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Lisbon Airport
International airport serving Lisbon, Portugal / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Humberto Delgado Airport (IATA: LIS, ICAO: LPPT), informally Lisbon Airport and previously Portela Airport, is an international airport located seven kilometres (four nautical miles) northeast of the city centre of Lisbon, Portugal. With around 34 million passengers/year, it is the 12th-largest airport in Europe in terms of passenger volume, and the busiest single-runway airport in mainland Europe.[4] It also carries approximately 200,000 tonnes of cargo per year.[5]
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner | Vinci SA | ||||||||||||||
Operator | ANA Aeroportos de Portugal[1] | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Lisbon metropolitan area | ||||||||||||||
Location | Olivais, Lisbon, Portugal | ||||||||||||||
Opened | 15 October 1942; 81 years ago (1942-10-15) | ||||||||||||||
Hub for | TAP Air Portugal | ||||||||||||||
Focus city for | Azores Airlines | ||||||||||||||
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Elevation AMSL | 374 ft / 114 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 38°46′27″N 009°08′03″W | ||||||||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||||||||
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The airport is the main hub of Portugal's flag carrier TAP Air Portugal,[6][7][8] including its subsidiary TAP Express, and is a hub for low-cost carriers Ryanair and easyJet. It is a focus city for Azores Airlines, euroAtlantic Airways, Hi Fly, and White Airways. It is a major hub for flights to/from Africa and South America, primarily Brazil.
The airport is expected to be shut down after the Lisbon Luís de Camões Airport is fully operational, expected in 2034.[9]
The airport is ranked one of the worst airports in the world by AirHelp.[10] It is one of the most congested airports of Europe and one of the only major airports to have an approach path directly over the city, leading to noise pollution.[11][12][13] A study by the European Federation for Transport and Environment released in 2024 showed that people that live close to the airport are at a greater risk for hypertension, diabetes, or dementia due to exposure to ultrafine particles that are left suspended in the air by planes.[14]