Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport Aeroporto Humberto Delgado |
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner | Vinci Group | ||||||||||||||
Operator | ANA Aeroportos de Portugal | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Lisbon, Portugal | ||||||||||||||
Location | Portela de Sacavém | ||||||||||||||
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Elevation AMSL | 114 m / 374 ft | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 38°46′27″N 009°08′03″W / 38.77417°N 9.13417°WCoordinates: 38°46′27″N 009°08′03″W / 38.77417°N 9.13417°W | ||||||||||||||
Website | www.aeroportolisboa.pt/en | ||||||||||||||
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Aircraft Movements | 178,639 |
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Passengers | 22,449,289 |
Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (IATA: LIS, ICAO: LPPT), also known as Lisbon Airport or Portela Airport, is an international airport located in the city of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. In Portuguese, it is also called Aeroporto de Lisboa, Aeroporto da Portela, or Aeroporto da Portela de Sacavém. It takes its name from the neighbouring parish (freguesia) of Portela in Loures Municipality, formerly known as Portela de Sacavém.
The airport is the main international gateway to Portugal and a major European hub. It is the 22nd largest airport in Europe in terms of passenger numbers. The airport handled over 20 million passengers in 2015, and 94,300 tonnes of cargo in 2014. It has been nominated as Europe's Leading Airport for eight consecutive years in the World Travel Awards.
The airport is the main hub of TAP Portugal and its subsidiary TAP Express, a focus city for easyJet, Ryanair and Azores Airlines and also the base for charter airlines euroAtlantic Airways, Hi Fly and White Airways. The airport is run by ANA – Aeroportos de Portugal which has been concessioned to the French group Vinci Airports in February 2013.