PXO

Porto Santo Airport

ICAO LPPS33.0734°N 16.3500°W104 m / 341 ftMedium airport
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Porto Santo Airport (IATA: PXO, ICAO: LPPS) is a medium airport in Vila Baleira, Autonomous Region of Madeira, Portugal. It opened in 1960. It has one runway, 3,006 m (9,861 ft) long, concrete. In 2025 it handled 244 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1960–1960
1960
OpenedPorto Santo Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Terminal do Aeroporto do Porto Santo
18/36178° / 358° · LIT
LENGTH3,006 m9,861 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEConcrete

Passengers per year

2014–2025
110K
126K
159K
178K
167K
170K
53K
127K
208K
233K
233K
244K
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Routes

6 destinations · 4 countries
Most destinationsSmartwings 3easyJet 2Binter Canarias 1Luxair 1TAP Air Portugal 1AlbaStar 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from PXO. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Porto Santo Airport” (revision of 7 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers244K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,449of 3,974 · #315 Europe · #8 PTLongest runway3,006 m9,861 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#1,161of 29,823 · #157 Europe · #6 PTElevation104 m341 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=30,301of 43,341 · =3,496 Europe · #30 PTAgeOpened 19602026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=4,584of 15,079 · =929 Europe · #11 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

2 channels
GCAGCA123.300
TWRTWR120.050