Operated by ANA Aeroportos de Portugal, the Faro airport is about 7 km on the western side of Faro, in the Algarve region. The IATA and ICAO codes are FAO and LPFR respectively. This public airport is one of low cost European hubs and is hence being preferred not just by the holiday seeking population to Algarve but also the Iberian peninsular community.

In 2007, there were a total of 5.5 million passengers and is Portugal’s second international airport after Lisbon. The terminal building has double mutual load aerobridges that could handle Boeing B747/1000 and the scheduled flights include Norwegian Air Shuttle, Swiss Airlines, Smart Wings, Aer Lingus, and Flyglobespan. Air France, Monarch Airlines, European Air Charter are some of the charter flights. You could take the bus 14 or 16 from EVA Company from central Faro; the journey time is about 15 minutes. Tourists from Ireland, UK, Germany, Italy, and Holland are the highest.

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