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°W / 38.76194; -27.09083
Map
LPLA Location of Lajes Field in the Azores
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 15/33 3,314 10,873 Asphalt
Statistics (2016)
Passengers 631,236 Aircraft operations 5,415 Metric tonnes of cargo 2,774
Source: Portuguese AIP[1]

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 longest among the airports of the Azores, measuring about 3300 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. It is the closest international airport in Europe measured from eastern United States, for example 3,969 kilometres (2,466 mi) from New York.^[2][3]

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Lajes Airport:

Accidents

• On August 24, 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.

Statistics