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
It is an airport infrastructure that, besides serving Terceira, is an access point to the outside of the internal air transport network of the Azores. It shares the runway and control and support structures (with the exception of the passenger terminal and the plate) 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 / year and 360 passengers / hour after the last re-qualification works.
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Azores Airlines | Boston, Lisbon, Porto, Toronto–Pearson Seasonal: Oakland[2] |
| British Airways | Seasonal: London–Heathrow (begins 10 July 2022)[3] |
| Ryanair | Lisbon, Porto |
| SATA Air Açores[4] | 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.
References
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