Pico Airport guide

Pico Airport, known in Portuguese as Aeroporto do Pico, serves Pico Island in the Azores. It sits on the island's northern coast, across the civil parishes of Bandeiras and Santa Luzia, at 34 metres above sea level. The ICAO code is LPPI.

The airport has one asphalt runway, 09/27, which is 1,745 metres long. Construction of the runway and terminal began on 5 May 1976, and the runway was inaugurated on 25 April 1982 at 1,200 metres. An extension in 1990 brought it to its present length. The runway is lit and handles both visual and instrument flights. Later works added a new terminal building with a car park, a control tower, a first aid station, firefighting facilities and a cargo warehouse.

Azores Airlines flies to Lisbon, and SATA Air Açores serves Ponta Delgada and Terceira. The first direct flight from Lisbon arrived in April 2005. TAP Portugal flew that route until 2015, when Azores Airlines took it over. In 2008 SATA Air Açores carried about 58,000 passengers here. SATA Gestão de Aeródromos manages the airport.