Public airfield near the city of Porto, and the airfield of choice for recreational flyers in the area. The airfield also houses the Porto Air Club, as well as the only flight school in the north of the country: Nortávia.
The runway currently has a long displaced threshold for runway 17, with the initial part of the pavement now being crossed by a municipal road.
Portugal's second busiest airport with 10,700,000 passengers passing through it in 2017, serving the second largest city in the country: Porto. It is the 48th busiest airport in Europe, and like Lisbon airport (LPPT) has seen passenger numbers increasing by more than 10% each year in the last 6 years.
THere is a local frequency for this airport 122,40. The runway is 17/34. It is 1.800m long. Although you can use all of it, officialy both threshold are displaced but you still have 800m.
Oporto District, Portugal
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a couple of corrections about LPVL
🔗 Fri, 19 Jun 2026
— @Manustmo at Vilar de Luz Airfield, Portugal
There are taxes here it's about 6€ per landing and another for a night parking.
It's a quite convinient airfiend for those who would like to visit Porto some public transportation available as well as uber like transportation.
Be carefull when landing the runway 34 there are high-voltage power line not far from the threshold.
there is no municipal road crossing the runway, there is a tunnel below the airfield for that road.
Be carefull with the taxi area that are hardly bumping but praticable at low pace.
Hope this helps
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🔗 Tue, 22 Feb 2022
— @PapaOscar at Laúndos Airfield UL, Portugal
3% upslope on runway 11. High trees on the final approach. With only 260m of runway it can be challenging.
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🔗 Sun, 25 Mar 2018
— @Leo2789 at Laúndos Airfield UL, Portugal
Public airfield certified for ultra-lights. Has its own Air Club and a paved runway in excellent condition.
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🔗 Sun, 25 Mar 2018
— @Leo2789 at Corvachã Ultralight Airfield, Portugal
Public airstrip on the top of a mountain non-certified but used for ultra-lights. Has 3 short runways in fairly good condition.
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🔗 Sun, 25 Mar 2018
— @Leo2789 at Entre-os-Rios Airstrip, Portugal
Possibly public although closed/abandoned airstrip, non-certified for any type of traffic. Couldn't find information about who owns it.
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🔗 Sat, 24 Mar 2018
— @Leo2789 at Vilar de Luz Airfield, Portugal
Public airfield near the city of Porto, and the airfield of choice for recreational flyers in the area. The airfield also houses the Porto Air Club, as well as the only flight school in the north of the country: Nortávia.
The runway currently has a long displaced threshold for runway 17, with the initial part of the pavement now being crossed by a municipal road.
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🔗 Sat, 17 Mar 2018
— @Leo2789 at Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport, Portugal
Portugal's second busiest airport with 10,700,000 passengers passing through it in 2017, serving the second largest city in the country: Porto. It is the 48th busiest airport in Europe, and like Lisbon airport (LPPT) has seen passenger numbers increasing by more than 10% each year in the last 6 years.
Free of taxes
🔗 Thu, 03 May 2012
— Anonymous Flyer at Vilar de Luz Airfield, Portugal
No landing taxes to pay. 100LL available and a Cessna maintenance
re: Frequency
🔗 Mon, 19 Jul 2010
— @david at Vilar de Luz Airfield, Portugal
Thanks for the information -- I've entered it in the "Pilot Info" tab.
Frequency
🔗 Mon, 19 Jul 2010
— Anonymous Flyer at Vilar de Luz Airfield, Portugal
THere is a local frequency for this airport 122,40. The runway is 17/34. It is 1.800m long. Although you can use all of it, officialy both threshold are displaced but you still have 800m.
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