# Horta Airport (HOR / LPHR)

**Horta Airport** (IATA: HOR, ICAO: LPHR) is a medium airport in Horta, Autonomous Region of Azores, Portugal. It opened in 1971. It has one runway, 1,595 m (5,233 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by ANA – Aeroportos de Portugal. In 2025 it handled 301 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: HOR / LPHR
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: ANA – Aeroportos de Portugal
- Serves: Horta, Autonomous Region of Azores, Portugal
- Opened: 1971
- Elevation: 36 m / 118 ft
- Coordinates: 38.5199, -28.7159
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,595 m / 5,233 ft
- Passengers: 301,160 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-1/+0 · Atlantic/Azores
- Website: https://www.aeroportohorta.pt
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horta_Airport (17 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1431519
- Weather station: LPHR · WMO 08505
- Ident: LPHR

## Timeline

- 1971: Horta Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10/28 | 1,595 m / 5,233 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 090° / 270° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 175,827 | Eurostat |
| 2015 | 197,567 | Eurostat |
| 2016 | 221,642 | Eurostat |
| 2017 | 261,966 | Eurostat |
| 2018 | 247,249 | Eurostat |
| 2019 | 276,248 | Eurostat |
| 2020 | 98,020 | Eurostat |
| 2021 | 173,571 | Eurostat |
| 2022 | 248,996 | Eurostat |
| 2023 | 285,439 | Eurostat |
| 2024 | 288,440 | Eurostat |
| 2025 | 301,160 | Eurostat |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (4)

- [FLW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lpfl.md) Flores Airport · Portugal · 233 km / 145 mi · SATA Air Açores
- [CVU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lpcr.md) Corvo Airport · Portugal · 243 km / 151 mi · SATA Air Açores
- [PDL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lppd.md) João Paulo II Airport · Portugal · 278 km / 173 mi · SATA Air Açores
- [LIS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lppt.md) Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport · Portugal · 1,697 km / 1,054 mi · Azores Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- SP [SATA Air Açores](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sata-air-acores) · 3
- S4 [Azores Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/azores-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 301K (2025) | #1,346 of 3,974 | #297 in Europe | #7 in PT |
| Longest runway | 1,595 m / 5,233 ft | #5,939 of 29,858 | #932 in Europe | #20 in PT |
| Elevation | 36 m / 118 ft | =36,270 of 43,403 | =4,813 in Europe | #48 in PT |
| Age | Opened 1971 | =6,388 of 15,079 | =1,124 in Europe | #17 in PT |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =5 in PT |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 119.700 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.000 |

## Nearby airports

- [PIX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lppi.md) Pico Airport · 24 km / 15 mi
- [SJZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lpsj.md) São Jorge Airport · 50 km / 31 mi
- [GRW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lpgr.md) Graciosa Airport · 87 km / 54 mi
- [TER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lpla.md) Lajes Airport · 144 km / 89 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: “Horta Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Horta_Airport&oldid=1372605653), 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/lphr/data