AirportsFaro - Gago Coutinho International Airport is a large airport serving Faro, in Faro District, Portugal. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is FAO.
Key facts
- IATA code
- FAO
- ICAO code
- LPFR
- City
- Faro
- State or region
- Faro District
- Country
- Portugal
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 37.0159° N, 7.9709° W
- Elevation
- 7 m (24 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,490 m (8,169 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, FAO means Faro - Gago Coutinho International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: LPFR. ICAO codes that begin with L belong to southern Europe, Israel and Turkey. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 37.0159° N, 7.9709° W. It stands 7 metres (24 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Huelva, about 96 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Europe/Lisbon, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Faro - Gago Coutinho International Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,490 metres (8,169 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 19 airports of Portugal on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 8.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 2,490 m 8,169 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Portimão AirportPortimão | PRM | 56 km |
| Jerez AirportJerez de la Frontera, Spain | XRY | 173 km |
| Seville AirportSeville, Spain | SVQ | 189 km |
| Lisbon Humberto Delgado AirportLisbon | LIS | 221 km |
| Cascais AirportCascais | CAT | 226 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 7,742 km | 9 h 50 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 7,952 km | 10 h 05 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 6,059 km | 7 h 50 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 1,713 km | 2 h 35 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 5,580 km | 7 h 15 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 9,338 km | 11 h 45 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 11,845 km | 14 h 45 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 11,287 km | 14 h 05 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 18,100 km | 22 h 20 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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