Faro Airport 
Faro airport for those who will be arriving at Faro Airport will have for starters be greeted by the beauty of the the Ria Formosa and long stretches of golden sand beaches that our region was to offer to your holiday, not out of extraordinary but been remodeled to a more modern line, offering comfort and practicality for your arrival or departure Faro airport is located in the central algarve 3 hours from Lisbon and 2 from Seville.
The city of Faro is the major city of the Algarve region of southern Portugal, a region world-renowned for its incredible year-round weather, great coastline, food and welcoming people.
Constructed during the 1960s and inaugurated in 1965. The Portuguese Government was the owner of Faro airport until the 2010s when Vinci Group became its owner. The national airport authority ANA Aeroportos de Portugal has been its operator. Along with the airports in Lisbon, Porto, Ponta Delgada, Santa Maria, Horta, Flores, Madeira, and Porto Santo, the airport’s concessions to provide support to civil aviation were conceded to ANA Aeroportos de Portugal.
Since its inauguration in 1966 to the 2000s, Faro airport has had two major developments: the new passenger terminal building in 1989, and enlargement in 2001. Facing a increasing in traffic demand and passenger safety and satisfaction needs, Faro airport had major improvements to runway and infrastructure, as well as a general renovation of the airport terminal and commercial areas.
Handled 5,447,200 passengers and recorded 39,789 aircraft movements in 2008. The capacity of the airport increased from six million to eight million passengers. Passengers handled per hour increased to 3,000, the number of aircraft handled per hour increased to 30, and aircraft parking bays increased from 22 to 33.
Additional shops and waiting areas were constructed as part of the expansion.
A new instrument landing system (ILS) was installed at the runway along with the installation of a glide reflection mirror.
The security area at the runway was also expanded.
As of 2021, Faro Airport is capable of handling nine million passengers a year. There are 22 stands of which 16 are remote, with 60 check-in desks and 36 boarding gates.
Faro Airport flight companies
The main flight companies that is landing in Faro Airport are:
- Air France
- Air Transat
- BA CityFlyer
- British Airways
- Brussels Airline
- Corendon Dutch Airlines
- EasyJet Airlines
- EDELWEISS AIR
- Enter Air
- Eurowings
- Iberia
- Icelandair
- JET TIME
- Jet2
- Lufthansa
- Luxair
- Norwegian
- Ryanair
- SAS Scandinavian
- Swiss Internacional
- TAP Portugal
- Transavia
- Smartwings
- TUIfly GmbH
- TUI Airline Belgium
- Volotea
- Vueling Airlines
- WIZZ AIR HUNGARy
- WIZZ AIR UK LTD
- Aer Lingus