# São Jorge Airport (SJZ / LPSJ)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: SJZ / LPSJ
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: ANA – Aeroportos de Portugal
- Serves: Velas, Autonomous Region of Azores, Portugal
- Opened: 23 Apr 1983 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 95 m / 311 ft
- Coordinates: 38.6655, -28.1758
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,412 m / 4,633 ft
- Passengers: 112,770 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-1/+0 · Atlantic/Azores
- Website: http://www.sata.pt/pt-pt/sata/sata-aerodromos
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Jorge_Airport (14 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1432951
- Weather station: LPSJ
- Ident: LPSJ

## Timeline

- 23 Apr 1983: São Jorge Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 1,412 m / 4,633 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 117° / 297° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 28,707 | Eurostat |
| 2015 | 46,585 | Eurostat |
| 2016 | 67,752 | Eurostat |
| 2017 | 71,215 | Eurostat |
| 2018 | 75,893 | Eurostat |
| 2019 | 81,612 | Eurostat |
| 2020 | 41,883 | Eurostat |
| 2021 | 70,318 | Eurostat |
| 2022 | 87,137 | Eurostat |
| 2023 | 101,949 | Eurostat |
| 2024 | 106,992 | Eurostat |
| 2025 | 112,770 | Eurostat |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [PDL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lppd.md) João Paulo II Airport · Portugal · 240 km / 149 mi · SATA Air Açores

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (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 | 113K (2025) | #1,763 of 3,974 | #374 in Europe | #12 in PT |
| Longest runway | 1,412 m / 4,633 ft | =7,698 of 29,858 | =1,028 in Europe | #23 in PT |
| Elevation | 95 m / 311 ft | =31,060 of 43,403 | =3,677 in Europe | #32 in PT |
| Age | Opened 1983 | =8,556 of 15,079 | =1,250 in Europe | #19 in PT |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =5 in PT |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | RDO | 122.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [PIX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lppi.md) Pico Airport · 26 km / 16 mi
- [GRW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lpgr.md) Graciosa Airport · 49 km / 31 mi
- [HOR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lphr.md) Horta Airport · 50 km / 31 mi
- [TER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lpla.md) Lajes Airport · 95 km / 59 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: “São Jorge Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=São_Jorge_Airport&oldid=1371322856), revision of 25 Aug 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/lpsj/data