Corvo Airport guide

Corvo Airport, also called Aeródromo do Corvo, serves the island of Corvo, the smallest of the nine Azores islands. It sits on the southern coast beside the southern edge of Vila do Corvo, the island's only settlement, and stands 20 metres above sea level. The ICAO code is LPCR.

The airport has one asphalt runway, 11/29, which is 800 metres long. The runway was repaved in 2009 at a cost of about 190,000 euros to suit newer aircraft. Local weather makes landings here difficult, and the airport is known for it.

SATA Air Açores flies the regional services, linking Corvo with Flores and Horta. In 2016 the airport handled 7,110 passengers and 288 aircraft movements. The Regional Government of the Azores owns the airport. SATA Gestão de Aeródromos, set up in January 2005, manages the smaller Azores airfields, Corvo among them.

In 2009 SATA replaced its 18-seat Dornier 228 aircraft on the route with 37-seat De Havilland Dash 8-Q200s, and cargo traffic rose 45% that year. A 2013 competition proposed remodelling and expanding the airport, with separate arrivals and departures, restricted zones and a baggage inspection station. SATA received a 10-year concession for Corvo, starting with a contract signed on 1 July 2005.