Faro - Gago Coutinho International Airport
The runways, from navdata. Drawn to scale from each threshold's position, true heading, length and width, with north up; the idents sit beyond each threshold.
4 shared touchdowns. Each dot sits where it was measured: its distance from the threshold and its offset from the centerline.
Runway 28 is favoured now, by the live wind.
Live conditions.
The airport's latest weather report, night there now.
- Wind
- 320°2 kt
- Visibility
- 6+ SM / 9.7+ km
- Temperature
- 14°C57°F, dew point 13°C
- Altimeter
- 1015hPa29.97 inHg
- Time now
- 02:43UTC
- Sunrise
- 06:58UTC
- Sunset
- 17:32UTC
Runway 28 is favoured: 1.5 kt of headwind with the wind from 320° at 2 kt.
The METAR and TAF as issued
METAR LPFR 030230Z 32002KT CAVOK 14/13 Q1015
TAF LPFR 022300Z 0300/0324 VRB02KT CAVOK BECMG 0310/0312 20010KT BECMG 0317/0319 29010KT
Updated just now
Runways.
2 runway ends, the longest 2,490 m / 8,169 ft. Headings in true and magnetic degrees.
| End | True | Magnetic | Length | Width | Surface | ILS | Glide | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 100° | 101° | 2,490 m / 8,169 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | None | None | displaced 45 m / 148 ft |
| 28 | 280° | 281° | 2,490 m / 8,169 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | None | None | displaced 45 m / 148 ft |
Landings here.
From the landings of pilots who made their profile public, and only the ones that count toward a grade.
The latest.
- AFenixA320 IAE WFRunway 10, 166 fpmPilot ZBS53S
- A+FenixA320 IAE SLRunway 10, 159 fpmPilot ZBS53S
- BSkyward C680 N900EB Dynamic RegistrationRunway 10, 175 fpm@jertis
- BFenixA320 CFM WFRunway 10, 320 fpmPilot ZBS53S
The best here.
- B83.9 pointsSkyward C680 N900EB Dynamic Registration@jertis
Pilots who opted in to the leaderboards.
For reference.
Quick facts
- ICAO and IATA
- LPFR, FAO
- Type
- Large airport
- Location
- Faro, Faro District, Portugal
- Coordinates
- 37.015909, -7.970939
- Elevation
- 24 ft (7 m)
- Mag variation
- -3.29° W (per chart)
- Runways
- 2 ends, longest 2,490 m / 8,169 ft
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Approach
- Approach
- 119.400
ATIS
- ATIS
- 124.200
Ground
- Ground
- 118.575
Tower
- Tower
- 118.200
Navaids
| Ident | Name | Type | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAR | Faro | NDB | 332 kHz |
| VFA | Faro | VOR-DME | 112.80 MHz |
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