# Sintra Air Base, Sintra, Portugal

**Sintra Air Base** is a medium airport in Sintra, Lisbon District, Portugal. It has one runway, 1,800 m (5,906 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Portuguese Air Force.

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

## At a glance

- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Portuguese Air Force
- Serves: Sintra, Lisbon District, Portugal
- Elevation: 134 m / 440 ft
- Coordinates: 38.8311, -9.3395
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,800 m / 5,906 ft
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/Lisbon
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sintra_Air_Base (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9650494
- Weather station: LPST · WMO 08532
- Ident: LPST

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 14/32 | 1,800 m / 5,906 ft | 40 m / 131 ft | Asphalt | 135° / 315° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,800 m / 5,906 ft | =4,819 of 29,858 | =841 in Europe | =15 in PT |
| Elevation | 134 m / 440 ft | =28,257 of 43,403 | =2,993 in Europe | #24 in PT |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =5 in PT |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 118.600 |
| GND | GND | 122.100 |
| TWR | TWR | 119.850 |

## Nearby airports

- [CAT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lpcs.md) Cascais Airport · 12 km / 7.4 mi
- [LIS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lppt.md) Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport · 18 km / 11 mi
- [LPAR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lpar.md) Alverca Air Base · 27 km / 17 mi
- [LPMT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lpmt.md) Montijo Air Base · 30 km / 19 mi
- [LPTN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lptn.md) Tancos Airbase · 110 km / 69 mi
- [LPMR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lpmr.md) Monte Real Air Base · 118 km / 73 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/lpst/data