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Faro - Gago Coutinho International Airport

ICAO LPFR37.0159°N 7.9709°W7 m / 24 ftLarge airport
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Faro - Gago Coutinho International Airport (IATA: FAO, ICAO: LPFR) is a large airport in Faro, Faro District, Portugal. It opened in 1965. It has one runway, 2,490 m (8,169 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by ANA – Aeroportos de Portugal. In 2025 it handled 10.3 million passengers.

Timeline

2 events · 1965–1992
1965
OpenedFaro - Gago Coutinho International Airport opens.
21 DEC 1992
DisasterMartinair Flight 495.56 killed
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Aeroporto de Faro
10/28100° / 280° · LIT
LENGTH2,490 m8,169 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
6.2M
6.4M
7.6M
8.7M
8.7M
9.1M
2.2M
3.3M
8.1M
9.6M
9.8M
10.3M
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Routes

92 destinations · 25 countries
2,500 km5,000 km1,000 mi2,000 mi3,000 mi4,000 miLIS · Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport · 221 km / 137 miOPO · Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport · 475 km / 295 miRAK · Marrakesh Menara Airport · 602 km / 374 miFNC · Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport · 935 km / 581 miNTE · Nantes Atlantique Airport · 1,242 km / 772 miLYS · Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport · 1,455 km / 904 miORY · Paris-Orly Airport · 1,548 km / 962 miGVA · Geneva International Airport · 1,552 km / 964 miPDL · João Paulo II Airport · 1,566 km / 973 miBVA · Beauvais-Tillé airport · 1,603 km / 996 miBOH · Bournemouth Airport · 1,606 km / 998 miORK · Cork International Airport · 1,649 km / 1,025 miBRS · Bristol Airport · 1,650 km / 1,025 miLGW · London Gatwick Airport · 1,688 km / 1,049 miBSL · EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg · 1,728 km / 1,074 miBGY · Il Caravaggio International Airport · 1,756 km / 1,091 miLTN · London Luton Airport · 1,757 km / 1,092 miSTN · London Stansted Airport · 1,774 km / 1,102 miZRH · Zürich Airport · 1,782 km / 1,107 miBHX · Birmingham Airport · 1,784 km / 1,109 miCRL · Brussels South Charleroi Airport · 1,793 km / 1,114 miLUX · Luxembourg-Findel International Airport · 1,806 km / 1,122 miDUB · Dublin Airport · 1,830 km / 1,137 miBRU · Brussels Airport · 1,832 km / 1,138 miEMA · East Midlands Airport · 1,833 km / 1,139 miFKB · Karlsruhe Baden-Baden Airport · 1,842 km / 1,145 miLPL · Liverpool John Lennon Airport · 1,857 km / 1,154 miMAN · Manchester Airport · 1,869 km / 1,161 miHHN · Frankfurt-Hahn Airport · 1,884 km / 1,171 miSTR · Stuttgart Airport · 1,902 km / 1,182 miFMM · Memmingen Allgau Airport · 1,919 km / 1,192 miEIN · Eindhoven Airport · 1,919 km / 1,192 miRTM · Rotterdam The Hague Airport · 1,925 km / 1,196 miLBA · Leeds Bradford Airport · 1,935 km / 1,202 miCGN · Cologne Bonn Airport · 1,951 km / 1,212 miFRA · Frankfurt Main Airport · 1,958 km / 1,217 miNRN · Weeze (Niederrhein) Airport · 1,965 km / 1,221 miBFS · Belfast International Airport · 1,966 km / 1,222 miDUS · Düsseldorf Airport · 1,967 km / 1,222 miAMS · Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · 1,970 km / 1,224 miMUC · Munich Airport · 2,038 km / 1,266 miNCL · Newcastle International Airport · 2,060 km / 1,280 miNUE · Nuremberg Airport · 2,064 km / 1,283 miGLA · Glasgow Airport · 2,113 km / 1,313 miEDI · Edinburgh Airport · 2,133 km / 1,325 miHAM · Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport · 2,306 km / 1,433 miVIE · Vienna International Airport · 2,343 km / 1,456 miBER · Berlin Brandenburg Airport · 2,389 km / 1,484 miCPH · Copenhagen Kastrup Airport · 2,584 km / 1,606 miKRK · Kraków John Paul II International Airport · 2,643 km / 1,642 miGDN · Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport · 2,787 km / 1,732 miWMI · Warsaw Modlin Airport · 2,808 km / 1,745 miWAW · Warsaw Chopin Airport · 2,813 km / 1,748 miOSL · Oslo-Gardermoen International Airport · 2,910 km / 1,808 miARN · Stockholm-Arlanda Airport · 3,120 km / 1,939 miRIX · Riga International Airport · 3,229 km / 2,006 miHEL · Helsinki Vantaa Airport · 3,475 km / 2,159 miYYZ · Toronto Pearson International Airport · 5,928 km / 3,683 miMAD · Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport · 543 km / 337 miBIO · Bilbao Airport · 820 km / 510 miBCN · Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport · 988 km / 614 miBOD · Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport · 1,060 km / 659 miTLS · Toulouse-Blagnac Airport · 1,079 km / 670 miBES · Brest Bretagne airport · 1,303 km / 810 miMRS · Marseille Provence Airport · 1,325 km / 823 miNCE · Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport · 1,481 km / 920 miNQY · Cornwall Airport Newquay · 1,511 km / 939 miEXT · Exeter International Airport · 1,568 km / 974 miCDG · Charles de Gaulle International Airport · 1,581 km / 982 miSOU · Southampton Airport · 1,636 km / 1,017 miCWL · Cardiff International Airport · 1,640 km / 1,019 miKIR · Kerry Airport · 1,691 km / 1,051 miLHR · London Heathrow Airport · 1,713 km / 1,064 miLCY · London City Airport · 1,731 km / 1,076 miLIL · Lille Airport · 1,745 km / 1,084 miSNN · Shannon Airport · 1,746 km / 1,085 miSEN · London Southend Airport · 1,756 km / 1,091 miSXB · Strasbourg Airport · 1,800 km / 1,118 miFCO · Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport · 1,812 km / 1,126 miNOC · Ireland West Airport Knock · 1,880 km / 1,168 miNWI · Norwich Airport · 1,884 km / 1,171 miMME · Teesside International Airport · 2,008 km / 1,248 miPIK · Glasgow Prestwick Airport · 2,071 km / 1,287 miHAJ · Hannover Airport · 2,200 km / 1,367 miABZ · Aberdeen International Airport · 2,285 km / 1,420 miKTW · Katowice Wojciech Korfanty International Airport · 2,615 km / 1,625 miGOT · Göteborg Landvetter Airport · 2,733 km / 1,698 miOTP · Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport · 2,965 km / 1,842 miKEF · Keflavik International Airport · 3,155 km / 1,960 miEWR · Newark Liberty International Airport · 5,609 km / 3,485 miGCI · Guernsey Airport · 1,447 km / 899 miIOM · Isle of Man Airport · 1,915 km / 1,190 miYYZEWRHELRIXKEFOTPOSLWAWCPHVIEABZHAJMMESTRNOCFCOBGYSENPDLORYMRSFNCBIORAKMADOPOARNGDNGOTKRKBERAMSBFSBRUZRHKIRCWLGVAGCINTETLSBCNLISHAMEDINUEMUCDUSFRALBANWIEMADUBLUXSOUBVAEXTNCEBESBODGLAPIKNCLCGNRTMFMMEINIOMHHNMANFKBCRLBHXLTNSNNLILBSLLHRORKNQYLYSFAO
Year-round58
LISLisbon Humberto Delgado AirportPortugal · TAP Air Portugal221 km137 miOPOFrancisco de Sá Carneiro AirportPortugal · Ryanair475 km295 miRAKMarrakesh Menara AirportMorocco · Ryanair602 km374 miFNCCristiano Ronaldo International AirportPortugal · TAP Air Portugal935 km581 miNTENantes Atlantique AirportFrance · easyJet1,242 km772 miLYSLyon Saint-Exupéry AirportFrance · easyJet1,455 km904 miORYParis-Orly AirportFrance · easyJet, Transavia1,548 km962 miGVAGeneva International AirportSwitzerland · easyJet1,552 km964 miPDLJoão Paulo II AirportPortugal · Azores Airlines1,566 km973 miBVABeauvais-Tillé airportFrance · Ryanair1,603 km996 miBOHBournemouth AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair1,606 km998 miORKCork International AirportIreland · Ryanair, Aer Lingus1,649 km1,025 miBRSBristol AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, Ryanair, easyJet1,650 km1,025 miLGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, easyJet, Wizz Air +11,688 km1,049 miBSLEuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–FreiburgFrance · easyJet1,728 km1,074 miBGYIl Caravaggio International AirportItaly · Ryanair1,756 km1,091 miLTNLondon Luton AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair, easyJet, Wizz Air1,757 km1,092 miSTNLondon Stansted AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair1,774 km1,102 miZRHZürich AirportSwitzerland · Edelweiss Air1,782 km1,107 miBHXBirmingham AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, Ryanair, easyJet1,784 km1,109 miCRLBrussels South Charleroi AirportBelgium · Ryanair1,793 km1,114 miLUXLuxembourg-Findel International AirportLuxembourg · Luxair1,806 km1,122 miDUBDublin AirportIreland · Ryanair, Aer Lingus1,830 km1,137 miBRUBrussels AirportBelgium · Brussels Airlines, Transavia1,832 km1,138 miEMAEast Midlands AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, Ryanair1,833 km1,139 miFKBKarlsruhe Baden-Baden AirportGermany · Ryanair1,842 km1,145 miLPLLiverpool John Lennon AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, Ryanair, easyJet1,857 km1,154 miMANManchester AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair, easyJet1,869 km1,161 miHHNFrankfurt-Hahn AirportGermany · Ryanair1,884 km1,171 miSTRStuttgart AirportGermany · Eurowings1,902 km1,182 miFMMMemmingen Allgau AirportGermany · Ryanair1,919 km1,192 miEINEindhoven AirportNetherlands · Ryanair, Transavia1,919 km1,192 miRTMRotterdam The Hague AirportNetherlands · Transavia1,925 km1,196 miLBALeeds Bradford AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair1,935 km1,202 miCGNCologne Bonn AirportGermany · Eurowings1,951 km1,212 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Lufthansa1,958 km1,217 miNRNWeeze (Niederrhein) AirportGermany · Ryanair1,965 km1,221 miBFSBelfast International AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair, easyJet1,966 km1,222 miDUSDüsseldorf AirportGermany · Eurowings1,967 km1,222 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · easyJet, Transavia1,970 km1,224 miMUCMunich AirportGermany · Lufthansa City Airlines, Lufthansa2,038 km1,266 miNCLNewcastle International AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair2,060 km1,280 miNUENuremberg AirportGermany · Ryanair2,064 km1,283 miGLAGlasgow AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet2,113 km1,313 miEDIEdinburgh AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair2,133 km1,325 miHAMHamburg Helmut Schmidt AirportGermany · Eurowings2,306 km1,433 miVIEVienna International AirportAustria · Ryanair2,343 km1,456 miBERBerlin Brandenburg AirportGermany · Eurowings, Ryanair2,389 km1,484 miCPHCopenhagen Kastrup AirportDenmark · Scandinavian Airlines, Norwegian Air Shuttle2,584 km1,606 miKRKKraków John Paul II International AirportPoland · Ryanair2,643 km1,642 miGDNGdańsk Lech Wałęsa AirportPoland · Enter Air2,787 km1,732 miWMIWarsaw Modlin AirportPoland · Ryanair2,808 km1,745 miWAWWarsaw Chopin AirportPoland · Smartwings, LOT Polish Airlines2,813 km1,748 miOSLOslo-Gardermoen International AirportNorway · Norwegian Air Shuttle2,910 km1,808 miARNStockholm-Arlanda AirportSweden · Scandinavian Airlines, Norwegian Air Shuttle3,120 km1,939 miRIXRiga International AirportLatvia · AirBaltic3,229 km2,006 miHELHelsinki Vantaa AirportFinland · Finnair3,475 km2,159 miYYZToronto Pearson International AirportCanada · Air Transat5,928 km3,683 mi
Seasonal49
MADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · Ryanair, Iberia543 km337 miBIOBilbao AirportSpain · Vueling820 km510 miBCNJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat AirportSpain · Ryanair988 km614 miBODBordeaux–Mérignac AirportFrance · easyJet1,060 km659 miTLSToulouse-Blagnac AirportFrance · Ryanair1,079 km670 miNTENantes Atlantique AirportFrance · Volotea, Transavia1,242 km772 miBESBrest Bretagne airportFrance · Volotea1,303 km810 miMRSMarseille Provence AirportFrance · Ryanair1,325 km823 miLYSLyon Saint-Exupéry AirportFrance · Volotea, Transavia1,455 km904 miNCENice-Côte d'Azur AirportFrance · Transavia1,481 km920 miNQYCornwall Airport NewquayUnited Kingdom · Ryanair1,511 km939 miEXTExeter International AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair1,568 km974 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · Air France1,581 km982 miBOHBournemouth AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com1,606 km998 miSOUSouthampton AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet1,636 km1,017 miCWLCardiff International AirportUnited Kingdom · TUI Airways, Ryanair1,640 km1,019 miKIRKerry AirportIreland · Ryanair1,691 km1,051 miLHRLondon Heathrow AirportUnited Kingdom · British Airways1,713 km1,064 miLCYLondon City AirportUnited Kingdom · British Airways1,731 km1,076 miLILLille AirportFrance · Volotea1,745 km1,084 miSNNShannon AirportIreland · Ryanair1,746 km1,085 miSENLondon Southend AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet1,756 km1,091 miSXBStrasbourg AirportFrance · Volotea1,800 km1,118 miLUXLuxembourg-Findel International AirportLuxembourg · Ryanair1,806 km1,122 miFCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · Ryanair1,812 km1,126 miBRUBrussels AirportBelgium · TUI fly Belgium1,832 km1,138 miEMAEast Midlands AirportUnited Kingdom · TUI Airways1,833 km1,139 miNOCIreland West Airport KnockIreland · Ryanair1,880 km1,168 miNWINorwich AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair1,884 km1,171 miSTRStuttgart AirportGermany · TUI fly Deutschland1,902 km1,182 miCGNCologne Bonn AirportGermany · Ryanair1,951 km1,212 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Condor Flugdienst, TUI fly Deutschland1,958 km1,217 miBFSBelfast International AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com1,966 km1,222 miDUSDüsseldorf AirportGermany · TUI fly Deutschland1,967 km1,222 miMMETeesside International AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair2,008 km1,248 miMUCMunich AirportGermany · Condor Flugdienst2,038 km1,266 miNCLNewcastle International AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet2,060 km1,280 miPIKGlasgow Prestwick AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair2,071 km1,287 miHAJHannover AirportGermany · Eurowings, TUI fly Deutschland2,200 km1,367 miABZAberdeen International AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair2,285 km1,420 miHAMHamburg Helmut Schmidt AirportGermany · Marabu Airlines, Condor Flugdienst2,306 km1,433 miCPHCopenhagen Kastrup AirportDenmark · Ryanair2,584 km1,606 miKTWKatowice Wojciech Korfanty International AirportPoland · Wizz Air2,615 km1,625 miGOTGöteborg Landvetter AirportSweden · Scandinavian Airlines2,733 km1,698 miWAWWarsaw Chopin AirportPoland · Ryanair, Wizz Air2,813 km1,748 miOSLOslo-Gardermoen International AirportNorway · Scandinavian Airlines2,910 km1,808 miOTPBucharest Henri Coandă International AirportRomania · Wizz Air, Animawings2,965 km1,842 miKEFKeflavik International AirportIceland · Icelandair3,155 km1,960 miEWRNewark Liberty International AirportUnited States · United Airlines5,609 km3,485 mi
Most destinationsRyanair 48easyJet 18Transavia 8Jet2.com 7Eurowings 6Wizz Air 5

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from FAO. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Faro Airport” (revision of 14 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers10.3M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#207of 3,974 · #56 Europe · #3 PTLongest runway2,490 m8,169 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=2,606of 29,823 · #485 Europe · #11 PTElevation7 m24 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=40,916of 43,341 · =5,513 Europe · #61 PTAgeOpened 19652026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=5,474of 15,079 · =1,027 Europe · =14 PTRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =643 Europe · =5 PT
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

4 channels
APPAPP119.400
ATISATIS124.200
GNDGND118.575
TWRTWR118.200