Flying to Lisbon Airport - A Guide.
Location:
Unknown to some, Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport or Lisbon Airport is located in Portugal, precisely in the city of Lisbon. The airport opened in 1942 during World War II, since then it has grown imensily but now it’s growth is limited, due to the fast growth of the city which lead to have almost no other place to expand.
Information:
ICAO: LPPT
IATA: LIS
Runways: 17/35 and 03/21
Number of Terminals: 2
Longest Runway: 03/21 (12484x148 feet)
Frequencies:
ATIS: 124.15 MHz
Delivery Clearance: 118.50 or 118.95 MHz
Ground: 121.75 or 118.50 MHz
Tower: 118.10 or 118.50 MHz
Approach: 119.1 or 119.55 MHz
Terminals:
Terminal 1:
- Aegean Airlines
- Aer Lingus
- Aeroflot
- Aigle Azur
- Air Algérie
- AirBaltic
- Air Canada Rouge
- Air Europa
- Air France
- Air Malta
- Air Moldova
- Air Transat
- American Airlines
- Arkia
- Atlantic Airlines
- Azores Airlines
- Azul Brazilian Airlines
- Beijing Capital Airlines
- Binter Canarias
- Blue Air
- Bulgaria Air
- British Airways
- Brussels Airlines
- Croatia Airlines
- Czech Airlines
- Delta Airlines
- Emirates
- euroAtlantic Airways
- Eurowings
- Finnair
- Fly One
- Iberia
- Iberia “operated by Air Nostrum”
- Icelandair
- Israir
- Joon
- KLM
- LATAM Brasil
- Lufthansa
- Luxair
- Orbest
- Royal Air Maroc
- SAS
- Sun D’Or Operated by EL AL
- Swiss International Airlines
- TAAG Angola Airlines
- TACV
- TAP Air Portugal
- TAP Air Portugal operated by TAP Express
- Tunisiair
- Turkish Airlines
- United Airlines
- Ural Airlines
- Vueling
- WOW Air
Terminal 2:
- Easyjet
- Easyjet Switzerland
- Norwegian Air Shuttle
- Transavia
- Transavia France
- Ryanair
- Wizz Air
Runway Usage:
Generally in Lisbon Airport, it only has one operational Runway 03/21 which is used almost all the time, if not all the time, Runway 17/35 is used as an emergency runway and taxiway, this was made to help ease of traffic, by letting airplanes use 17/35 as a taxiway, very rarely this runway might be used for landings only but that’s only at night. To add, 17/35 is used as an exit taxiway of 03/21 and also a taxiway to cross 03/21.
An explanation:
This means:
- Runway 03/21 is used for take-offs and landings
- Runway 17/35 is not used for either takeoff or landings, only used as a taxiway or emergency runway.
Flight:
Taxiing:
RWY21:
On RWY21 Aircraft generally don’t cross the runway, however heavies usually cross the runway because the runway gets to short, here’s an example of some taxi paths I’ve seen.
- Green line is heavies
- Red line is narrowbody (sometimes narowbody’s take the other way ex: 757’s).
RWY03:
There’s not much to say about this one, but usually take a different path than narrowbodies because the other taxiways space is to short for them to taxi in. Here’s an example:
- Green line is heavy (widebody)
- Red Line is narrowbody, one of various taxi routes narrowbodies do.
Departing:
On departure a steep climb is required specially out of RWY21 because the city center is really close to the airport, so a steep climb will reduce noise in the city. I recommend a climb greater then more or less +1700 fpm per minute. When departing RWY03 you’ll have to turn to avoid a mountain ahead of the airport shown here:
Arrow indicates the mountains you should avoid on departure
Arriving:
When arriving always try to check visibility, if the conditions are CAT III you should divert, I think the ILS has already been upgraded to CAT III but not sure if it isn’t working by now, the runway is long so if you are landing with a narrow or widebody you shouldn’t worry to much, if you are going to arrive at 17/35 make sure you always do it at night time, because in day time it is not used due to heavy traffic.
Parking:
Exiting the Runway:
I am going to show you some common exit paths of the runway that aircraft usually take:
(Sorry for the mess)
- Green is widebody
- Red is narrowbody
Parking:
Here’s an overview of the Terminals map, as you can see you see Terminal 1 and 2, now I will explain some restrictions you have.
Terminal map.
Restriction:
Now lets get to this restriction: here almost no heavies (only the B757 and B767 or smaller) can go through here, or the wing could collide with the terminal that is nearby.
Heavy Parking Spots:
What’s This stand for?
This is an utility stand where sometimes A330 park here but that is very rare, anyway I have included here for you to know a bit more about it
Other Information:
No flights are allowed in real life between 0000-0600LT, so for realism you should follow this rule, and also a steep climb is required due to noise restrictions, the city is really close to the airport. Runway 03/21 is cleared for ILS CAT II/III operations ( recently has been upgraded for ILS CAT III not sure if it’s working by now.
Why make this topic?
This was made as I’ve seen a lot of people take-off from 17/35 and doing other procedures wrong on Infinite Flight Live, anyways, I hope you enjoyed the rather long read, this was made with some research so please feel free to correct me if needed. I also made this for people who are seeking realism at Lisbon and other places.
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Thanks for reading.
