Lajes Airport

Coordinates: 38°45′43″N 027°05′27″W / 38.76194°N 27.09083°W / 38.76194; -27.09083
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Lajes Airport

Base Aérea das Lajes

Aeroporto das Lajes
Summary
Airport typeCivil
ServesPraia da Vitória/Angra do Heroísmo
LocationLajes
Built1934
Elevation AMSL55 m / 180 ft
Coordinates38°45′43″N 027°05′27″W / 38.76194°N 27.09083°W / 38.76194; -27.09083
Map
LPLA is located in Azores
LPLA
LPLA
Location of Lajes Field in the Azores
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
15/33 3,314 10,873 Asphalt
Statistics (2016)
Passengers631,236
Aircraft operations5,415
Metric tonnes of cargo2,774
Source: Portuguese AIP[1]

Lajes Airport (IATA: TER, ICAO: LPLA) is located in the parish and Vila das Lajes, in the municipality of Praia da Vitória, on Terceira Island, in the Azores.

Overview[edit]

Lajes Airport not only serves Terceira but is also a hub providing international access to the Azores. It shares a runway and control and support structures with the military Lajes Field. Its runway is the longest among the airports of the Azores, measuring about 3300 meters in length. Aerogare Civil das Lajes (ACL) has a capacity of 750,000 passengers per year and 360 passengers per hour as of the last requalification. It is the closest international airport in Europe measured from eastern United States, for example 3,969 kilometres (2,466 mi) from New York.[2][3]

Airlines and destinations[edit]

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Lajes Airport:

AirlinesDestinations
Azores Airlines Boston,[4] Lisbon, Porto, Toronto–Pearson[5]
Seasonal: Montréal–Trudeau,[6] New York–JFK,[6] Oakland[6]
Ryanair Lisbon, Porto
SATA Air Açores[6] Corvo, Flores, Graciosa, Horta, Pico, Ponta Delgada, São Jorge
TAP Air Portugal Lisbon
TUI fly Netherlands Seasonal: Amsterdam

Accidents[edit]

Statistics[edit]

Annual passenger traffic at TER airport. See Wikidata query.
Lajes Airport (TER) Level 3 - Check In area.
Lajes Airport (TER) Level 3 - Check In area.
Apron view

References[edit]

  1. ^ AIP Part 3 - AD 2 Aerodromes Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Google Maps".
  3. ^ When measured from northern and western United States, Keflavik is closer.
  4. ^ "Azores Airlines Expands Funchal – North America Routes in NS24".
  5. ^ "Azores Airlines Expands Funchal – North America Routes in NS24".
  6. ^ a b c d "Azores Airlines destination information" (PDF).

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