São Jorge Airport
São Jorge Airport is the only airport of the island of São Jorge, situated in the civil parish of Santo Amaro, municipality of Velas in the Azores. The airport is on the edge of Fajã da Queimada, along the southern coast, situated 6 km southeast of Velas and 28 km northwest of Calheta.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Airport
- Description: airport
- Also known as: “LPSJ”, “Sao Jorge Airport”, and “SJZ”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Portão do Mar and Church of São Mateus.
Portão do Mar
City gate
Portão do Mar is a city gate, which is situated 3 km northwest of São Jorge Airport.
Church of São Mateus
Church
Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.
Church of São Mateus is situated 4 km southeast of São Jorge Airport.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Urzelina and Fajã de João Dias.
Urzelina
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Urzelina is a civil parish in the municipality of Velas in the Portuguese islands of the Azores. The population in 2011 was 902, in an area of 13.69 km². Urzelina is situated 5 km southeast of São Jorge Airport.
Fajã de João Dias
Hamlet
Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.
The Fajã de João Dias is a permanent debris field, built from the collapsing cliffs on the northern coast of the civil parish of Rosais, in the municipality of Velas, island of São Jorge, in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. Fajã de João Dias is situated 9 km northwest of São Jorge Airport.
São Jorge Airport
- Categories: airport, commercial traffic aerodrome, and transportation
- Location: Santo Amaro, Velas Municipality, Azores, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Aragonese to Vietnamese—“São Jorge Airport” goes by many names.
- Aragonese: “Aerodromo de São Jorge”
- Aragonese: “Aeropuerto de São Jorge”
- Cebuano: “São Jorge Airport”
- Chinese: “圣若热机场”
- Chinese: “聖若熱機場”
- French: “aérodrome de Portugal”
- French: “aérodrome de São Jorge”
- French: “Aérodrome de São Jorge”
- French: “LPSJ”
- French: “SJZ”
- German: “Flughafen São Jorge”
- Indonesian: “LPSJ”
- Indonesian: “SJZ”
- Japanese: “サンジョルジェ空港”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Sao Jorge”
- Persian: “فرودگاه سائو گجاورخه”
- Polish: “Port lotniczy São Jorge”
- Portuguese: “Aeródromo de São Jorge”
- Portuguese: “Aérodromo de São Jorge”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul São Jorge”
- Russian: “Сан-Жоржи (аэропорт)”
- Russian: “Сан-Жоржи”
- Spanish: “Aerodromo de Sao Jorge”
- Spanish: “Aerodromo de São Jorge”
- Spanish: “Aeródromo de Sao Jorge”
- Spanish: “Aeródromo de São Jorge”
- Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Sao Jorge”
- Spanish: “Aeropuerto de São Jorge”
- Spanish: “LPSJ”
- Spanish: “SJZ”
- Swedish: “São Jorge flygplats”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи соу гҷоврхҳ”
- Vietnamese: “Sân bay São Jorge”
Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Ponta Queimada and Porto das Velas.
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