Lisbon Cascais-Tejo Regional Airport (Cascais Municipal Aerodrome), also known as Tires Aerodrome ()
is a regional airport, situated near the village of Tires, in the
civil parish
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of
São Domingos de Rana
São Domingos de Rana () is a Freguesia, civil parish () of the Portugal, Portuguese concelho, municipality of Cascais, part of the Greater Lisbon subregion. The population in 2011 was 57,502, in an area of 20.36 km2. The parish includes the l ...
, in the
Portuguese municipality
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of
Cascais
Cascais () is a town and municipality in the Lisbon District of Portugal, located on the Portuguese Riviera, Estoril Coast. The municipality has a total of 214,158 inhabitants in an area of 97.40 km2. Cascais is an important tourism in Port ...
, approximately northeast of
town of the same name in the
Greater Lisbon subregion.
History
On 11 October 1964, the then-President of the Portuguese Republic,
Américo Tomás
Américo de Deus Rodrigues Thomaz (; 19 November 1894 – 18 September 1987) was a Portuguese Navy Officer (armed forces), officer and politician who served as the 13th president of Portugal from 1958 to Carnation Revolution, 1974. He was the ...
inaugurated the Aerodrome of Tires.
The project was born of the initiatives of the Secretary-of-State for Aeronautics and Directorate-general for Civil Aeronautics, as well as the Count of Monte Real.
[ The aerodrome was planned for the area around Areia-Guincho, but installed in Tires, a project of the Directorate and earthmoving performed by the military aeronautics division.][ By 1973, work on the local was still continuing.][
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Airlines and destinations
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Cascais Airport:
Location
Coordinates
; Localização
Located in Tires, on av. Amália Rodrigues, the airfield is located in the tourist area of the Estoril Coast, more precisely in São Domingos de Rana, municipality of Cascais.
Characteristics
Frequencies and radio navigation aids
The aerodrome has two radio navigation aids, a locator-type NDB and a TVOR/DME.
Track
The airfield has a runway 1,400 meters long and 30 meters wide, made of asphalt concrete (PCN20) at an altitude of 326 feet. The runway is prepared to receive traffic of up to 40 tons and also has light signaling, approach lights and the Apapis system.
Heliport
The airfield also has a helipad, where a
INEM
(National Institute of Medical Emergency) helicopter is available 24 hours a day.
Operators
This location is where many of the country's aviation schools are concentrated, as it is near the capital of Portugal and the country's largest population centre.
References
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