PXOLPPS

Porto Santo Airport

Vila Baleira, Portugal · Europe

Europe Europe/Lisbon

5direct destinations

6airlines

1runway

3,006 mLongest runway

1960opened

Porto Santo Airport (Portuguese: Aeroporto de Porto Santo) (IATA: PXO, ICAO: LPPS) is an international airport located in Vila Baleira, the capital of Porto Santo Island, Madeira. The military Maneuver Aerodrome n.° 3 (Aeródromo de Manobra n.º 3) or AM3 is co-located within the limits of civilian Porto Santo Airport.

Location

33.073°N, 16.350°O · 104 m s. n. m. (341 ft)

General data

CountryPortugal

CityVila Baleira

IATA codePXO

ICAO codeLPPS

Coordinates33.073°N, 16.350°O

Elevation104 m s. n. m. (341 ft)

Time zoneEurope/Lisbon

Runways1

Longest runway3,006 m

Opened1960

Direct destinations5

Official website

Runways · 1

18/36

Length3,006 m9,862 ft

Width45 m148 ft

SurfaceConcrete

Lighted✓

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Radio frequencies · 1

Tower

120.050

Look for a live feed on LiveATC External site; not every airport has a feed.

Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.

History

The island of Porto Santo was the first of the Madeira Islands to obtain an airport. In 1959, its runway was built with an initial length of 2,000 m (6,600 ft). The first aircraft to land at this airport was a TAP Air Portugal Douglas DC-4, on 20 July 1960.

The airport's infrastructure has improved over time, with increases to the runway length and in ramp surface. The last improvements to the airport structure were finalized on 28 August 1995, with the inauguration of a new passenger terminal and a new increase in runway length, which then reached 3,000 m (9,800 ft). The runway was also re-paved.

Airlines operating here · 6

Other airlines with direct routes

Smartwingscharter easyJet Binter Canarias Luxair Privilege Stylecharter TAP Air Portugal

Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).

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Data from OurAirports (public domain) · destinations and airlines from Wikipedia route tables (CC BY-SA, 2026), unless another source is given · profile and photo from Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons (CC0 / CC) · summary and history from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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This page was last updated on October 15, 2026

APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Porto Santo Airport (PXO). Retrieved October 25, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/PXO

MLA

“Porto Santo Airport (PXO).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/PXO. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

Vuelopedia. “Porto Santo Airport (PXO).” Fundación Poderia. Last modified October 15, 2026. https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/PXO.

Harvard

Vuelopedia (2026) Porto Santo Airport (PXO). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/PXO (Accessed: 25 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_pxo,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Porto Santo Airport (PXO)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/PXO},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/PXO}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-25},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-25}
}

Wikipedia

{{cite web |url=https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/PXO |title=Porto Santo Airport (PXO) |website=Vuelopedia |publisher=Fundación Poderia |date=2026-10-15 |access-date=2026-10-25 |language=en}}