Faro Airport

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 of Faro in Portugal. The airport opened in July 1965. A total of 9.0 million passengers used Faro airport in 2019. The airport became a hub for the first time in March 2010, when Ryanair decided to base seven of its aircraft there. It is very busy from March to October, to the extent that it becomes a slot coordinated airport.

Facilities

Faro Airport is capable of handling nine million passengers a year (2019). There are 22 stands of which 16 are remote, with 60 check-in desks and 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 development plan for 2009–2013 saw Faro airport undergo extensive improvements to runway and infrastructure, as well as a widespread renovation of the airport terminal and commercial areas.

Along with the airports in Lisbon, Porto, Ponta Delgada, Santa Maria, Horta, Flores, Madeira, and Porto Santo, the airport's concessions to provide support to civil aviation were conceded to ANA Aeroportos de Portugal on 18 December 1998, under provisions of decree 404/98. With this concession, ANA became responsible for the planning, development and construction of future infrastructure.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled direct passenger flights at Faro Airport:

Airlines Destinations
Aer Lingus Dublin
Seasonal: Cork, Shannon
Air France Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Air Transat Seasonal: Toronto–Pearson
British Airways London–Gatwick
Seasonal: London–City, London–Heathrow, London–Stansted
Brussels Airlines Seasonal: Brussels
Chair Airlines Seasonal: Zürich
Corendon Airlines Brussels
Corendon Dutch Airlines Seasonal: Amsterdam, Maastricht/Aachen
easyJet Basel/Mulhouse, Belfast–International, Berlin–Schönefeld, Bordeaux, Bristol, Geneva, Glasgow, Liverpool, London–Gatwick, London–Luton, Lyon, Manchester, Milan–Malpensa, Nice, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Paris–Orly, Toulouse
Seasonal: Berlin–Tegel
Edelweiss Air Seasonal: Zürich
Eurowings Cologne/Bonn, Munich, Stuttgart
Seasonal: Hamburg
Iberia Regional Seasonal: Madrid
Jet2.com Birmingham, East Midlands, Leeds/Bradford, London–Stansted, Manchester
Seasonal: Belfast–International, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Newcastle upon Tyne
Jet Time Seasonal charter: Helsinki
Lufthansa Frankfurt, Munich
Luxair Luxembourg
Norwegian Air Shuttle Stockholm–Arlanda
Seasonal: Billund, Copenhagen, Oslo–Gardermoen
Ryanair Beauvais, Bergamo, Berlin–Schönefeld, Berlin–Tegel, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Charleroi, Dublin, Düsseldorf (ends 23 October 2020), East Midlands, Edinburgh, Eindhoven, Glasgow–Prestwick, London–Stansted, London–Southend, Manchester, Marseille, Porto, Vienna
Seasonal: Aberdeen, Bordeaux, Bristol, Cardiff, Cork, Frankfurt, Kerry, Knock, Leeds/Bradford, Liverpool, London–Luton, Memmingen, Newcastle upon Tyne, Newquay, Shannon, Warsaw–Modlin, Weeze
Scandinavian Airlines Copenhagen, Stockholm–Arlanda
Seasonal: Oslo–Gardermoen
Smartwings Seasonal: Katowice, Prague, Warsaw–Chopin
Swiss International Air Lines Seasonal: Geneva
TAP Air Portugal Lisbon
Transavia Amsterdam, Eindhoven, Lyon, Montpellier, Nantes, Paris–Orly, Rotterdam
TUI Airways Bristol, London–Gatwick, Manchester
Seasonal: Birmingham, Cardiff, East Midlands, London–Stansted
TUI fly Belgium Seasonal: Brussels
TUI fly Deutschland Seasonal: Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hanover, Stuttgart
Volotea Seasonal: Bordeaux, Lyon, Madrid, Marseille, Nantes, Verona
Vueling Seasonal: Barcelona
Wizz Air Doncaster/Sheffield (begins 23 October 2020), London–Luton, Vienna

Ground transport

Car

The airport is close to the A22 highway, with connections throughout the Algarve and direct to Lisbon and Spain. Faro airport has 3 different car parking areas. The closest parking area is called "Parking P0 / P1 – Classic", used for short-term visitors, while parking areas P2 and P3 are used for longer term car storage.

Kiss and Fly is the name for a form of fast parking at the airport. One can drive to the airport to pick up or drop someone off free of charge for up to ten minutes. To drop off passengers, one can stop at the departures curbside and to pick up passengers, you enter the P2 Car Park.

Bus

Airport bus routes 14 and 16 run each day between Faro Airport and Faro city centre bus station. From the bus station there are connections to most other Portuguese cities as well as to many Spanish destinations. The airport bus route is currently run by a company called "Proximo".

Railway

The nearest railway station is Faro station which is about 5.7 kilometres (3.5 mi) away and is located close to Faro city centre bus station. A study into a rail link to the airport was undertaken in 2018.

Taxis

Public taxis are available from the airport and operate 24/7. There are several taxi ranks which you can use to hire a taxi from, or you can use a free phone inside the airport to call a taxi. The majority of curbsidetaxis at the airport will only carry up to four passengers; if you require a bigger taxi, it is best to use to the phone inside.

Car rentals

There are all major car rental companies, in the arrivals area, that can provide car hire service from the Airport. Companies without an airport desk are located at "Parking P4 - Car Hire".

Accolades

In 2012, Airports Council International gave Faro Airport the title of Best Improvement in Europe.[]

Accidents and incidents

  • On 21 December 1992, Martinair Flight 495 sustained a hard landing in bad weather at Faro Airport, killing 54 passengers and two crew out of a total of 340 people on board.
  • On 24 October 2011, an overnight storm collapsed portions of terminal roofs and blew out most windows in the control tower. Four people were slightly injured, one severely.

See also

  • Transport in Portugal
  • List of airports in Portugal

External links

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Carolina Candido
15 September 2016
Duty free is quite big and has good prices. There's not a lot of different places to eat and the prices for burgers are not the best. There's free WiFi and an area where you can charge your phone.
Jen
11 July 2016
Only a small airport but everything you need is here - duty free is quite large. Beware the que at Costa coffee if you're waiting on hot food takes a while and we nearly missed check in!
Chris Haines
9 November 2014
The airport seems to slowly get more modern each time I visit. It's well laid out and easy to find your way to where you need to go.
Luis Callender
19 April 2018
A grate place to fly to Portugal and go on holiday. The airport is quite close to Faro, Albifura & villamora. The bad thing is that their is not a lot of restaurants in the airport!!!
Christopher Doyle
24 September 2014
The automatic passport control gates don't accept a lot of passports (we tried Irish and Latvian). Might as well get into the normal queue.
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28 October 2013
Public electricity plugs for free charging devices in Faro Airport! Great! #recomendar
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