SJZ

São Jorge Airport

ICAO LPSJ38.6655°N 28.1758°W95 m / 311 ftMedium airport
On the map
Sao Jorge Azores airport
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São Jorge Airport (IATA: SJZ, ICAO: LPSJ) is a medium airport in Velas, Autonomous Region of Azores, Portugal. It opened on 23 Apr 1983. It has one runway, 1,412 m (4,633 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by ANA – Aeroportos de Portugal. In 2025 it handled 113 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1983–1983
23 APR 1983
OpenedSão Jorge Airport opens.
From Wikidata and WikipediaEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
13/31117° / 297° · LIT
LENGTH1,412 m4,633 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
29K
47K
68K
71K
76K
82K
42K
70K
87K
102K
107K
113K
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Routes

1 destinations · 1 country
100 km200 km50 mi100 mi150 miPDL · João Paulo II Airport · 240 km / 149 miPDLSJZ

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from SJZ. From the Wikipedia article “São Jorge Airport” (revision of 25 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers113K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,763of 3,974 · #372 Europe · #12 PTLongest runway1,412 m4,633 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=7,694of 29,823 · =1,021 Europe · #23 PTElevation95 m311 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=31,015of 43,341 · =3,671 Europe · #32 PTAgeOpened 19832026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=8,564of 15,079 · =1,248 Europe · #19 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

1 channels
AFISRDO122.300