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Faro, Faro District

Faro - Gago Coutinho International Airport
02:40 LOCAL · 68°F CLEAR · 1 RWY · ELEV 24 FT
Cancellations
None
of 46 departures on the board
Weather
68°F CLEAR
Observed 01:30 UTC · LPFR
Departures next hour
None
nothing scheduled in the next hour
Next departures
Full board
06:05
Eindhoven
FR 5768
Expected
06:05
Paris
TO 7681
Expected
06:05
Lisbon
TP 1908
Expected
06:05
Bristol
U2 7507
Expected
06:15
Cork
FR 362
Expected
06:20
London
FR 5784
Expected

Getting around FAO

Faro is, in ANA’s own words, “one of the main leisure airports in Portugal” — the gateway to the Algarve, open since 1965 and expanded once, in 2017, with a €32.8 million project that grew its single terminal to 93,120 m² and raised its capacity to 3,000 passengers an hour. 2025 was the airport’s first year above 10 million passengers, in its 60th-anniversary year, connecting the Algarve to 22 countries and 77 destinations through 33 airlines — with the UK supplying 46% of all traffic. ANA itself points to a sign of easing seasonality: winter traffic more than doubled between 2015 and 2025. Several daily buses link the terminal to Faro’s Bus Station in the city, and Flixbus runs a direct coach service to the airports of Lisbon and Porto.

Bus to the city
Several daily buses reach Faro’s Bus Station, with local and national connections onward — plus a direct Flixbus coach to Lisbon and Porto airports.
Two official car parks
P1 Low Cost Plus and P2 Classic sit close to the terminal, open-air, with a 2.70 m height limit.
Faro Lounge, two zones
One lounge, split into Schengen and Non-Schengen sides, bookable online with a three-hour cap.
Faro - Gago Coutinho International Airport — photo
Photo: BabyNuke · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

FAO at a glance

CodesFAO · LPFR
Terminals1
Runways1
Elevation24 ft
Time zoneEurope/Lisbon
Passengers (2025)10,395,000 UK CAA

Faro weather

68°F
Clear · wind 3 kt
3 AM
70°F
6 AM
70°F
9 AM
77°F
12 PM
86°F
METAR LPFR 190130Z 06003KT CAVOK 20/14 Q1015
Flight times can be up to 15 min old. Weather: NOAA (LPFR). Forecast: MET Norway. Always confirm with your airline before traveling. Where every number comes from
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