Lajes Airport

Lajes Airport

*Base Aérea das Lajes*

*Aeroporto das Lajes*
Lajes Airport; Base Aérea das Lajes; Aeroporto das Lajes
	IATA: TER; ICAO: LPLA;
Summary
Airport type	Civil
Serves	Praia da Vitória/Angra do Heroísmo
Location	Lajes
Built	1934
Elevation AMSL	55 m / 180 ft
Coordinates	38°45′43″N 027°05′27″W / 38.76194°N 27.09083°WCoordinates: 38°45′43″N 027°05′27″W / 38.76194°N 27.09083°W
Map
	TER Location of Lajes Field in the Azores
Runways
Statistics (2016)
Passengers
Passengers	631,236
Aircraft operations	5,415
Metric tonnes of cargo	2,774
	Source: Portuguese AIP

Lajes Airport (IATA: TER, ICAO: LPLA) is located in the parish and Vila das Lajes, in the municipality of Praia da Vitória, on Terceira Island, in the Azores.

Overview[]

Lajes Airport not only serves Terceira but is also a hub providing international access to the Azores. It shares a runway and control and support structures with the military Lajes Field. Its runway is the most extensive among the airports of the Azores, measuring about 4,000 meters in length. Aerogare Civil das Lajes (ACL) has a capacity of 750,000 passengers per year and 360 passengers per hour as of the last requalification.

Airlines and destinations[]

Airlines	Destinations
Azores Airlines	Boston, Lisbon, Porto, Toronto–Pearson Seasonal: Montréal–Trudeau (begins 15 June 2022),^[2] New York–JFK (begins 20 June 2022),^[3] Oakland^[4]
British Airways	Seasonal: London–Heathrow (begins 10 July 2022)^[5]
Ryanair	Lisbon, Porto Seasonal: London–Stansted (begins 2 April 2022)^[6]
SATA Air Açores^[7]	Corvo, Flores, Graciosa, Horta, Pico, Ponta Delgada, São Jorge
TAP Air Portugal	Lisbon
TUI fly Netherlands	Seasonal: Amsterdam

Accidents[]

On August 24th, 2001, Air Transat Flight 236 suffered from fuel exhaustion over the Atlantic Ocean due to a fuel leak. The pilots diverted to Lajes and landed safely.