# São Tomé International Airport (TMS / FPST)

**São Tomé International Airport** (IATA: TMS, ICAO: FPST) is a large airport in São Tomé, Água Grande District, São Tomé and Principe. It has one runway, 2,220 m (7,283 ft) long, asphalt. In 2005 it handled 11 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/fpst

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: TMS / FPST
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: São Tomé, Água Grande District, São Tomé and Principe
- Elevation: 10 m / 33 ft
- Coordinates: 0.3782, 6.7122
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,220 m / 7,283 ft
- Passengers: 10,516 (2005)
- Time zone: UTC+0 · Africa/Sao_Tome
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_International_Airport (27 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1418267
- Weather station: FPST · WMO 61931
- Ident: FPST

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11/29 | 2,220 m / 7,283 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 103° / 283° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1994 | 6,150 | Wikidata |
| 1995 | 6,160 | Wikidata |
| 1996 | 6,348 | Wikidata |
| 1997 | 4,801 | Wikidata |
| 1998 | 5,584 | Wikidata |
| 1999 | 5,710 | Wikidata |
| 2000 | 7,137 | Wikidata |
| 2001 | 7,812 | Wikidata |
| 2002 | 9,330 | Wikidata |
| 2003 | 9,609 | Wikidata |
| 2005 | 10,516 | Wikidata |

## Routes

6 destinations in 6 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (6)

- [PCP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fppr.md) Principe Airport · São Tomé & Príncipe · 162 km / 101 mi · Afrijet Business Service, STP Airways
- [LBV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fool.md) Libreville Leon M'ba International Airport · Gabon · 300 km / 186 mi · Afrijet Business Service, Asky Airlines
- [LFW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dxxx.md) Lomé–Tokoin International Airport · Togo · 884 km / 549 mi · Asky Airlines
- [ACC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dgaa.md) Kotoka International Airport · Ghana · 960 km / 597 mi · TAP Air Portugal
- [NBJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fnbj.md) Dr. Antonio Agostinho Neto International Airport · Angola · 1,290 km / 802 mi · TAAG Angola Airlines
- [LIS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lppt.md) Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport · Portugal · 4,566 km / 2,837 mi · STP Airways, TAP Air Portugal

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from TMS, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Hub airlines (2)

- 8F [STP Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/stp-airways) · 2
- [Africa's Connection STP](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/africas-connection-stp)

### Passenger (4)

- [AfriJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/afrijet) · 2
- KP [Asky Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/asky-airlines) · 2
- TP [TAP Air Portugal](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tap-air-portugal) · 2
- DT [TAAG Angola Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/taag-angola-airlines) · 1

Former hub of [Air São Tomé and Príncipe](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-sao-tome-and-principe).

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 11K (2005) | #2,669 of 3,974 | #183 in Africa |  |
| Longest runway | 2,220 m / 7,283 ft | =3,237 of 29,858 | =381 in Africa | #1 in ST |
| Elevation | 10 m / 33 ft | =40,220 of 43,403 | =3,011 in Africa | #2 in ST |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =1 in ST |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | TWR | 118.900 |

## Nearby airports

No open airport within 150 km / 93 mi.

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “São Tomé International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=São_Tomé_International_Airport&oldid=1371378214), revision of 26 Aug 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/fpst/data