# Cascais Airport (CAT / LPCS)

**Cascais Airport** (IATA: CAT, ICAO: LPCS) is a medium airport in Cascais, Lisbon District, Portugal. It has one runway, 1,400 m (4,593 ft) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 16 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: CAT / LPCS
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Cascais, Lisbon District, Portugal
- Elevation: 99 m / 325 ft
- Coordinates: 38.7250, -9.3552
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,400 m / 4,593 ft
- Passengers: 15,764 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/Lisbon
- Website: http://www.aerodromo-cascais.pt
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cascais_Municipal_Aerodrome (10 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1431046
- Weather station: LPCS
- Ident: LPCS

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 1,400 m / 4,593 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 164° / 344° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2013 | 4,139 | Eurostat |
| 2015 | 2,459 | Eurostat |
| 2016 | 6,562 | Eurostat |
| 2017 | 9,510 | Eurostat |
| 2018 | 12,872 | Eurostat |
| 2019 | 13,471 | Eurostat |
| 2020 | 7,952 | Eurostat |
| 2021 | 10,647 | Eurostat |
| 2022 | 12,768 | Eurostat |
| 2023 | 15,030 | Eurostat |
| 2024 | 10,423 | Eurostat |
| 2025 | 15,764 | Eurostat |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (4)

- [PRM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lppm.md) Portimão Airport · Portugal · 188 km / 117 mi · Aero VIP
- [VSE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lpvz.md) Aerodromo Goncalves Lobato (Viseu Airport) · Portugal · 255 km / 158 mi · Aero VIP
- [VRL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lpvr.md) Vila Real Airport · Portugal · 316 km / 196 mi · Aero VIP
- [BGC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lpbg.md) Bragança Airport · Portugal · 414 km / 257 mi · Aero VIP

## Airlines

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

### Hub airlines (1)

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

Former hub of [Aerocondor](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aerocondor).

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 16K (2025) | #2,526 of 3,974 | #517 in Europe | #14 in PT |
| Longest runway | 1,400 m / 4,593 ft | =7,798 of 29,858 | =1,035 in Europe | =24 in PT |
| Elevation | 99 m / 325 ft | =30,722 of 43,403 | =3,593 in Europe | #31 in PT |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =5 in PT |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| GND | GND | 121.830 |
| TWR | TWR | 120.305 |

## Nearby airports

- [LPST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lpst.md) Sintra Air Base · 12 km / 7.4 mi
- [LIS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lppt.md) Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport · 20 km / 12 mi
- [LPMT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lpmt.md) Montijo Air Base · 28 km / 17 mi
- [LPAR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lpar.md) Alverca Air Base · 33 km / 21 mi
- [LPTN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lptn.md) Tancos Airbase · 119 km / 74 mi
- [LPSO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lpso.md) Aeródromo Municipal de Ponte de Sor · 125 km / 77 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: “Cascais Municipal Aerodrome”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cascais_Municipal_Aerodrome&oldid=1371323343), 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/lpcs/data