Faro District
Faro
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Faro Airport

Faro International Airport, officially Faro - Gago Coutinho International Airport, is located four kilometres west of the city of in Portugal. The airport opened in July 1965 being the main gateway to Faro District and southwestern Spain, with nearly 10 million passengers using the facility in 2024.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: international airport serving Faro, Portugal
  • Also known as: “Algarve Airport”, “FAO”, “Gago Coutinho Airport”, and “LPFR”
  • Address: Faro, 8001-701
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest

Highlights include Faro railway station and Teatro das Figuras.

Railway station
Photo: Ajpvalente, CC BY 3.0.
Faro station is the main railway station in the city of , Portugal, operated by Comboios de Portugal. It opened on 1 July 1889. The line to the north-west is electrified, using overhead catenary.

Theater building
Photo: PauloMoreira, Public domain.
is a theater building.

Church
Photo: Abrget47j, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a Roman Catholic cathedral in . The cathedral was consecrated in the name of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the late 13th century by the Archbishop of Braga.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Santa Bárbara de Nexe and Pechão.

Village
is a village and civil parish in the Portuguese municipality of Faro on the southern region. The population in 2011 was 4,116, in an area of 38.22 km². It is located a few kilometers from both the cities of Loulé and Faro. is situated 10 km north of Faro Airport.

Village
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is a parish in the municipality of . The population in 2011 was 3,601, in an area of 19.79 km². is situated 10 km northeast of Faro Airport.

Faro Airport

Latitude
37.01751° or 37° 1′ 3″ north
Longitude
-7.97058° or 7° 58′ 14″ west
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
Operator
VINCI
IATA airport code
FAO
ICAO airport code
LPFR
United Nations Location Code
PT FAO
Open location code
8C9J229H+2Q
Open­Street­Map ID
way 183076614
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
6299680
Wiki­data ID
Q667001
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Faro Airport” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مطار فارو”
  • Aragonese: “Aeropuerto de Faro”
  • Armenian: “Ֆարու (օդանավակայան)”
  • Armenian: “Ֆարու”
  • Cebuano: “Faro Airport (tugpahanan sa Portugal)”
  • Cebuano: “Faro Airport”
  • Chinese: “Faro（FAO）”
  • Chinese: “法魯”
  • Chinese: “法魯機場”
  • Chinese: “法鲁”
  • Chinese: “法鲁机场”
  • Chinese: “法鲁機場”
  • Dagbani: “FAO”
  • Danish: “Faro Lufthavn”
  • Dutch: “Aeroporto de Faro”
  • Dutch: “Faro Airport”
  • Dutch: “Luchthaven Faro”
  • Esperanto: “FAO”
  • Esperanto: “Flughaveno Gago Coutinho”
  • Esperanto: “LPFR”
  • Estonian: “Faro lennujaam”
  • Finnish: “Faron lentoasema”
  • French: “aérodrome de Portugal”
  • French: “aéroport de Faro”
  • French: “Aéroport de Faro”
  • French: “FAO”
  • French: “LPFR”
  • Galician: “Aeroporto de Faro”
  • German: “FAO”
  • German: “Flughafen Faro”
  • German: “LPFR”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Faro International Airport”
  • Greek: “Αεροδρόμιο του Φάρο”
  • Hebrew: “FAO”
  • Hebrew: “LPFR”
  • Hebrew: “נמל התעופה פארו (פורטוגל)”
  • Hebrew: “נמל התעופה פארו”
  • Hebrew: “נמל התעופה קאגו קוטוניו”
  • Hebrew: “פארו”
  • Hindi: “फारो हवाईअड्डा”
  • Hungarian: “Farói repülőtér”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Faro”
  • Indonesian: “FAO”
  • Indonesian: “LPFR”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto di Faro”
  • Japanese: “ファロ空港”
  • Korean: “파루 공항”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Faro, Portugal”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Faro”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Faro lufthavn”
  • Norwegian: “Faro lufthavn”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه فارو”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Faro”
  • Polish: “Port Lotniczy Faro”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto de Faro”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto Gago Coutinho”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto Internacional de Faro”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto Internacional Gago Coutinho”
  • Portuguese: “FAO”
  • Portuguese: “LPFR”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Faro”
  • Russian: “Фару”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Faro”
  • Swedish: “Algarve flygplats”
  • Swedish: “Faro flygplats”
  • Swedish: “Faros flygplats”
  • Swedish: “Faros Flygplats”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи фору”
  • Turkish: “Faro Havalimanı”
  • Ukrainian: “Міжнародний аеропорт «Фару»”
  • Ukrainian: “Фару”
  • Urdu: “فارو ہوائی اڈا”
  • Uzbek: “Gago Koutino aeroporti”
  • Vietnamese: “Sân bay quốc tế Faro”
  • Welsh: “Maes Awyr Rhyngwladol Faro”

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