A BETTER AIRPORT
COMES TO LIFE
Faro Airport Development Plan | 2015-2017
As the main Portuguese touristic airport, Faro Airport has had, since its opening
in 1965, a crucial role in the economic development of the south
the country
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and in particular the Algarve. Today, with about 6 million passengers a year – of
which around 93% are tourists visiting the region (inbound) – Faro Airport serves
the main tourism centres in the south of Portugal and Spain, processing a flow of
traffic with pronounced seasonal peaks. Faro Airport Development Plan | 2015-2017
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Faro Airport follows a pro-active strategy for the development
of traffic, at the same time adjusting its infrastructure and
services to the needs of airlines and passengers, maintaining high
levels of security and appropriate levels of service quality.
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The creation of the new terminal in 1989, the expansion and
modernization of the infrastructure in 2001 and many other
improvements were crucial in order to ensure that Faro Airport
has always to keep up with the changes and the development of
the region. But the Algarve is no longer the same. Tourism has
changed and with this change, new challenges have arrived. The
Algarve needs and will have an improved airport. Work began in
September 2015 and by March 2017 visitors into Faro airport can
expect the following developments.
Terminal Expansion Areas 11.920m²
AIRSIDE
1. Eastwards expansion of the Baggage Claim Area and the
Arrivals Baggage Terminal.
2. Expansion of retail commercial areas and Food Court
(Floors 1 and 2).
3. Expansion of Passport Control areas for arrivals and
departures.
A BETTER AIRPORT
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THE EXPANSION AND REMODELLING OF THE TERMINAL
• Adjust passenger terminal capacity to the new runway
systems’ capacity (30 atm/h) and aircraft parking stands
(30/37 stands).
• To increase the Embarking & Disembarking capacity of the
terminal from 2.400 pax/h to 3.000 pax/h each way.
• To adapt the infrastructure to the new scheduled operation
requirements and to respond to the future evolution of
operations that require high turnaround.
• Refurbishment, overhaul and expansion of Retail areas and
Food Court, which have maintained the same layout since the
early 2000’s.
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INCREASED CAPACITY
• Runway: Present 24 atm/h – Future 30 atm/h
• Parking stands: Present 30/37 Stands – Future 30/37 Stands
• Pax flow: Present 2400 pax/h - Future 3000 pax/h
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WHAT WILL CHANGE?
• More operational areas and more public area.
• Expansion of the terminal area which will grow from the
current 81.200m² to 93.120m².
• Expansion and refurbishment of Retail areas and Food Court.
• Increased passenger processing capacity in the subsystems
• Security screening and Passport Control.
• Terminal image modernization.
• Integration of terminal area in the new concept of land
accessibility.
Faro Airport Development Plan | 2015-2017
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LANDSIDE
4. Expansion of the public arrival and departure areas covering
the north front of the building (6.324m²).
5. The expansion of these commercial areas will create new
commercial spaces for shops and services predominantly
located in the public area.
6. Construction of a Security Control Area on the 2nd floor
and concrete cover (slab) over Check-in 2 (4.770m²).
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