Cascais Municipal Aerodrome

Lisboa Cascais-Tejo Regional Airport; Aeroporto Regional Lisboa Cascais-Tejo Cascais Municipal Aerodrome; Aeródromo Municipal de Cascais Aeródromo de Tires
IATA: CAT[1] ICAO: LPCS
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Cascais E.M.
Location	Tires, São Domingos de Rana, Portugal
Elevation AMSL	326 ft / 99 m
Coordinates	38°43′32″N 009°21′19″W
Website	www.aerodromo-cascais.pt
Map
LPCS Location in Portugal
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 17/35 1,700 5,577 Asphalt
Source: Portuguese AIP[2]

Lisbon Cascais-Tejo Regional Airport (Cascais Municipal Aerodrome), also known as Tires Aerodrome (Portuguese: Aeródromo de Tires/Aeródromo Municipal de Cascais) (IATA: CAT, ICAO: LPCS)[1] is a regional airport, situated near the village of Tires, in the civil parish of São Domingos de Rana, in the Portuguese municipality of Cascais, approximately 12 km (7.5 mi) northeast of town of the same name in the Greater Lisbon subregion.

History

On 11 October 1964, the then-President of the Portuguese Republic, Américo Tomás inaugurated the Aerodrome of Tires.[3] The project was born of the initiatives of the Secretary-of-State for Aeronautics and Directorate-general for Civil Aeronautics, as well as the Count of Monte Real.[3] The aerodrome was planned for the area around Areia-Guincho, but installed in Tires, a project of the Directorate and earthmoving performed by the military aeronautics division.[3] By 1973, work on the local was still continuing.[3]

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Cascais Airport:[4]

Airlines	Destinations
JetTime	Seasonal charter: Bydgoszcz(Begins 22 April 2022), Ivalo (begins 20 February 2025)
Sevenair	Bragança, Portimão, Viseu, Vila Real

Location

Coordinates

LAT	N* 38º 43' 32"
LNG	W* 09º 21' 19"

Localização

Located in Tires, on av. Amália Rodrigues, the airfield is located in the tourist area of the Estoril Coast, more precisely in São Domingos de Rana, municipality of Cascais.

Characteristics

Frequencies and radio navigation aids

The aerodrome has two radio navigation aids, a locator-type NDB and a TVOR/DME.

Track

The airfield has a runway 1,400 meters long and 30 meters wide, made of asphalt concrete (PCN20) at an altitude of 326 feet. The runway is prepared to receive traffic of up to 40 tons and also has light signaling, approach lights and the Apapis system.

Heliport

The airfield also has a helipad, where an INEM (National Institute of Medical Emergency) helicopter is available 24 hours a day.

Operators

This location is where many of the country's aviation schools are concentrated, as it is near the capital of Portugal and the country's largest population centre.

References

Notes

1. "Airline and Location Code Search".
2. AIP Part 3 - AD 2 Aerodromes Archived April 15, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
3. Figueiredo, Paula (2010). SIPA (ed.). "Aeródromo de Tires (IPA.000305401/PT031105060408)" (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal: SIPA–Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
4. "Horários Fly Sevenair entre Bragança e Portimão".

Sources

• Encarnação, José de (1975), Cascais - Vila da Corte. Oito séculos de história (in Portuguese), Cascais, Portugal: Câmara Municipal de Cascais

External links

Media related to Cascais Municipal Aerodrome at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (in Portuguese and English)