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Lisbon Portela

Lisbon, PT.

Code

LIS

Position

38.774, -9.134

Runway

1,999 m paved from 1945, 3,130 m paved from 1962

Capacity

About 800 movements a week, 8 stands, terminal generation 2

Weather

Worst month loses about 1.2% of flights

Confidence

estimated (to be verified). Coordinates agree with published sources to within about 2.5 km. Other figures are estimates unless the evidence below says otherwise.

Source: Coordinates and selected runway and terminal facts checked against published sources, see evidence. Capacity, passenger and weather figures are estimates.

Evidence

Facts checked against published sources. Where a source gives a present day figure for a field that has changed, the game value is kept and the difference is noted in the repository file docs/research/airport-verification.json.