# Pico Airport (PIX / LPPI)

**Pico Airport** (IATA: PIX, ICAO: LPPI) is a medium airport in Pico Island, Autonomous Region of Azores, Portugal. It opened in 1982. It has one runway, 1,745 m (5,725 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by ANA – Aeroportos de Portugal. In 2025 it handled 236 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: PIX / LPPI
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: ANA – Aeroportos de Portugal
- Serves: Pico Island, Autonomous Region of Azores, Portugal
- Opened: 1982
- Elevation: 33 m / 109 ft
- Coordinates: 38.5543, -28.4413
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,745 m / 5,725 ft
- Passengers: 236,256 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-1/+0 · Atlantic/Azores
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pico_Airport (14 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1432366
- Weather station: LPPI
- Ident: LPPI

## Timeline

- 1982: Pico Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 1,745 m / 5,725 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 083° / 263° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 45,820 | Eurostat |
| 2015 | 77,611 | Eurostat |
| 2016 | 127,258 | Eurostat |
| 2017 | 120,405 | Eurostat |
| 2018 | 133,623 | Eurostat |
| 2019 | 142,307 | Eurostat |
| 2020 | 63,986 | Eurostat |
| 2021 | 118,333 | Eurostat |
| 2022 | 177,974 | Eurostat |
| 2023 | 205,001 | Eurostat |
| 2024 | 224,579 | Eurostat |
| 2025 | 236,256 | Eurostat |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [PDL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lppd.md) João Paulo II Airport · Portugal · 256 km / 159 mi · SATA Air Açores
- [LIS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lppt.md) Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport · Portugal · 1,673 km / 1,040 mi · Azores Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

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

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 236K (2025) | #1,467 of 3,974 | #322 in Europe | #9 in PT |
| Longest runway | 1,745 m / 5,725 ft | =5,101 of 29,858 | #867 in Europe | #17 in PT |
| Elevation | 33 m / 109 ft | =36,550 of 43,403 | =4,862 in Europe | #52 in PT |
| Age | Opened 1982 | =8,372 of 15,079 | =1,240 in Europe | #18 in PT |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =5 in PT |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | RDO | 122.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [HOR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lphr.md) Horta Airport · 24 km / 15 mi
- [SJZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lpsj.md) São Jorge Airport · 26 km / 16 mi
- [GRW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lpgr.md) Graciosa Airport · 70 km / 43 mi
- [TER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lpla.md) Lajes Airport · 120 km / 74 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: “Pico Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pico_Airport&oldid=1363071395), revision of 7 Jul 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/lppi/data