Faro

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    IATA: FAO
    ICAO: LPFR
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    FAO

    LPFR

    IATA / ICAO

    Quick Facts

    CountryPortugal
    TimezoneEurope/Lisbon
    Passengers/yr58
    Movements/yr63
    Elevation24 ft
    Coordinates37.0159, -7.9709

    About Faro

    Faro International Airport (Portuguese: Aeroporto de Faro, IATA: FAO, ICAO: LPFR), officially Faro - Gago Coutinho International Airport (Aeroporto Internacional de Faro - Gago Coutinho), is located four kilometres (two nautical miles) west of the city of Faro in Portugal. The airport opened in July 1965 being the main gateway to Faro District (the year-round resort region of the Algarve) and southwestern Spain, with more than 10 million passengers using the facility in 2025. Since 2022, it is named after Gago Coutinho, Portuguese geographer, cartographer, naval officer, historian and aviation pioneer.

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