Sintra Air Base
Sintra Air Base, officially designated as Air Base No. 1, is a Portuguese Air Force base located in the Sintra Municipality, Portugal. The base is home to a flight training squadron and the Portuguese Air Force Academy.Photo: Ricardo Reis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: air base in Portugal
- Also known as: “Base Aérea Nº 1”, “LPST”, “Sintra AB Airport”, and “Sintra Mil.”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Museu do Ar and Portuguese Air Force Academy.
Museu do Ar
Museum
Photo: Ricardo Reis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Air Museum is an aviation museum of the Portuguese Air Force located at Sintra Air Base and with spaces at Ovar and Alverca.
Portuguese Air Force Academy
University
Photo: SoAres, Public domain.
The Portuguese Air Force Academy is a Portuguese military higher education institution whose aim is to provide all its students with the training and the experience that will enable them to graduate having gained the knowledge and the character qualities that are essential for leadership, and the motivation to become Portuguese Air Force officers.
Capela de Nossa Senhora do Ar
Church
Photo: GualdimG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Capela de Nossa Senhora do Ar is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pero Pinheiro and Montelavar.
Sintra Air Base
- Categories: airport, commercial traffic aerodrome, air base, military installation, and transportation
- Location: Freguesia de Pero Pinheiro, Sintra, Lisbon District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.83192° or 38° 49′ 55″ northLongitude
-9.33931° or 9° 20′ 22″ westElevation
134 metres (440 feet)ICAO airport code
LPSTOpen location code
8CCGRMJ6+Q7OpenStreetMap ID
way 236761550OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodromeOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=military
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Portuguese—“Sintra Air Base” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sintra Mil.”
- Chinese: “辛特拉空军基地”
- Chinese: “辛特拉空軍基地”
- German: “Militärflugplatz Sintra”
- Indonesian: “LPST”
- Japanese: “シントラ航空基地”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Sintra AB”
- Portuguese: “Ba1”
- Portuguese: “BA1”
- Portuguese: “Base aérea de sintra”
- Portuguese: “Base Aérea de Sintra”
- Portuguese: “Base Aérea n.º 1”
- Portuguese: “Base Aérea Nº 1, BA1”
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Explore places such as Granja do Marquês and Lugar de Baixo.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Baladinho Nº 1 and Baladinho Nº 2.
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