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Lisbon Airport

Humberto Delgado Airport

Aeroporto Humberto Delgado
Take off of S4 467 LIS-FNC, July 11, 2011 (5939962876).jpg
Summary
Airport typePublic-private
OwnerGovernment of Portugal
OperatorANA Aeroportos de Portugal[1] (granted under concession to Vinci Airports from 2012 to 2062)
ServesLisbon metropolitan area
LocationOlivais, Lisbon, Portugal
Opened15 October 1942; 82 years ago (1942-10-15)
Hub forTAP Air Portugal
Focus city forAzores Airlines
Operating base for
Elevation AMSL374 ft / 114 m
Coordinates38°46′27″N 009°08′03″W / 38.77417°N 9.13417°W / 38.77417; -9.13417
Websitewww.lisbonairport.pt
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LIS is located in Lisbon
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Location within Lisbon
LIS is located in Portugal
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LIS (Portugal)
LIS is located in Europe
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
02/20 3,705 12,156 Asphalt
17/35 2,319 7,608 Asphalt
Statistics (2024)
Passengers35,093,000
Passengers change 23–24Increase 4.3%
Aircraft Movements225,268
Movements change 23–24Increase 1.1%

Humberto Delgado Airport (IATA: LIS, ICAO: LPPT), informally Lisbon Airport and previously Portela Airport, is an international airport located 7 kilometres northeast of the historical city centre of Lisbon, Portugal. With more than 35 million passengers per year, it is the 12th-largest airport in Europe in terms of passenger volume, and the busiest single-runway airport in mainland Europe.[4][5] It also carries approximately 200,000 tonnes of cargo per year.[6]

The airport is the main hub of Portugal's flag carrier TAP Air Portugal,[7][8][9] 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 run by the national airport operator ANA Aeroportos de Portugal, which in 2012 was granted under a 50-year-concession contract to the French group Vinci Airports, whose Portuguese branch is headed by José Luís Arnaut.[1][10]

The airport is expected to be shut down after the Lisbon Luís de Camões Airport is fully operational, scheduled for 2034.[11] In the meantime, Humberto Delgado Airport remains as one of the most congested airports of Europe, and one of the only major airports to have an approach path directly over the city which leads to noise pollution.[12][13][14] Over 414,000 people live within a 5 km radius of the airport, the highest number among major airports in Europe.[15][16] A 2024 study by the European Federation for Transport and Environment showed increased risk for hypertension, diabetes, or dementia among nearby residents due to exposure to ultrafine particles left suspended in the air by planes.[16][15] Lisbon–Portela Airport has consistently ranked dismally in customer satisfaction, with AirHelp polling it sixth from the last amongst 239 airports in the world in 2024.[17] Planning of the construction of a new airport elsewhere started in the mid-1960s,[18][19] when it was recognised Portela had virtually impossible prospects of expansion.[20] However, in the following decades, such plans were postponed or suspended for a myriad of reasons.[20][19][21]

  1. ^ a b acquires ANA, concession company for Portuguese airports Archived 25 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine. VINCI Airports.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Vinci1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ AIP Part 3 – AD 2 Aerodromes Archived 2 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ [2] Movement of passengers at national airports increased 4.3% in 2024 - December 2024, INE - National Institute of Statistics, Retrieved 14.02.2025.
  5. ^ "Vinci Airports has signed a EUR€1.15 billion (USD$1.33 billion) deal with the Portuguese government to expand airport capacity in the Lisbon Region". AirWise. 10 January 2019. Archived from the original on 10 January 2019.
  6. ^ "Passenger traffic in Portugal up 39% but still far from pre pandemic level". EFE News Network (in Portuguese). 20 May 2022.
  7. ^ "TAP Air Portugal nominee profile on WorldTravelAwards.com". World Travel Awards. Archived from the original on 18 July 2018.
  8. ^ "Europe's Leading Airline to South America 2018". World Travel Awards. Archived from the original on 18 July 2018.
  9. ^ "Europe's Leading Airline to Africa 2021". World Travel Awards. Archived from the original on 14 November 2021.
  10. ^ "José Luís Arnaut é o novo presidente da ANA" [José Luís Arnaut is the new ANA chairman]. Público (in Portuguese). 5 January 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
  11. ^ Rua, Patrícia Vicente; Demony, Catarina; Goncalves, Sergio (14 May 2024). "Portugal to build new airport across the river from Lisbon". Reuters.
  12. ^ "EasyJet Wins 18 TAP Slot Pairs At Lisbon Airport". Aviation Week & Space Technology. 21 June 2022.
  13. ^ "Lisbon calls for noise reduction measures due to airplanes". Portugal Resident. 14 December 2022.
  14. ^ Donn, Natasha (31 October 2023). "ZERO calls for urgent closure of Lisbon airport, citing noise pollution". Portugal Resident.
  15. ^ a b "Aeroporto Humberto Delgado na origem de potenciais milhares de casos de hipertensão, diabetes e demência" [Humberto Delgado Airport is on the basis of potentially thousands of cases of hypertension, diabetes and dementia]. ZERO (in Portuguese). 25 June 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  16. ^ a b "Is living near Lisbon Airport a health risk?". The Portugal News. 26 June 2024.
  17. ^ "AirHelp Score". AirHelp. 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
  18. ^ "Novo aeroporto Luís de Camões: a localização entre 1964 e 2024 – uma leitura pelo grupo de investigação EsTejo". Lusíada News. Lisbon: Universidade Lusíada. 24 May 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
  19. ^ a b [3] de Abreu e Silva, Joao & Gonçalves, Jorge & Correia, Marcos & Marreiros, Susana. (2015). Airport Planning Process. The case of the New Lisbon Airport. Finisterra. 99. 63-79.
  20. ^ a b [4] Maria R. Partidário, Miguel Coutinho, The Lisbon new international airport: The story of a decision-making process and the role of Strategic Environmental Assessment, Environmental Impact Assessment Review, Volume 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 360-367, ISSN 0195-9255.
  21. ^ [5] Huber, Hans. (2014). New Lisbon Airport megaproject: A political analysis of alternatives in space and time. 49. 67-73.
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