Portuguese Air Force Academy
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.Photo: SoAres, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sintra Air Base and Museu do Ar.
Sintra Air Base
Aerodrome
Photo: Ricardo Reis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
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. Museu do Ar is situated 750 metres west of Portuguese Air Force Academy.
Capela de Nossa Senhora do Ar
Church
Photo: GualdimG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Capela de Nossa Senhora do Ar is a church, which is situated 1 km northwest of Portuguese Air Force Academy.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pero Pinheiro and Montelavar.
Pero Pinheiro
Town
Photo: GualdimG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pero Pinheiro is a town, which is situated 2½ km north of Portuguese Air Force Academy.
Montelavar
Town
Photo: GualdimG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Montelavar is a town, which is situated 3 km north of Portuguese Air Force Academy.
Algueirão
Suburb
Photo: Chabe01, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Algueirão is a suburb, which is situated 3½ km south of Portuguese Air Force Academy.
Portuguese Air Force Academy
- Type: University
- Description: air force academy of Portugal
- Categories: school and education
- Location: Freguesia de Pero Pinheiro, Sintra, Lisbon District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
38.83523° or 38° 50′ 7″ northLongitude
-9.33271° or 9° 19′ 58″ westOpen location code
8CCGRMP8+3WOpenStreetMap ID
way 236761549OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=universityWikidata ID
Q7232604
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Ukrainian—“Portuguese Air Force Academy” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “اكاديمية القوات الجوية البوتوجاليه”
- Japanese: “空軍士官学校”
- Portuguese: “Academia da Força Aérea de Portugal”
- Portuguese: “Academia da Força Aérea Portuguesa”
- Portuguese: “Academia da Força Aérea”
- Portuguese: “AFAérea”
- Ukrainian: “Академія повітряних сил (Португалія)”
- Ukrainian: “Академія повітряних сил”
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