Cascais Municipal Aerodrome

Lisboa Cascais-Tejo Regional Airport;
*Aeroporto Regional Lisboa Cascais-Tejo*
Lisboa Cascais-Tejo Regional Airport;; Aeroporto Regional Lisboa Cascais-Tejo; Cascais Municipal Aerodrome; Aeródromo Municipal de Cascais; Aeródromo de Tires
	IATA: CAT; 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 / 38.72556°N 9.35528°W
Website	www.aerodromo-cascais.pt
Map
	LPCS Location in Portugal
Runways
	Source: Portuguese AIP

Lisbon Cascais-Tejo Regional Airport (Cascais Municipal 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

Airlines	Destinations
Sevenair	Bragança, Portimão, Viseu, Vila Real

References

Notes

^ ^a ^b http://www.iata.org/publications/Pages/code-search.aspx
^ AIP Part 3 - AD 2 Aerodromes Archived April 15, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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.

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)

[iata.org-1] ttp://www.iata.org/publications/Pages/code-search.aspx

[AIP-2] AIP Part 3 - AD 2 Aerodromes Archived April 15, 2012, at the Wayback Machine

[SIPA-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.

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