Porto Santo Airport

Porto Santo Airport (Portuguese: Aeroporto de Porto Santo) (IATA: PXO, ICAO: LPPS) is an international airport located in Vila Baleira, the capital of Porto Santo Island, Madeira.

Porto Santo Airport Aeroporto de Porto Santo
IATA: PXO ICAO: LPPS
Summary
Airport type	Military/public
Serves	Porto Santo Island
Location	Vila Baleira
Elevation AMSL	103 m / 338 ft
Coordinates	33°04′15″N 016°20′59″W
Website	ana.pt
Map
PXO Location in Madeira archipelago
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 36/18 3,000 9,843 Asphalt/concrete
Statistics (2017 )
Passengers (provisional) 175,300 Passengers change 16-17 12.3% Aircraft movements (2016) 2,077
Sources: Portuguese AIP[1]

The military Maneuver Aerodrome n.° 3 (Aeródromo de Manobra n.º 3) or AM3 is co-located within the limits of civilian Porto Santo Airport.

History

The island of Porto Santo was the first of the Madeira Islands to obtain an airport. In 1959,^[2] its runway was built with an initial length of 2,000 m (6,600 ft). The first aircraft to land at this airport was a TAP Air Portugal Douglas DC-4, on 20 July 1960.

The airport's infrastructure has improved over time, with increases to the runway length and in ramp surface. The last improvements to the airport structure were finalized on 28 August 1995, with the inauguration of a new passenger terminal and a new increase in runway length, which then reached 3,000 m (9,800 ft). The runway was also re-paved.

Management

Porto Santo Airport is managed by ANA Aeroportos de Portugal.

Facilities

The airport has a 3,000 m × 45 m (9,843 ft × 148 ft) asphalt/concrete runway, with no ILS equipment as of 2011, but with VOR and NDB approaches available.

Military air base

The Maneuver Aerodrome no 3 (AM3) is a Portuguese Air Force forward air base which shares its aeronautical facilities with the Porto Santo Airport. The AM3 was created in 2009 by the transformation of the previous Madeira Air Detachment. It does not have permanently based flying squadrons, but supports permanent detachments of the Squadron 502 (EADS CASA C-295 aircraft) and Squadron 751 (AgustaWestland EH101 helicopters), which focus in search and rescue missions.^[3]

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Porto Santo Airport:

Airlines	Destinations
AlbaStar	Seasonal: Milan-Bergamo[4]
Binter Canarias	Funchal[5]
Discover Airlines	Seasonal: Frankfurt[6]
easyJet	Lisbon[7] Seasonal: Porto[8][9]
Privilege Style	Seasonal charter: Porto[10]
Smartwings	Seasonal charter: Lisbon, Porto[11]
TAP Air Portugal	Seasonal: Lisbon

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at PXO airport. See Wikidata query.

See also

• List of airports in Portugal

References

1. AIP Part 3 - AD 2 Aerodromes Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
2. "Sinta o ritmo do Aeroporto da Madeira". Archived from the original on July 7, 2011.
3. "AERÓDROMO DE MANOBRA N.º 3". Portuguese Air Force. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
4. "Albastar annuncia la programmazione estiva in partenza dall'Aeroporto di Milano Bergamo". AlbaStar. 21 March 2022.
5. "LIST OF PUBLIC SERVICE OBLIGATIONS" (PDF). Aeroroutes.com. 11 March 2024. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
6. Umstellung des touristischen Kurz- und Mittelstreckenangebots auf Eurowings Discover
7. "JM-Madeira «O seu jornal da Madeira» | Edição Impressa". JM Madeira.
8. "Emergência médica desvia avião da easyJet para o Porto Santo".
9. Santos, Luís J. (February 3, 2022). "easyJet vai ligar Porto a Porto Santo. Novas rotas incluem Madrid e Colónia". PÚBLICO.
10. "Soltrópico e Abreu contratam charter para o réveillon em Porto Santo". 3 October 2023.
11. "Solférias e Sonhando já vendem charters para o Verão em Porto Santo". 8 January 2024.

External links

• Official website