AirportsCristiano Ronaldo International Airport is a large airport serving Funchal, in Autonomous Region of Madeira, Portugal. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is FNC.
Key facts
- IATA code
- FNC
- ICAO code
- LPMA
- City
- Funchal
- State or region
- Autonomous Region of Madeira
- Country
- Portugal
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 32.6978° N, 16.7746° W
- Elevation
- 59 m (192 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,777 m (9,110 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, FNC means Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: LPMA. 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 32.6978° N, 16.7746° W. It stands 59 metres (192 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone Atlantic/Madeira, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,777 metres (9,110 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 6.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 2,777 m 9,110 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Porto Santo AirportVila Baleira | PXO | 58 km |
| La Palma AirportSta Cruz de la Palma, La Palma Island, Spain | SPC | 462 km |
| Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna AirportTenerife, Spain | TFN | 471 km |
| César Manrique-Lanzarote AirportSan Bartolomé, Spain | ACE | 515 km |
| Tenerife Sur AirportTenerife, Spain | TFS | 518 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 8,670 km | 10 h 55 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 8,844 km | 11 h 10 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 6,935 km | 8 h 50 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 2,472 km | 3 h 30 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 5,071 km | 6 h 35 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 8,978 km | 11 h 20 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 12,753 km | 15 h 50 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 12,043 km | 15 h 00 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 18,888 km | 23 h 15 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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