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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 Air Portugal Douglas DC-4, on 20 July 1960.
Madeira Airport (Portuguese: Aeroporto da Madeira) (IATA: FNC, ICAO: LPMA), informally Funchal Airport (Aeroporto do Funchal), formerly Santa Catarina Airport (Aeroporto de Santa Catarina) and officially Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport, is an international airport in the civil parish of Santa Cruz in the Portuguese archipelago and autonomous region of Madeira.
Aeródromo da Gândara [1] Lisbon (part of the paveway extends into Camarate, Loures) Lisboa: LPPT LIS Lisbon Airport (Aeroporto Internacional Humberto Delgado) or: Lisbon Airport (Aeroporto Internacional de Lisboa) (Lisbon/Loures) Portimão: Algarve: LPPM PRM Portimão Airport (Aeródromo Municipal de Portimão) {Penina, Alvor} Porto: Norte ...
Along with the airports in Lisbon, Faro, 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 ...
The island has a golf course that was designed by Spanish golfing champion Seve Ballesteros; Porto Santo Golfe hosted the Madeira Islands Open in 2009, as part of the European Tour. Once the planned second course is completed, Porto Santo Golfe will be the largest course in Madeira: there is currently one 18-hole golf course and one nine-hole ...
ANAM – Aeroportos e Navegação Aérea da Madeira, S.A. Created under Portuguese Law Decreto-Lei n.º.453/91 de 11 de Dezembro, this company, which receives exclusively public funds, was established to study, plan, build and utilise the airports in the Autonomous Region of Madeira. ADA – Administração de Aeroportos, Lda.
Rank Airport IATA Region Total passengers Annual change Total movements Annual change 1: Lisbon Airport: LIS: Lisbon: 22,449,289: 11,7%: 178,639: 10,2% 2: Porto Airport
The airport was one of the most dangerous airports in the world [41] [42] due to the limited flat space in close proximity to cliffs, but the extension of the runway on concrete pillars in the sea has improved safety. It served more than 5 million passengers as of 2024. [43] The Port of Funchal was the only major port in Madeira. Since 2007 it ...