# Vila Real Airport (VRL / LPVR)

**Vila Real Airport** (IATA: VRL, ICAO: LPVR) is a medium airport in Vila Real, Vila Real District, Portugal. It has one runway, 947 m (3,107 ft) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 2 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: VRL / LPVR
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Vila Real, Vila Real District, Portugal
- Elevation: 550 m / 1,805 ft
- Coordinates: 41.2743, -7.7205
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 947 m / 3,107 ft
- Passengers: 2,198 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/Lisbon
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vila_Real_Airport (10 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5248579
- Weather station: LPVR · WMO 08567
- Ident: LPVR

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 02/20 | 947 m / 3,107 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 018° / 198° | yes |

- 02/20 slopes 1.1%: threshold 02 at 548 m / 1,798 ft, threshold 20 at 558 m / 1,831 ft.

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2012 | 1,338 | Eurostat |
| 2016 | 5,230 | Eurostat |
| 2017 | 6,782 | Eurostat |
| 2018 | 8,581 | Eurostat |
| 2019 | 5,073 | Eurostat |
| 2022 | 109 | Eurostat |
| 2023 | 3,080 | Eurostat |
| 2024 | 713 | Eurostat |
| 2025 | 2,198 | Eurostat |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (4)

- [VSE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lpvz.md) Aerodromo Goncalves Lobato (Viseu Airport) · Portugal · 63 km / 39 mi · Aero VIP
- [BGC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lpbg.md) Bragança Airport · Portugal · 106 km / 66 mi · Aero VIP
- [CAT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lpcs.md) Cascais Airport · Portugal · 316 km / 196 mi · Aero VIP
- [PRM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lppm.md) Portimão Airport · Portugal · 465 km / 289 mi · Aero VIP

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- WV [Aero VIP](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aero-vip) · 4

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 2K (2025) | #3,130 of 3,974 | #640 in Europe | #19 in PT |
| Longest runway | 947 m / 3,107 ft | =15,384 of 29,858 | #1,585 in Europe | #33 in PT |
| Elevation | 550 m / 1,805 ft | =9,880 of 43,403 | #594 in Europe | #5 in PT |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =5 in PT |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | RDO | 124.905 |

## Nearby airports

- [VSE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lpvz.md) Aerodromo Goncalves Lobato (Viseu Airport) · 63 km / 39 mi
- [LPVL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lpvl.md) Vilar de Luz Airfield · 66 km / 41 mi
- [LPBR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lpbr.md) Braga Municipal Aerodrome · 70 km / 43 mi
- [OPO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lppr.md) Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport · 80 km / 50 mi
- [LPOV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lpov.md) Ovar Air Base · 87 km / 54 mi
- [BGC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lpbg.md) Bragança Airport · 106 km / 66 mi

## In collections

- [Shortest runways with airline service](https://dromopedia.com/collections/shortest-scheduled) #99

## 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: “Vila Real Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vila_Real_Airport&oldid=1371864855), revision of 29 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/lpvr/data