What time zone is TER in?

TER is in the Atlantic/Azores time zone, UTC−1 / UTC (winter / summer).

How many passengers use TER?

1,003,800 passengers in 2025, according to Eurostat. Jan–Apr 2026: 239,056 passengers, −9.1% on the same months of 2025.

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TER — Lajes Airport

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Medium-sized airport in Praia da Vitória, Portugal.

IATA code: TER
ICAO code: LPLA
Size: medium; OurAirports class
Passengers: 1,003,800; 2025 · +1.7% on the year before
Nonstop routes: 12; With open traffic data
Time zone: UTC−1 / UTC; Atlantic/Azores
Elevation: 55 m; 180 ft
Runways: 1; Longest 3,313 m

Jan–Apr 2026: 239,056 passengers, −9.1% on the same months of 2025 (Eurostat).

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About TER

Lajes Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Praia da Vitória, Portugal. It opened in 1943 and is run by Portuguese Air Force. 1,003,800 passengers used it in 2025. Open traffic data shows 12 nonstop routes from TER.

Wikidata (CC0) · Eurostat. Sources

Busiest nonstop routes from TER

Route	To	Distance	Passengers / year
TER → LIS	Lisbon, Portugal	1,558 km	320,984
TER → PDL	Ponta Delgada, Portugal	166 km	255,839
TER → OPO	Porto, Portugal	1,593 km	102,166
TER → SJZ	Velas, Portugal	95 km	68,935
TER → GRW	Santa Cruz da Graciosa, Portugal	89 km	61,194
TER → PIX	Lajes do Pico, Portugal	120 km	60,837
TER → HOR	Horta, Portugal	144 km	59,622
TER → YYZ	Toronto, Canada	4,365 km	15,849
TER → FLW	Santa Cruz das Flores, Portugal	358 km	15,733
TER → BOS	Boston, United States	3,699 km	12,325
TER → SFO	San Francisco, United States	7,915 km	7,817
TER → JFK	New York, United States	3,962 km	1,490

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 TER on flights to and from the US

S4 Sata Internacional · 109 flights
TP TAP-TAP Air Portugal · 32 flights

Departures and arrivals on scheduled passenger flights, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Sources

Airports within 150 km

Code	Airport	Serves	Distance
GRW	Graciosa Airport	Santa Cruz da Graciosa, Portugal	89 km
SJZ	São Jorge Airport	Velas, Portugal	95 km
PIX	Pico Airport	Lajes do Pico, Portugal	120 km
HOR	Horta Airport	Horta, Portugal	144 km

Distance from TER to the major hubs

Route	To	Distance	Passengers / year
TER → LHR	London, United Kingdom	2,505 km	—
TER → DXB	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	7,678 km	—
TER → CDG	Paris, France	2,618 km	—
TER → FRA	Frankfurt, Germany	3,067 km	—
TER → IST	Istanbul, Turkey	4,691 km	—
TER → AMS	Amsterdam, Netherlands	2,873 km	—
TER → JFK	New York, United States	3,962 km	1,490
TER → ATL	Atlanta, United States	5,104 km	—
TER → LAX	Los Angeles, United States	7,851 km	—
TER → SIN	Singapore, Singapore	13,336 km	—
TER → HND	Tokyo, Japan	11,667 km	—
TER → DOH	Doha, Qatar	7,361 km	—

Runways

Runway	Length	Width	Surface	Lights
15/33	3,313 m	60 m	Asphalt	Yes

OurAirports (public domain). Sources

Location

Praia da Vitória, Autonomous Region of Azores, Portugal · 38.7618, -27.0908

Map (OpenStreetMap) Airport website Wikipedia

Questions

Lajes Airport has the IATA code TER and the ICAO code LPLA. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.

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