# Ovar Air Base, Ovar, Portugal

**Ovar Air Base** is a medium airport in Ovar, Aveiro District, Portugal. It opened in 1957. It has one runway, 2,440 m (8,005 ft) long, concrete.

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

## At a glance

- Type: Medium airport
- Owner: Portuguese Air Force
- Serves: Ovar, Aveiro District, Portugal
- Opened: 1957
- Elevation: 17 m / 56 ft
- Coordinates: 40.9159, -8.6459
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,440 m / 8,005 ft
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/Lisbon
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milit%C3%A4rflugplatz_Ovar (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9586748
- Weather station: LPOV
- Ident: LPOV

## Timeline

- 1957: Ovar Air Base opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 2,440 m / 8,005 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Concrete | 176° / 356° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,440 m / 8,005 ft | =2,696 of 29,858 | =516 in Europe | =12 in PT |
| Elevation | 17 m / 56 ft | =38,889 of 43,403 | =5,213 in Europe | #56 in PT |
| Age | Opened 1957 | =4,248 of 15,079 | =876 in Europe | #9 in PT |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =5 in PT |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 118.600 |
| TWR | TWR | 122.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [OPO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lppr.md) Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport · 37 km / 23 mi
- [LPVL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lpvl.md) Vilar de Luz Airfield · 42 km / 26 mi
- [VSE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lpvz.md) Aerodromo Goncalves Lobato (Viseu Airport) · 67 km / 42 mi
- [LPBR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lpbr.md) Braga Municipal Aerodrome · 76 km / 48 mi
- [LPCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lpco.md) Aerodromo Municipal de Coimbra · 85 km / 53 mi
- [VRL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lpvr.md) Vila Real Airport · 87 km / 54 mi

## Sources

- [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)
- [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/lpov/data