Lajes Airport
Lajes Airport Base Aérea das Lajes Aeroporto das Lajes | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Civil | ||||||||||
| Serves | Praia da Vitória/Angra do Heroísmo | ||||||||||
| Location | Lajes | ||||||||||
| Built | 1934 | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 55 m / 180 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°45′43″N 027°05′27″W / 38.76194°N 27.09083°W | ||||||||||
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  LPLA Location of Lajes Field in the Azores | |||||||||||
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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.
Overview
Lajes Airport not only serves Terceira but is also a hub providing international access to the Azores. It shares a runway and control and support structures with the military Lajes Field. Its runway is the longest among the airports of the Azores, measuring about 3300 meters in length. Aerogare Civil das Lajes (ACL) has a capacity of 750,000 passengers per year and 360 passengers per hour as of the last requalification. It is the closest international airport in Europe measured from eastern United States, for example 3,969 kilometres (2,466 mi) from New York.[2][3]
Airlines and destinations
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Lajes Airport:
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Azores Airlines | Boston,[4] Lisbon, Porto, Toronto–Pearson[5] Seasonal: Montréal–Trudeau,[6] New York–JFK,[6] Oakland[6] |
| Edelweiss Air | Seasonal: Zurich (begins 25 June 2025)[7] |
| Ryanair | Lisbon, Porto |
| SATA Air Açores[6] | Corvo, Flores, Graciosa, Horta, Pico, Ponta Delgada, São Jorge |
| TAP Air Portugal | Lisbon Seasonal: San Francisco (begins 3 June 2025)[8] |
| TUI fly Netherlands | Seasonal: Amsterdam |
Accidents and incidents
- On August 24, 2001, Air Transat Flight 236 suffered from fuel exhaustion over the Atlantic Ocean due to a fuel leak. The pilots diverted to Lajes and landed safely.[9]
Statistics
References
- ^ AIP Part 3 - AD 2 Aerodromes Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Google Maps".
- ^ When measured from northern and western United States, Keflavik is closer.
- ^ "Azores Airlines Expands Funchal – North America Routes in NS24".
- ^ "Azores Airlines Expands Funchal – North America Routes in NS24".
- ^ a b c d "Azores Airlines destination information" (PDF).
- ^ "Edelweiss Air NS25 Short-Haul Network Additions – 30OCT24". Aeroroutes. Aeroroutes. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
- ^ https://airlinegeeks.com/2024/12/03/tap-adds-three-new-u-s-routes/
- ^ "Accident Airbus A330-243 C-GITS, Friday 24 August 2001". asn.flightsafety.org. Retrieved 2024-10-15.
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