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Dr. Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport
Aeroporto Internacional Dr. Francisco de Sá Carneiro |
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| Airport in Porto, Portugal |
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| IATA: OPO – ICAO: LPPR |
| Summary |
| Airport type |
Public |
| Owner |
Government of Portugal. |
| Operator |
ANA - Aeroportos de Portugal, SA |
| Location |
Greater Porto |
| Hub for |
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| Elevation AMSL |
228 ft / 69 m |
| Coordinates |
41°14′53″N 08°40′53″W / 41.24806°N 8.68139°W / 41.24806; -8.68139Coordinates: 41°14′53″N 08°40′53″W / 41.24806°N 8.68139°W / 41.24806; -8.68139 |
| Runways |
| Direction |
Length |
Surface |
| ft |
m |
| 17/35 |
11,417 |
3,479 |
Asphalt |
| Statistics (2009) |
| Aircraft Movements |
54,107 |
| Passengers |
4,509,350 |
| Sources: ANA |
Aeroporto Internacional Dr. Francisco de Sá Carneiro (IATA: OPO, ICAO: LPPR) also known as Aeroporto de Pedras Rubras, or simply Porto Airport is the international airport of Greater Porto, Portugal. It is located approximately six miles northwest of Porto city centre, in the municipalities of Maia, Matosinhos and Vila do Conde and is run by ANA Aeroportos de Portugal. The airport is currently the third busiest in the country based on airplane operations and the third busiest in passengers, based on Aeroportos de Portugal traffic statistics, after Lisbon Portela Airport and Faro Airport.
It is named after a Portuguese Politician, Francisco de Sá Carneiro, who was killed in an airplane crash as he was heading to this airport. It was previously known as Aeroporto de Pedras Rubras. The airport is a hub of TAP Portugal and Ryanair.
On 25 February 2008, Airports Council International (ACI) announced that according to its 2007 Airport Service Quality Survey, Porto placed first overall in Europe for service and placed fourth among airports worldwide having fewer than 5 million passengers. Airlines and destinations
Scheduled
| Airlines |
Destinations |
| Aigle Azur |
Paris-Orly |
| Air Berlin |
Cologne/Bonn, Palma de Mallorca |
| Air Europa |
Palma de Mallorca |
| Air Transat |
Montréal-Trudeau [seasonal], Toronto-Pearson |
| Brussels Airlines |
Brussels |
| EasyJet |
Basel/Mulhouse, Geneva, London-Gatwick, Lyon, Milan-Malpensa, Paris-Charles de Gaulle |
| Iberia operated by Air Nostrum |
Madrid |
| Lufthansa |
Frankfurt |
| Luxair |
Luxembourg |
| Ryanair |
Barcelona [begins 2 November], Birmingham [seasonal], Beauvais-Tillé, Bergamo-Orio al Serio, Bologna [begins 3 November], Bordeaux, Bremen [begins 5 November], Bristol [seasonal], Brussels South-Charleroi, Carcassonne [seasonal], Dublin [seasonal], Eindhoven, Faro, Girona, Frankfurt-Hahn, Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, Gran Canaria, Lille, Liverpool [seasonal], London-Gatwick [begins 31 October], London-Stansted, Maastricht [begins 5 November], Madrid, Marrakesh [begins 2 November], Marseille, Memmingen [begins 2 November], Pisa [seasonal], Rodez [begins 3 November], Saint-Étienne, Tenerife-South, Tours, Valencia [begins 2 November], Weeze. |
| SATA International |
Ponta Delgada, Toronto-Pearson, Terceira [Seasonal] |
| Swiss International Air Lines |
Zürich |
| TAP Portugal |
Caracas, Funchal, Geneva, Lisbon, London-Gatwick, Newark, Paris-Orly, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, São Paulo-Guarulhos, Zürich |
| TAP operated by Portugália |
Amsterdam, Barcelona, Brussels, Lisbon, Luxembourg, Madrid, Rome-Fiumicino |
| Transavia.com France |
Paris-Orly, Nantes, Funchal |
Cargo
| Airlines |
Destinations |
| Air France Cargo |
Paris-Charles de Gaulle |
| FedEx Feeder operated by Air Contractors |
Dublin |
Metro and buses
The airport is served by Line E of the Porto Metro, linking it to downtown Porto, pendolino trains and Estádio do Dragão, and by transfer to other urban centres of Greater Porto: in Verdes station to Vila do Conde and Póvoa de Varzim (using line B), Fonte do Cuco station to Maia (line C), and Senhora da Hora station to Matosinhos (line A). Taxis and STCP buses also link the airport and the city. There is also a bus service to/from Vigo (Galicia/Spain) twice a day on weekdays, and once a day during the weekend.
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| General Info
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| Country |
Portugal
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| ICAO ID |
LPPR
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| Time |
UTC 0(+1DT)
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| Latitude |
41.248055
41° 14' 53.00" N
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| Longitude |
-8.681389
008° 40' 53.00" W
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| Elevation |
228 feet
69 meters
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| Type |
Civil
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| Magnetic Variation |
004° W (01/06)
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| Operating Agency |
CIVIL GOVERNMENT, (LANDING FEES AND DIPLOMATIC CLEARANCE MAY BE REQUIRED)
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| Alternate Name |
FRANCISCO SA CARNEIRO
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| Operating Hours |
24 HOUR OPERATIONS
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| International Clearance Status |
Airport of Entry
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| Daylight Saving Time |
Last Sunday in March to last Sunday in October
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| Communications
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| TWR |
118.0
343.6
(343.6 MIL)
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| INFO |
124.3
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APP
Opr HX.
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121.1
343.6
(343.6 MIL)
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| Runways
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| ID |
Dimensions |
Surface |
PCN |
ILS
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| 17/35 |
11417 x 148 feet
3480 x 45 meters |
ASPHALT |
080FCWT |
YES
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| Navaids
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| Type |
ID |
Name |
Channel |
Freq |
Distance From Field |
Bearing From Navaid
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| VOR-DME |
PRT |
PORTO |
088X |
114.1 |
1.5 NM |
174.0
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| NDB |
POR |
PORTO |
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327 |
6.1 NM |
168.6
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| Supplies/Equipment
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| Fuel |
Jet A1, without icing nhibitor.
100/130 MIL Spec, low lead, aviation gasoline (BLUE)
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| Remarks
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| CAUTION |
Bird haz.
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| FUEL |
Avbl 0800-2400Z++. OT O/R. (NC-100LL, A1)
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| LGT |
PAPI Rwy 17 GS 2.7 MEHT 65'; PAPI Rwy 35 MEHT 65'.
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| RSTD |
PPR for all arr and dep acft. Rstd to acft able to maint two-way com with PortoTwr.
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