Lajes Airport

ICAO LPLA38.7618°N 27.0908°W55 m / 180 ftMedium airport

Lajes Airport (IATA: TER, ICAO: LPLA) is a medium airport in Praia da Vitória, Autonomous Region of Azores, Portugal. It opened in 1943. It has one runway, 3,313 m (10,870 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Portuguese Air Force. In 2025 it handled 1.0 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1943–1943

1943

OpenedLajes Airport opens.

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N

15/33141° / 321° · LIT

LENGTH3,313 m10,870 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025

216K

350K

480K

604K

618K

681K

243K

400K

663K

721K

987K

1.0M

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Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers1.0M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#822of 3,974 · #199 Europe · #6 PT Longest runway3,313 m10,870 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#701of 29,823 · #94 Europe · #4 PT Elevation55 m180 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=34,384of 43,341 · =4,428 Europe · =42 PT AgeOpened 19432026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=2,016of 15,079 · =662 Europe · #5 PT Runways11 · 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

7 channels

APPAPP135.000

ATISATIS120.300

GCCDGND121.900

MISCAMC COMD POST130.650

PMSVPMSV METRO28.442

PTDPTD30.877

TWRTWR122.100