FAO — Faro - Gago Coutinho International Airport
- IATA code
- FAO
- ICAO code
- LPFR
- Size
- large
- OurAirports class
- Passengers
- 10,349,949
- 2025 · +5.9% on the year before
- Nonstop routes
- 66
- With open traffic data
- Time zone
- UTC / UTC+1
- Europe/Lisbon
- Elevation
- 7 m
- 23 ft
- Runways
- 1
- Longest 2,490 m
Jan–Apr 2026: 2,296,740 passengers, +3.1% on the same months of 2025 (Eurostat).
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More codes: airport codes starting with F
About FAO
Faro - Gago Coutinho International Airport is a large airport serving Faro, Portugal. It opened in 1965 and is run by ANA – Aeroportos de Portugal. 10,349,949 passengers used it in 2025. Open traffic data shows 66 nonstop routes from FAO.
Wikidata (CC0) · Eurostat. Sources
Busiest nonstop routes from FAO
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| FAO → LGW | 1,687 km | 854,228 |
| FAO → DUB | 1,829 km | 666,741 |
| FAO → MAN | 1,868 km | 478,657 |
| FAO → STN | 1,774 km | 406,011 |
| FAO → BRS | 1,650 km | 379,313 |
| FAO → LTN | 1,756 km | 294,340 |
| FAO → ORY | 1,548 km | 291,995 |
| FAO → LIS | 221 km | 279,125 |
| FAO → AMS | 1,970 km | 276,759 |
| FAO → BHX | 1,783 km | 263,745 |
| FAO → EIN | 1,919 km | 257,567 |
| FAO → BFS | 1,965 km | 253,405 |
| FAO → OPO | 474 km | 243,697 |
| FAO → LPL | 1,857 km | 223,277 |
| FAO → EMA | 1,832 km | 206,787 |
| FAO → FRA | 1,960 km | 184,876 |
| FAO → BRU | 1,833 km | 179,151 |
| FAO → LBA | 1,935 km | 170,768 |
| FAO → ORK | 1,648 km | 168,244 |
| FAO → DUS | 1,968 km | 167,304 |
| FAO → RTM | 1,925 km | 157,829 |
| FAO → EDI | 2,133 km | 152,034 |
| FAO → GLA | 2,113 km | 150,920 |
| FAO → HAM | 2,308 km | 133,863 |
| FAO → LHR | 1,712 km | 132,886 |
| FAO → NCL | 2,059 km | 124,035 |
| FAO → MUC | 2,041 km | 114,059 |
| FAO → CRL | 1,793 km | 104,695 |
| FAO → CPH | 2,586 km | 103,845 |
| FAO → GVA | 1,553 km | 100,239 |
| FAO → BER | 2,392 km | 100,073 |
| FAO → CGN | 1,952 km | 95,779 |
| FAO → LUX | 1,807 km | 92,804 |
| FAO → BGY | 1,758 km | 88,020 |
| FAO → MAD | 543 km | 85,673 |
| FAO → LYS | 1,456 km | 83,132 |
| FAO → CDG | 1,581 km | 78,855 |
| FAO → STR | 1,904 km | 78,389 |
| FAO → SNN | 1,745 km | 71,928 |
| FAO → BVA | 1,603 km | 71,523 |
Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports. Routes outside these are not counted.
Airlines at FAO on flights to and from the US
- UA United Air Lines · 146 flights
Departures and arrivals on scheduled passenger flights, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Sources
Nearest airports
| Code | Airport | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| PRM | Portimão Airport | 56 km |
| XRY | Jerez Airport | 173 km |
| SVQ | Seville Airport | 189 km |
| LIS | Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport | 221 km |
| CAT | Cascais Airport | 226 km |
Distance from FAO to the major hubs
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 2,490 m | 45 m | Asphalt |
OurAirports (public domain). Sources
Location
Faro, Faro District, Portugal · 37.0159, -7.9709
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