Porto Santo Airport (Portuguese: Aeroporto de Porto Santo) (IATA: PXO, ICAO: LPPS) is an airport located in Vila Baleira, the capital of Porto Santo Island, Madeira.
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History
The island of Porto Santo was the first of the Madeira Islands to obtain an airport. In 1959, its runway was built with an initial length of 2,000 m (6,600 ft). The first aircraft to land at this airport was a TAP Air Portugal Douglas DC-4, on 20 July 1960.
The airport's infrastructure has improved over time, with increases to the runway length and in ramp surface. The last improvements to the airport structure were finalized on August 28, 1995, with the inauguration of a new passenger terminal and a new increase in runway length, which then reached 3,000 m (9,800 ft). The runway was also re-paved.
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Facilities
The airport has a 3,000 m × 45 m (9,843 ft × 148 ft) asphalt/concrete runway, with no ILS equipment as of 2011, but with VOR and NDB approaches available.
Airlines and destinations
Accidents and incidents
- On 27 December 2005, the pilot of Monarch Airlines Flight 558, from Manchester to Tenerife, diverted to Porto Santo to put off a 53-year-old male passenger who had grown verbally abusive after being refused further drinks by crew due to his intoxication. The man's luggage was offloaded and stacked on the tarmac right next to him; it was several days before he could find transport off the island. Media reports characterised him as having been abandoned on a desert island as punishment for his misbehaviour.
See also
- List of airports in Portugal
References
External links
- Official website
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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