Lajes Airport
Lajes Airport (IATA: TER, ICAO: LPLA) is located in the parish and Vila das Lajes, in the municipality of Praia da Vitória, on Terceira Island, in the Azores.
Lajes Airport Base Aérea das Lajes Aeroporto das Lajes | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Civil | ||||||||||
| Serves | Praia da Vitória/Angra do Heroísmo | ||||||||||
| Location | Lajes | ||||||||||
| Built | 1934 | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 55 m / 180 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°45′43″N 027°05′27″W | ||||||||||
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  TER Location of Lajes Field in the Azores | |||||||||||
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Overview
Lajes Airport not only serves Terceira but is also a hub providing international access to the Azores. It shares a runway and control and support structures with the military Lajes Field. Its runway is the most extensive among the airports of the Azores, measuring about 4,000 meters in length. Aerogare Civil das Lajes (ACL) has a capacity of 750,000 passengers per year and 360 passengers per hour as of the last requalification.
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Azores Airlines | Boston, Lisbon, Porto, Toronto–Pearson Seasonal: Montréal–Trudeau (begins 15 June 2022),[2] New York–JFK (begins 20 June 2022),[3] Oakland[4] |
| British Airways | Seasonal: London–Heathrow (begins 10 July 2022)[5] |
| Ryanair[6] | Lisbon, Porto Seasonal: London–Stansted |
| SATA Air Açores[7] | Corvo, Flores, Graciosa, Horta, Pico, Ponta Delgada, São Jorge |
| TAP Air Portugal | Lisbon |
| TUI fly Netherlands | Seasonal: Amsterdam |
Accidents
- On August 24th, 2001, Air Transat Flight 236 suffered from fuel exhaustion over the Atlantic Ocean due to a fuel leak. The pilots diverted to Lajes and landed safely.
Statistics
Annual passenger traffic at TER airport.
See source Wikidata query.
Lajes Airport (TER) Level 3 - Check In area.
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Apron view
References
- AIP Part 3 - AD 2 Aerodromes Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
- "Azores Airlines".
- "Azores Airlines".
- "Booking | Azores Airlines".
- https://www.britishairways.com/travel/schedules/public/en_gb
- https://www.ryanair.com/gb/en
- "Inventory table" (PDF). ec.europa.eu.
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