Cascais Municipal Aerodrome
Lisbon Cascais-Tejo Regional Airport (Cascais Municipal Aerodrome) (Portuguese: Aeródromo de Tires/Aeródromo Municipal de Cascais) (IATA: CAT, ICAO: LPCS)[1] is a regional airport, situated near the village of Tires, in the civil parish of São Domingos de Rana, in the Portuguese municipality of Cascais, approximately 12 km (7.5 mi) northeast of town of the same name in the Greater Lisbon subregion.
Lisboa Cascais-Tejo Regional Airport; Aeroporto Regional Lisboa Cascais-Tejo Cascais Municipal Aerodrome;
Aeródromo Municipal de Cascais Aeródromo de Tires | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Operator | Cascais E.M. | ||||||||||
Location | Tires, São Domingos de Rana, Portugal | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 326 ft / 99 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 38°43′32″N 009°21′19″W | ||||||||||
Website | www.aerodromo-cascais.pt | ||||||||||
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History
On 11 October 1964, the then-President of the Portuguese Republic, Américo Tomás inaugurated the Aerodrome of Tires.[3] The project was born of the initiatives of the Secretary-of-State for Aeronautics and Directorate-general for Civil Aeronautics, as well as the Count of Monte Real.[3] The aerodrome was planned for the area around Areia-Guincho, but installed in Tires, a project of the Directorate and earthmoving performed by the military aeronautics division.[3] By 1973, work on the local was still continuing.[3]
Airlines and destinations
Airlines | Destinations |
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Sevenair | Bragança, Portimão, Viseu, Vila Real |
References
Notes
- http://www.iata.org/publications/Pages/code-search.aspx
- AIP Part 3 - AD 2 Aerodromes Archived April 15, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- Figueiredo, Paula (2010). SIPA (ed.). "Aeródromo de Tires (IPA.000305401/PT031105060408)" (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal: SIPA–Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
Sources
- Encarnação, José de (1975), Cascais - Vila da Corte. Oito séculos de história (in Portuguese), Cascais, Portugal: Câmara Municipal de Cascais
External links
- Official website (in Portuguese and English)