PIX — Pico Airport

Medium-sized airport in Lajes do Pico, Portugal.
IATA code
PIX
ICAO code
LPPI
Size
medium
OurAirports class
Passengers
236,256
2025 · +5.2% on the year before
Nonstop routes
3
With open traffic data
Time zone
UTC−1 / UTC
Atlantic/Azores
Elevation
33 m
108 ft
Runways
1
Longest 1,745 m

Jan–Apr 2026: 46,475 passengers, +3.1% on the same months of 2025 (Eurostat).

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About PIX

Pico Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Lajes do Pico, Portugal. It opened in 1982 and is run by ANA – Aeroportos de Portugal. 236,256 passengers used it in 2025. Open traffic data shows 3 nonstop routes from PIX.

Wikidata (CC0) · Eurostat. Sources

Busiest nonstop routes from PIX

Route Distance Passengers / year
PIX → PDL257 km 110,696
PIX → TER120 km 60,837
PIX → LIS1,677 km 52,720

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.

Airports within 150 km

Code Airport Distance
HORHorta Airport24 km
SJZSão Jorge Airport26 km
GRWGraciosa Airport70 km
TERLajes Airport120 km

Distance from PIX to the major hubs

Route Distance Passengers / year
PIX → LHR2,607 km —
PIX → DXB7,798 km —
PIX → CDG2,727 km —
PIX → FRA3,175 km —
PIX → IST4,808 km —
PIX → AMS2,976 km —
PIX → JFK3,858 km —
PIX → ATL4,994 km —
PIX → LAX7,758 km —
PIX → SIN13,450 km —
PIX → HND11,711 km —
PIX → DOH7,481 km —

Runways

Runway Length Width Surface
09/271,745 m 45 mAsphalt

OurAirports (public domain). Sources

Location

Pico Island, Autonomous Region of Azores, Portugal · 38.5543, -28.4413

Map (OpenStreetMap) Wikipedia

Questions

Pico Airport has the IATA code PIX and the ICAO code LPPI. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.

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