28 runway with plenty of good spotting positions, mostly south of the runway, across a small sand road parallel with it.
In 2004 Faro airport has processed 4.643.626 passengers, 32.580 aircraft movements and 1.540ton. of cargo.