# Flores Airport (FLW / LPFL)

**Flores Airport** (IATA: FLW, ICAO: LPFL) is a medium airport in Santa Cruz das Flores, Autonomous Region of Azores, Portugal. It has one runway, 1,400 m (4,593 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by ANA – Aeroportos de Portugal. In 2025 it handled 114 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: FLW / LPFL
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: ANA – Aeroportos de Portugal
- Serves: Santa Cruz das Flores, Autonomous Region of Azores, Portugal
- Elevation: 34 m / 112 ft
- Coordinates: 39.4553, -31.1314
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,400 m / 4,593 ft
- Passengers: 114,347 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-1/+0 · Atlantic/Azores
- Website: http://www.ana.pt/portal/page/portal/ANA/AEROPORTO_FLORES/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flores_Airport (16 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1431319
- Weather station: LPFL · WMO 08501
- Ident: LPFL

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 1,400 m / 4,593 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 166° / 346° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 44,786 | Eurostat |
| 2015 | 58,300 | Eurostat |
| 2016 | 55,439 | Eurostat |
| 2017 | 69,957 | Eurostat |
| 2018 | 69,067 | Eurostat |
| 2019 | 74,242 | Eurostat |
| 2020 | 38,393 | Eurostat |
| 2021 | 71,014 | Eurostat |
| 2022 | 89,212 | Eurostat |
| 2023 | 98,343 | Eurostat |
| 2024 | 109,219 | Eurostat |
| 2025 | 114,347 | Eurostat |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (3)

- [CVU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lpcr.md) Corvo Airport · Portugal · 24 km / 15 mi · SATA Air Açores
- [HOR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lphr.md) Horta Airport · Portugal · 233 km / 145 mi · SATA Air Açores
- [PDL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lppd.md) João Paulo II Airport · Portugal · 509 km / 316 mi · SATA Air Açores

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- SP [SATA Air Açores](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sata-air-acores) · 3

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 114K (2025) | #1,760 of 3,974 | #373 in Europe | #11 in PT |
| Longest runway | 1,400 m / 4,593 ft | =7,798 of 29,858 | =1,035 in Europe | =24 in PT |
| Elevation | 34 m / 112 ft | =36,442 of 43,403 | =4,848 in Europe | #50 in PT |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =5 in PT |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | TWR | 118.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [CVU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lpcr.md) Corvo Airport · 24 km / 15 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: “Flores Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Flores_Airport&oldid=1372604843), revision of 1 Sep 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/lpfl/data