# Bragança Airport (BGC / LPBG)

**Bragança Airport** (IATA: BGC, ICAO: LPBG) is a medium airport in Bragança, Bragança District, Portugal. It has one runway, 1,707 m (5,600 ft) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 3 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BGC / LPBG
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Bragança, Bragança District, Portugal
- Elevation: 683 m / 2,241 ft
- Coordinates: 41.8578, -6.7071
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,707 m / 5,600 ft
- Passengers: 3,240 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/Lisbon
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bragan%C3%A7a_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1430976
- Weather station: LPBG · WMO 08575
- Ident: LPBG

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01/19 | 1,707 m / 5,600 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 014° / 194° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2012 | 691 | Eurostat |
| 2016 | 2,684 | Eurostat |
| 2017 | 3,154 | Eurostat |
| 2018 | 4,065 | Eurostat |
| 2019 | 4,196 | Eurostat |
| 2020 | 2,824 | Eurostat |
| 2021 | 3,262 | Eurostat |
| 2022 | 3,958 | Eurostat |
| 2023 | 3,692 | Eurostat |
| 2024 | 2,058 | Eurostat |
| 2025 | 3,240 | Eurostat |

## Routes

4 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (4)

- [VRL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lpvr.md) Vila Real Airport · Portugal · 106 km / 66 mi · Aero VIP
- [VSE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lpvz.md) Aerodromo Goncalves Lobato (Viseu Airport) · Portugal · 160 km / 99 mi · Aero VIP
- [CAT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lpcs.md) Cascais Airport · Portugal · 414 km / 257 mi · Aero VIP
- [PRM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lppm.md) Portimão Airport · Portugal · 548 km / 341 mi · Aero VIP

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- WV [Aero VIP](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aero-vip) · 4

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 3K (2025) | #3,043 of 3,974 | #620 in Europe | #17 in PT |
| Longest runway | 1,707 m / 5,600 ft | =5,204 of 29,858 | #882 in Europe | #19 in PT |
| Elevation | 683 m / 2,241 ft | =7,833 of 43,403 | =367 in Europe | #3 in PT |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =5 in PT |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | BRAGANCA INFORMACAO | 122.305 |

## Nearby airports

- [VRL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lpvr.md) Vila Real Airport · 106 km / 66 mi
- [LEN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/leln.md) León Airport · 119 km / 74 mi
- [SLM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lesa.md) Salamanca Airport · 142 km / 88 mi
- [LPBR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lpbr.md) Braga Municipal Aerodrome · 147 km / 92 mi

## Sources

- [Eurostat](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/avia_paoa/default/table): Source: Eurostat (avia_paoa) (Eurostat reuse policy (CC BY 4.0))
- [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: “Bragança Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bragança_Airport&oldid=1371323369), revision of 25 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/lpbg/data