Lajes Airport

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.

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
Map
TER
Location of Lajes Field in the Azores
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
15/33 3,314 10,873 Asphalt
Statistics (2016)
Passengers631236
Aircraft Operations5415
Metric tonnes of cargo2774
Source: Portuguese AIP[1]

Overview

It is an airport infrastructure that, besides serving Terceira, is an access point to the outside of the internal air transport network of the Azores. It shares the runway and control and support structures (with the exception of the passenger terminal and the plate) with the military Lajes Field. Its runway is the most extensive among the airports of the Azores, measuring about 4,000 meters in length. Aerogare Civil das Lajes (ACL) has a capacity of 750,000 passengers / year and 360 passengers / hour after the last re-qualification works.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Azores AirlinesBoston, Lisbon, Porto, Toronto–Pearson
Seasonal: Oakland (resumes 5 June 2021)[2]
RyanairLisbon, Porto
SATA Air Açores[3]Corvo, Flores, Graciosa, Horta, Pico, Ponta Delgada, São Jorge
TAP Air PortugalLisbon
TUI fly NetherlandsSeasonal: Amsterdam

References


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