Cascais Airport guide

Cascais Municipal Aerodrome (Aeródromo Municipal de Cascais) sits near the village of Tires, in the parish of São Domingos de Rana. It is a regional airfield west of Lisbon, officially styled Lisbon Cascais-Tejo Regional Airport. The ICAO code is LPCS. President Américo Tomás inaugurated it on 11 October 1964.

The airfield has a single asphalt runway, 17/35, which is 30 metres wide and rated for aircraft up to 40 tonnes. Navigation aids include an NDB and a TVOR/DME. Cascais E.M., the municipal company, runs the site. A national medical emergency (INEM) helicopter is based on the field around the clock.

Traffic is mostly business and general aviation. Reports from the municipal company put activity at roughly 47,000 landings and take-offs in a recent year, and the airfield operates from about 07:00 to midnight. Many of Portugal's flying schools are based here. Sevenair, the country's largest general aviation group, keeps its aircraft on the field and operates scheduled flights to Bragança, Portimão, Viseu and Vila Real. Business jets use a separate apron from the school and club aircraft.