Tancos Air Base

Tancos Air Base is an aerodrome in , , . Tancos Air Base is situated nearby to the hamlet , as well as near .
  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport in Portugal
  • Also known as: “LPTN”, “Tancos AB Airport”, and “Tancos Mil.”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Almourol Train Station and Almourol.

Railway station
Photo: Antero Pires, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a railway station.

Islet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
is an islet in the Tagus river, in the civil parish of Praia do Ribatejo, Oeste e Vale do Tejo region. The small island lies in the middle of the Tagus, a few kilometres below its confluence with the .

Railway station
Photo: Jon Worth, CC BY 2.0.
is a railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tancos and Constância.

Village
Photo: Tagido, Public domain.
is a freguesia, located in the municipality of . The population in 2011 was 243, in an area of 2.04 km2. parish is the location of an important military area that includes the Military Air Field, the Parachute Troops School and a military engineering unit.

Town
Photo: Manuel Anastácio, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, officially the Notable Town of , is a municipality in in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 4,056, in an area of 80.37 km2.

Hamlet
is a village in the Parish of Carregueira in the northern county of near the southern bank of the River Tagus in . It is in this town that the wetland of Ribatejana begins.

Tancos Air Base

Latitude
39.47747° or 39° 28′ 39″ north
Longitude
-8.37295° or 8° 22′ 23″ west
Elevation
81 metres (266 feet)
ICAO airport code
LPTN
Open location code
8CFHFJGG+XR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 161317169
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Open­Street­Map feature
military=­airfield
Geo­Names ID
6299691
Wiki­data ID
Q18473818
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Romanian—“Tancos Air Base” goes by many names.

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