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Santa Maria Airport

Vila do Porto, Portugal

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Destinations

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LPAZ

Elevation

308 ft

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The Essence of Santa Maria Airport

SMA

Location

Vila do Porto · 20 · Portugal

Connectivity

3 routes · 1 destinations

Position

36.971°, -25.171° · 308 ft elev.

Visa & Entry

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

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Gateway to Santa Maria Island in the Azores archipelago.

Opened

1944

Location

Vila do Porto, Portugal

Santa Maria Airport (IATA: SMA, ICAO: LPAZ) serves Vila do Porto on Santa Maria Island, the southernmost and easternmost island of the Portuguese Azores archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean. It is a small regional airport that connects the island to other Azorean destinations and mainland Portugal. The airport plays a vital role for the island's approximately 5,500 residents, as air travel is the primary means of reaching Santa Maria from other islands and the Portuguese mainland. It also supports the island's growing tourism sector, particularly during summer months. Santa Maria Airport has historical significance as one of the earliest transatlantic refueling stops for intercontinental flights in the mid-20th century, a legacy that shaped the island's infrastructure and international connections.

Terminals

The airport operates a single small terminal building suited to the low passenger volumes typical of an outer Azorean island.

Getting to & from

Ground transport from the airport to Vila do Porto and other parts of Santa Maria Island is primarily served by taxis and rental cars, with limited bus services available.

Airlines here

SATA Air Açores (Azores Airlines) is the primary carrier operating scheduled services to and from Santa Maria Airport, connecting it to other Azores islands and the mainland.

Notable facts

›Santa Maria Island has the only natural beaches with warm golden sand in the Azores, making the airport important for beach tourism.
›The airport served as a significant transatlantic refueling stop for aircraft in the 1940s and 1950s.
›Santa Maria Island is the oldest island in the Azores archipelago geologically.
›The airport's runway is long enough to have historically accommodated larger commercial and military aircraft.
›LPAZ falls within the Lisbon FIR (Flight Information Region) for air traffic control purposes.

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Airlines serving this airport

SATA International

SATA Air Acores

TAP Portugal

Routes

SMA → PDLS4 · 320

SMA → PDLSP · DH4

SMA → PDLTP · 320

Aircraft operating here

Airbus A3202 routes De Havilland Canada DHC-8-400 Dash 8Q1 routes

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Encyclopaedia

Santa Maria Airport may refer to:Santa Maria Airport (Azores), on Santa Maria Island in the Azores Santa Maria Airport (Peru), in Santa María District, Lima Region, Peru Santa Maria Airport, in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Santa Maria Airport (Sergipe), in Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil Santa Maria Public Airport, in Santa Maria, California, United States Santa Maria Municipal Airport, an alternative name for Hancock Field, a former airport and military airfield in California

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