New Look Faro Airport Guide

Welcome to our new look website, the old website became difficult for us to update and we have exciting plans now that we have the new look Faro Airport Guide website.

In the coming months we hope to add many exciting new features whilst maintaining our high level of accurate information for you, our visitors.

Be sure to let us know if we have missed anything out!

Many Thanks

Gary Ingram
Faro Airport Guide

Further Faro Airport Information

Faro Airport is the only airport along Portugal's popular Algarve coast and in relative terms it's quite a small provincial airport. There are of course the usual coffee shops and gift shops but you will find very little else at the airport.

In 2009 just over 5 million passengers passed through the airport with the majority of these coming in the 6 months between May and October. A huge number of the visitors passing through the airport are English but there are also very high numbers of Irish, German and Dutch travellers.

The airport is located just 4 kms from the main city area and although it is small, Faro City is certainly worth a visit and is often (sadly) overlooked by many visitors to the area. Most people tend to head east along the Algarve to the main resorts of Quinta Do Lago, Vale Do Lobo, Vilamoura, Albufeira, Portimao and Lagos.

In terms of alternative airports there is very little choice I am afraid. Weirdly, the nearest main airport to Faro is Seville Airport in Spain. Lying about 200kms away from the main Algarve resorts it would take between 2 and 2.5 hours to drive between Seville and The Algarve.

Lisbon the capital of Portugal and Jerez in Spain are the other 2 nearest airports but both are around 3 hours drive away and unless your interesting in doing a lot of travelling then these are not really viable alternatives.

You won't find any trains at the airport but most people tend to hire a car or take a taxi to their resort, even the furthest resorts are little more than an hour by taxi or car.