Alverca Airbase

Alverca Airbase is an aerodrome in Alverca do Ribatejo e Sobralinho, Vila Franca de Xira, Lisbon District. Alverca Airbase is situated nearby to the hamlet Quinta da Verdelha, as well as near the neighborhood Casal das Areias.

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Type: Aerodrome
Description: airport in Portugal
Also known as: “Alverca AB Airport”, “Alverca Air Base”, “Alverca Airport”, and “LPAR”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Alverca train station and OGMA.

Alverca train station

Railway station

Alverca train station

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Alverca train station is a railway station.

OGMA

Factory

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OGMA – Indústria Aeronáutica de Portugal S.A. is a Portuguese aerospace company focused on aircraft maintenance and manufacturing. Embraer has a majority stake in the company with 65% of shares, while the remaining 35% is controlled by the government of Portugal.

Igreja dos Pastorinhos

Church

Igreja dos Pastorinhos

Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Igreja dos Pastorinhos is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Forte da Casa and Sobralinho.

Forte da Casa

Town

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Forte da Casa is a town.

Sobralinho

Town

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Sobralinho is a town.

Vialonga

Town

Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Vialonga is a town and freguesia in the municipality of Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal. Its population in 2021 was 21,261.

Alverca Airbase

Categories: airbase, international airport, military installation, and transportation
Location: Alverca do Ribatejo e Sobralinho, Vila Franca de Xira, Lisbon District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude

38.8833° or 38° 52′ 60″ north

Longitude

-9.0301° or 9° 1′ 48″ west

Elevation

3 metres (10 feet)

IATA airport code

AVR

ICAO airport code

LPAR

Open location code

8CCGVXM9+8X

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1042047224

OpenStreetMap feature

aeroway=aerodrome

OpenStreetMap feature

military=airfield

GeoNames ID

Wikidata ID

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Alverca Airbase” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Alverca Airport”
French: “base aérienne d’Alverca”
French: “Base aérienne d’Alverca”
French: “Campo Internacional de Aterragem”
German: “Militärflugplatz Alverca”
Indonesian: “LPAR”
Japanese: “アルベルカ空軍基地”
Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Alverca AB”
Portuguese: “Base Aérea de Alverca”
Portuguese: “Complexo Militar de Alverca”
Russian: “Авиабаза Алверка”
Russian: “Алверка (авиабаза)”
Russian: “Алверка”
Swedish: “Alverca flygplats”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Quinta da Verdelha and Casal das Areias.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Complexo Militar de Alverca and Northrop T-38 Talon.

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