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Madeira airport as seen in 1990, pre-runway extension. Madeira Airport was officially opened on 7 July 1964, with a single 1,600 m (5,200 ft) runway (06/24). The first flight to land there was a TAP Air Portugal Lockheed Constellation with 80 passengers on board. [10]
Madeira: Public airports: Madeira Island Madeira: LPMA FNC Cristiano Ronaldo Madeira Airport(Funchal) (Aeroporto da Madeira){Santa Cruz/Madeira} Porto Santo Island: Madeira: LPPS PXO Porto Santo Airport (Aeroporto do Porto Santo) (Vila Baleira)
The islands have two airports, one in Santa Cruz (known as Funchal Airport (FNC)) on the Island of Madeira and the other in the city of Vila Baleira on Porto Santo Island. Flights to the islands are mostly made from Lisbon and Porto, but there are also direct flights from other major European cities and other countries, like Brazil and Venezuela.
Azores Airlines operates scheduled domestic flights from the Azores to the Madeira Islands and mainland Portugal, and international flights from the Azores to destinations in Africa, Europe and North America, as well as charter flights. Regional flights within the Azores are operated by its parent company, SATA Air Açores.
The terminal was finished in 1995; by 2005 the airport served a total of 873,500 passengers. [1] It has scheduled domestic flights to all islands of the Azores, plus Madeira and the mainland, namely (Lisbon, Porto and Faro). João Paulo II Airport also accommodates international flights to and from Europe and North America.
TAP Flight 425 was a regular flight from Brussels, Belgium, to Santa Catarina Airport (informally known as Funchal Airport or Madeira Airport; now the Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport), Portugal, with an intermediate scheduled stop in Lisbon.
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