Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro |
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | Vinci Airports. | ||||||||||
Operator | ANA Aeroportos de Portugal | ||||||||||
Serves | Porto, Portugal | ||||||||||
Location | 11 km (6.8 mi) NW of Porto | ||||||||||
Hub for | TAP Air Portugal | ||||||||||
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Elevation AMSL | 69 m / 226 ft | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°14′08″N 008°40′41″W / 41.23556°N 8.67806°WCoordinates: 41°14′08″N 008°40′41″W / 41.23556°N 8.67806°W | ||||||||||
Website | [1] | ||||||||||
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Location in Portugal | |||||||||||
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Sources: ANA Relatório Contas 2013
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Aircraft Movements | 93,468 |
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Passengers | 9,378,000 |
Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport (IATA: OPO, ICAO: LPPR) or simply Porto Airport is an international airport near Porto (Oporto), Portugal. It is located 11 km (6.8 mi) northwest of the Clérigos Tower in the centre of Porto, in the municipalities of Maia, Matosinhos and Vila do Conde and is run by ANA – Aeroportos de Portugal. The airport is currently the second-busiest in the country, based on aircraft operations; and the second-busiest in passengers, based on Aeroportos de Portugal traffic statistics, after Lisbon Airport and before Faro Airport. The airport is a base for easyJet, Ryanair, TAP Air Portugal and its subsidiary TAP Express.
The airport is surrounded by the municipalities of Matosinhos (to the south and west) and Vila do Conde (to the north) and Maia (to the east). It covers the parishes of Santa Cruz do Bispo, Perafita and Lavra (in Matosinhos); Aveleda and Vilar do Pinheiro (Vila do Conde); and Vila Nova da Telha and Moreira (Maia). It includes an area of between 72 metres (236 ft) in the extreme south and 43 metres (141 ft) in the north. The southern portion of the airport intersects the hydrographic watershed of the Leça River, while the north is crossed by effluents of Onda River.