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Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport

Lisbon, Portugal

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Routes out

214

Destinations

103

ICAO

LPPT

Elevation

374 ft

The gateway in a glance

The Essence of Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport

LIS

Location

Lisbon · 11 · Portugal

Connectivity

214 routes · 103 destinations

Position

38.781°, -9.136° · 374 ft elev.

Visa & Entry

Schengen Visa (C), National Visa (D)Official

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Portugal's busiest gateway on the Atlantic coast.

Opened

1942

Location

Lisbon, Portugal

Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport is the principal international airport serving Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, and is the largest and busiest airport in the country. Named after aviation pioneer and political opponent of the Estado Novo regime, Humberto Delgado, the airport has served as a major transatlantic and European hub for decades. The airport handles tens of millions of passengers annually, consistently ranking among the top airports in Southern Europe. It serves as the primary hub for TAP Air Portugal and supports a wide range of European, intercontinental, and low-cost carriers. Due to capacity constraints and rapid passenger growth in recent years, Portugal has been engaged in a long-running debate over the development of a new supplementary or replacement airport, with Montijo and Alcochete among the sites discussed. The existing airport continues to operate while those plans progress.

Terminals

The airport operates a single main terminal building with two piers (Pier 1 and Pier 2) handling all commercial passenger traffic.

Getting to & from

The airport is connected to Lisbon city centre by the Lisbon Metro (Aeroporto station on the Red Line), taxis, Uber, and public bus services.

Airlines here

TAP Air Portugal uses LIS as its primary hub, while Ryanair, easyJet, Iberia, Lufthansa, and numerous other European and intercontinental carriers also operate flights here.

Notable facts

›Named after Humberto Delgado, a Portuguese general and opposition politician assassinated in 1965.
›The airport is located only about 7 km northeast of Lisbon's city centre.
›It handled over 31 million passengers in 2019, a record before the COVID-19 pandemic.
›The airport has been repeatedly rated as one of the most congested in Europe relative to its capacity.
›Runway 03/21 is the main runway, stretching approximately 3,805 metres in length.

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Route map (101 destinations)

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Airlines serving this airport

Routes

LIS → STR4U · 319

LIS → CGN4U · 319 320

LIS → KIV9U · E90

LIS → LHRAA · 320

LIS → PHLAA · 757

LIS → CDGAF · 319 318 320 321

LIS → ALGAH · 736

LIS → CMNAT · 738 AT7

LIS → AMSAY · 320 319

LIS → GVAAY · 320 321

LIS → HELAY · 320

LIS → BRUAY · 321 320 100 319

LIS → ZRHAY · 321

LIS → LHRAY · 320

LIS → BLQAZ · 319 320

LIS → CDGAZ · 319 318 320 321

LIS → MXPAZ · 320 319

LIS → FCOAZ · 321 319 320

LIS → VCEAZ · 319

LIS → LHRBA · 320

LIS → LADDT · 77W

LIS → CPHDY · 73H

LIS → OSLDY · 73H

LIS → ORKEI · 320

LIS → DUBEI · 320

LIS → DXBEK · 77W

LIS → FRAET · 321

LIS → AGPEY · BE1

LIS → PXOEY · 100 32S

LIS → AMSEY · 32S

LIS → DUBFR · 738

LIS → MRSFR · 738

LIS → BVAFR · 738

LIS → HHNFR · 738

LIS → STNFR · 738

LIS → DLEFR · 738

LIS → BRUFR · 738

LIS → FAOFR · 738

LIS → MANFR · 738

LIS → OPOFR · 738

LIS → PSAFR · 738

LIS → EINHV · 73H 73W

LIS → AMSHV · 73H 73W

LIS → ORYIB · 320

LIS → MADIB · 320 321 319

LIS → BCNIB · 320

LIS → BRUIB · 320

LIS → AMSKL · 737

LIS → LUXLG · 73W 73H

LIS → FRALH · 321 32A

LIS → MUCLH · 321

LIS → HAMLH · 319 320 321

LIS → WAWLO · 320 319

LIS → ZRHLX · 32A 320

LIS → GVALX · 319 320

LIS → LHRNH · 320 321 319

LIS → LPANT · CR9

LIS → BLQOU · 319

LIS → VIEOS · 320 319

LIS → KBPPS · 738

Aircraft operating here

Airbus A32095 routes Airbus A31988 routes Airbus A32133 routes Fokker 10031 routes Embraer RJ14522 routes Boeing 737-80018 routes Airbus A330-20018 routes Airbus A340-3009 routes 73H7 routes 3137 routes Beechcraft 19007 routes Boeing 757-2004 routes

Stay, Eat & Explore: Lisbon

The city of seven hills

•Belém Tower & Jerónimos Monastery — Manueline masterpieces of the Age of Discovery.
•Alfama & Tram 28 — Rattle through the Moorish old town to São Jorge Castle.
•Pastéis de Belém — The original custard tarts since 1837.
•LX Factory — Industrial-chic markets, bookshops and rooftop bars.
•Sintra day trip — Fairy-tale Pena Palace in misty hills.

Getting around: Metro reaches the airport; trams, funiculars and ferries do the hills and river. Lisboa Card bundles transit and museums.

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Encyclopaedia

Humberto Delgado Airport — informally Lisbon Airport and previously Portela Airport — is an international airport located seven kilometres northeast of the historical city centre of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. With more than 36 million passengers per year, it is the 13th-largest airport in Europe in terms of passenger volume. It also carries approximately 200,000 tonnes of cargo per year.

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