Faro Airport Airlines and destinations

Flights from and to the Algarve. Information about the main air routes available at Faro airport - international and domestic flights. Direct connections with the major European cities - search for flights and compare prices.

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Destinations from A-Z

Direct flights to and from Faro Airport - destinations and airlines
Destination Country Airlines
Aberdeen ABZ Scotland Ryanair  
Amsterdam, Schiphol AMS Netherlands Transavia  
Azores, Ponta Delgada PDL Portugal Sata - Azores Airlines  
Barcelona BCN Spain Vueling  
Basel BSL Switzerland EasyJet  
Belfast BFS Northern Ireland EasyJet   Jet2.com   Ryanair  
Berlin, Schoenefeld SXF Germany EasyJet  
Berlin, Tegel TXL Germany Eurowings  
Billund BLL Denmark Ryanair  
Birmingham BHX England Jet2.com   Ryanair   Thomas Cook Airlines  
Bordeaux BOD France Volotea  
Bournemouth BOH England Ryanair  
Bremen BRE Germany Ryanair  
Bristol BRS England EasyJet   Ryanair  
Brussels, Charleroi CRL Belgium Ryanair  
Brussels, Zaventem BRU Belgium Brussels Airlines   Corendon   Thomas Cook Airlines  
Budapest BUD Hungary Wizz Air  
Cardiff CWL Wales Flybe   Ryanair  
Cologne / Bonn CGN Germany Eurowings   Germanwings   Ryanair  
Copenhagen CPH Denmark Norwegian   SAS Scandinavian Airlines  
Cork ORK Ireland Aer Lingus   Ryanair   Thomson Airways  
Doncaster DSA England Flybe  
Dresden DRS Germany Germania  
Dublin DUB Ireland Aer Lingus   Ryanair   Thomson Airways  
Dusseldorf, International DUS Germany Eurowings   TuiFly  
Dusseldorf, Weeze NRN Germany Eurowings   Ryanair  
Edinburgh, Turnhouse EDI Scotland Jet2.com   Ryanair  
Eindhoven EIN Netherlands Ryanair   Transavia  
Erfurt, Weimar ERF Germany Germania  
Exeter EXT England Flybe  
Frankfurt, Hahn HHN Germany Ryanair  
Frankfurt, International FRA Germany Lufthansa   Ryanair   TuiFly  
Geneva CPH Switzerland EasyJet  
Glasgow, International GLA Scotland EasyJet   Jet2.com  
Glasgow, Prestwick PIK Scotland Ryanair  
Gothenburg, Landvetter GOT Sweden Primera Air  
Groningen GRQ Netherlands Transavia  
Hamburg HAM Germany Eurowings   Germanwings   Ryanair  
Hannover HAJ Germany Eurowings   TuiFly  
Kerry County KIR Ireland Ryanair  
Knock NOC Ireland Ryanair   Thomson Airways  
Leeds Bradford LBA England Jet2.com   Ryanair  
Lille, Lesquin LIL France EasyJet   Travel Service  
Lisbon LIS Portugal TAP Portugal  
Liverpool LPL England EasyJet   Ryanair  
London, City LCY England British Airways  
London, Gatwick LGW England British Airways   EasyJet   Norwegian  
London, Heathrow LHR England British Airways  
London, Luton LTN England EasyJet   Ryanair  
London, Southend SEN England EasyJet  
London, Stansted STN England British Airways   Jet2.com   Ryanair   Thomas Cook Airlines  
Londonderry LDY Northern Ireland Ryanair  
Luxembourg, Findel LUX Luxembourg Luxair  
Lyon, Saint-Exupéry LYS France EasyJet  
Maastricht Aachen MST Netherlands Corendon  
Madeira, Funchal FNC Portugal TAP Portugal  
Madrid, Barajas MAD Spain Air Nostrum  
Manchester MAN England Jet2.com   Ryanair   Thomas Cook Airlines  
Marseille, Provence MRS France Ryanair   Volotea  
Memmingen FMM Germany Ryanair  
Muenster / Osnabruck FMO Germany Germania  
Munich MUC Germany Eurowings   Lufthansa   Transavia   TuiFly  
Nantes NTE France Transavia   Volotea  
Newcastle NCL England EasyJet   Jet2.com   Ryanair  
Newquay, Cornwall NQY England Ryanair  
Nice, Côte d'Azur NCE France EasyJet  
Nottingham, East Midlands EMA England Jet2.com   Ryanair  
Nuremberg NUE Germany Germania  
Oslo, Gardermoen OSL Norway Norwegian  
Ostend-Bruges OST Belgium TuiFly  
Paris, Beauvais-Tille BVA France Ryanair  
Paris, Charles de Gaulle CDG France EasyJet  
Paris, Orly ORY France Aigle Azur   EasyJet   Transavia  
Porto OPO Portugal Ryanair  
Prague PRG Czech Republic Travel Service  
Rotterdam RTM Netherlands Transavia  
Shannon SNN Ireland Aer Lingus   Ryanair   Thomson Airways  
Southampton SOU England Flybe  
Stockholm, Arlanda ARN Sweden Norwegian   SAS Scandinavian Airlines  
Stuttgart STR Germany Eurowings   Germanwings   TuiFly  
Toronto, Pearson YYZ Canada Air Transat  
Toulouse, Blagnac TLS France EasyJet  
Vienna VIE Austria Eurowings  
Warsaw, Modlin WMI Poland Ryanair  
Zurich ZRH Switzerland Edelweiss  

International flights

More than 90% of the air traffic at Faro airport consists of international flights with origin and destination in Europe. The countries with more direct routes between the Algarve are from the United Kingdom, followed by Germany, the Netherlands and the Republic of Ireland. All together, these countries account for more than 80% of the flights at Faro airport and represent the main target markets for the Algarve tourism sector. In total there are 30 to 40 European cities with direct flights to Faro airport, although this number may vary according to the time of year. Most flights to Faro are provided by lowcost airlines such as Easyjet, Jet2.com or Ryanair, which also operates one of its European bases from Faro airport and has the highest share of flights to and from the Algarve.

United Kingdom

UK countries, especially from Great Britain, are the main source of the Algarve tourism revenue. England is by far the country with more flights to the Algarve. The frequency of direct flights from English cities is the highest, accounting for over 45% of the annual air traffic at Faro airport. At the top of the list are the flights between London and Faro, responsible for approximately 1.5 million visits to the Algarve every year. The second busiest route is between Manchester and Faro with approximately 400 000 passengers per year. Liverpool, Bristol and Birmingham are also popular routes, each registering more than 200 000 passengers annually. Together with Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, flights between the United Kingdom represent more than half (about 55%) of all annual air traffic at Faro airport.

England

Direct flights Faro England - destinations and airlines
Destination Airlines
Birmingham BHX Jet2.com   Ryanair   Thomas Cook Airlines  
Bournemouth BOH Ryanair  
Bristol BRS EasyJet   Ryanair  
Doncaster DSA Flybe  
Exeter EXT Flybe  
Leeds Bradford LBA Jet2.com   Ryanair  
Liverpool LPL EasyJet   Ryanair  
London, City LCY British Airways  
London, Gatwick LGW British Airways   EasyJet   Norwegian  
London, Heathrow LHR British Airways  
London, Luton LTN EasyJet   Ryanair  
London, Southend SEN EasyJet  
London, Stansted STN British Airways   Jet2.com   Ryanair   Thomas Cook Airlines  
Manchester MAN Jet2.com   Ryanair   Thomas Cook Airlines  
Newcastle NCL EasyJet   Jet2.com   Ryanair  
Newquay, Cornwall NQY Ryanair  
Nottingham, East Midlands EMA Jet2.com   Ryanair  
Southampton SOU Flybe  

Northern Ireland

Direct flights Faro Northern Ireland - destinations and airlines
Destination Airlines
Belfast BFS EasyJet   Jet2.com   Ryanair  
Londonderry LDY Ryanair  

Scotland

Direct flights Faro Scotland - destinations and airlines
Destination Airlines
Aberdeen ABZ Ryanair  
Edinburgh, Turnhouse EDI Jet2.com   Ryanair  
Glasgow, International GLA EasyJet   Jet2.com  
Glasgow, Prestwick PIK Ryanair  

Wales

Direct flights Faro Wales - destinations and airlines
Destination Airlines
Cardiff CWL Flybe   Ryanair  

Rest of Europe and world

Below we list more European cities and other international destinations with direct flight connections to Faro airport - please note that available routes may vary throughout the year. Associated with each destination is the corresponding airport name and the airline(s) providing flights between Faro.

Austria

Direct flights Faro Austria - destinations and airlines
Destination Airlines
Vienna VIE Eurowings  

Belgium

Direct flights Faro Belgium - destinations and airlines
Destination Airlines
Brussels, Charleroi CRL Ryanair  
Brussels, Zaventem BRU Brussels Airlines   Corendon   Thomas Cook Airlines  
Ostend-Bruges OST TuiFly  

Canada

Direct flights Faro Canada - destinations and airlines
Destination Airlines
Toronto, Pearson YYZ Air Transat  

Czech Republic

Direct flights Faro Czech Republic - destinations and airlines
Destination Airlines
Prague PRG Travel Service  

Denmark

Direct flights Faro Denmark - destinations and airlines
Destination Airlines
Billund BLL Ryanair  
Copenhagen CPH Norwegian   SAS Scandinavian Airlines  

France

Direct flights Faro France - destinations and airlines
Destination Airlines
Bordeaux BOD Volotea  
Lille, Lesquin LIL EasyJet   Travel Service  
Lyon, Saint-Exupéry LYS EasyJet  
Marseille, Provence MRS Ryanair   Volotea  
Nantes NTE Transavia   Volotea  
Nice, Côte d'Azur NCE EasyJet  
Paris, Beauvais-Tille BVA Ryanair  
Paris, Charles de Gaulle CDG EasyJet  
Paris, Orly ORY Aigle Azur   EasyJet   Transavia  
Toulouse, Blagnac TLS EasyJet  

Germany

Flights between German cities and the Algarve represent the second largest slice of air traffic at Faro airport. The number of passengers coming from Germany has grown considerable in recent years - in 2013 increased nearly 23%. Together with the United Kingdom, Germany has the highest number of cities with direct flights to Faro airport.

Direct flights Faro Germany - destinations and airlines
Destination Airlines
Berlin, Schoenefeld SXF EasyJet  
Berlin, Tegel TXL Eurowings  
Bremen BRE Ryanair  
Cologne / Bonn CGN Eurowings   Germanwings   Ryanair  
Dresden DRS Germania  
Dusseldorf, International DUS Eurowings   TuiFly  
Dusseldorf, Weeze NRN Eurowings   Ryanair  
Erfurt, Weimar ERF Germania  
Frankfurt, Hahn HHN Ryanair  
Frankfurt, International FRA Lufthansa   Ryanair   TuiFly  
Hamburg HAM Eurowings   Germanwings   Ryanair  
Hannover HAJ Eurowings   TuiFly  
Memmingen FMM Ryanair  
Muenster / Osnabruck FMO Germania  
Munich MUC Eurowings   Lufthansa   Transavia   TuiFly  
Nuremberg NUE Germania  
Stuttgart STR Eurowings   Germanwings   TuiFly  

Hungary

Direct flights Faro Hungary - destinations and airlines
Destination Airlines
Budapest BUD Wizz Air  

Ireland

Although it occupies the fourth position in terms of passenger count by nationality, the frequency of direct flights from Dublin to Faro makes this route the third most operated at Faro airport. More than 300 000 passengers coming from Ireland land at Faro airport each year.

Direct flights Faro Ireland - destinations and airlines
Destination Airlines
Cork ORK Aer Lingus   Ryanair   Thomson Airways  
Dublin DUB Aer Lingus   Ryanair   Thomson Airways  
Kerry County KIR Ryanair  
Knock NOC Ryanair   Thomson Airways  
Shannon SNN Aer Lingus   Ryanair   Thomson Airways  

Luxembourg

Direct flights Faro Luxembourg - destinations and airlines
Destination Airlines
Luxembourg, Findel LUX Luxair  

Netherlands

The Dutch market occupies the third position with regard to the number of flights and passenger handling at Faro airport. With direct routes from the three major Dutch cities - Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Eindhoven - about half a million passengers from Holland land at Algarve Faro airport every year.

Direct flights Faro Netherlands - destinations and airlines
Destination Airlines
Amsterdam, Schiphol AMS Transavia  
Eindhoven EIN Ryanair   Transavia  
Groningen GRQ Transavia  
Maastricht Aachen MST Corendon  
Rotterdam RTM Transavia  

Norway

Direct flights Faro Norway - destinations and airlines
Destination Airlines
Oslo, Gardermoen OSL Norwegian  

Poland

Direct flights Faro Poland - destinations and airlines
Destination Airlines
Warsaw, Modlin WMI Ryanair  

Spain

Direct flights Faro Spain - destinations and airlines
Destination Airlines
Barcelona BCN Vueling  
Madrid, Barajas MAD Air Nostrum  

Sweden

Direct flights Faro Sweden - destinations and airlines
Destination Airlines
Gothenburg, Landvetter GOT Primera Air  
Stockholm, Arlanda ARN Norwegian   SAS Scandinavian Airlines  

Switzerland

Direct flights Faro Switzerland - destinations and airlines
Destination Airlines
Basel BSL EasyJet  
Geneva CPH EasyJet  
Zurich ZRH Edelweiss  

Domestic flights

At national level the main air connections are supported by 5 airports. In the mainland, the airports of Faro (south), Lisbon (centre) and Porto (north) operate domestic flights from north to south. Flights to the Azores and Madeira islands in the Atlantic are ensured by the airports of Funchal and Ponta Delgada respectively. Direct flights to Lisbon and Porto are available from Faro airport every day. Flights from Faro to the Azores and Madeira islands are only possible with a connection flight through Lisbon airport.

Portugal

Flights between Faro and other Portuguese airports - destinations and airlines
Destination Airlines
Azores, Ponta Delgada PDL Sata - Azores Airlines  
Lisbon LIS TAP Portugal  
Madeira, Funchal FNC TAP Portugal  
Porto OPO Ryanair  

Faro Lisbon

Several daily flights in the morning and the afternoon are available between Faro and Lisbon airports. They are carried out by the national airline company TAP Portugal. Normally, every day of the year, the first aircraft to take off from Faro airport is the one going to Lisbon at 06:05 AM - the TAP flight TP1900. The duration of the flight between Faro and Lisbon is around 45 minutes. Lisbon airport (LIS), also known as Portela Airport, is the largest in Portugal, with an annual volume of passengers over 16 million. From Lisbon you can take direct flights to all major European cities and several intercontinental flights to the rest of the world.

Faro Porto

Currently, the only direct flights between Faro and Porto airports are operated by the lowcost airline Ryanair. The company provides early morning and night time flights to Porto on a daily basis. The flight duration between Faro and Porto is a little more than one hour. Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport in Porto (OPO) serves the entire northern region of Portugal and also the northern part of Spain near the border. The Portuguese company TAP also allows to buy plane tickets between Faro and Porto but requires a change of flight at Lisbon airport.

Faro Azores

You can buy plane tickets from Faro airport to the Azores islands through the companies TAP Portugal e SATA. With both companies it will be necessary to make a change of flight at Lisbon airport. The most frequent flights to the Azores are bounded to Ponta Delgada in the São Miguel island. At the present there are no direct flights connecting Faro airport to the Azores.

Faro Madeira

The plane ticket between Faro airport and the city of Funchal in Madeira island is possible with the company TAP Portugal, through a stopover in Lisbon. There are currently no direct flights between Faro Airport and Madeira.

Airlines

At the moment Faro airport is used as a base by two companies, the Portuguese airline TAP and the Irish lowcost Ryanair. The main airlines with connections to Faro are:

Aer Lingus EI

  • Country: Ireland
  • IATA: EI
  • ICAO: EIN

Flies to 3 destinations:

Aigle Azur ZI

  • Country: France
  • IATA: ZI
  • ICAO: AAF

Flies to 1 destination:

Air Nostrum YW

  • Country: Spain
  • IATA: YW
  • ICAO: ANE

Flies to 1 destination:

  • Madrid, Barajas - Spain

Air Transat TS

  • Country: Canada
  • IATA: TS
  • ICAO: TSC

Flies to 1 destination:

British Airways BA

  • Country: United Kingdom
  • IATA: BA
  • ICAO: BAW

Flies to 4 destinations:

Brussels Airlines SN

  • Country: Belgium
  • IATA: SN
  • ICAO: BEL

Flies to 1 destination:

Corendon CD

  • Country: Netherlands
  • IATA: CD
  • ICAO: CND

Flies to 2 destinations:

EasyJet U2

  • Country: United Kingdom
  • IATA: U2
  • ICAO: EZY

Flies to 17 destinations:

Edelweiss WK

  • Country: Switzerland
  • IATA: WK
  • ICAO: EDW

Flies to 1 destination:

Eurowings EW

  • Country: Germany
  • IATA: EW
  • ICAO: EWG

Flies to 9 destinations:

Flybe BE

  • Country: United Kingdom
  • IATA: BE
  • ICAO: BEE

Flies to 4 destinations:

Germania ST

  • Country: Germany
  • IATA: ST
  • ICAO: GMI

Flies to 4 destinations:

Germanwings 4U

  • Country: Germany
  • IATA: 4U
  • ICAO: GWI

Flies to 3 destinations:

Jet2.com LS

  • Country: United Kingdom
  • IATA: LS
  • ICAO: EXS

Flies to 9 destinations:

Lufthansa LH

  • Country: Germany
  • IATA: LH
  • ICAO: DLH

Flies to 2 destinations:

Luxair LG

  • Country: Luxembourg
  • IATA: LG
  • ICAO: LGL

Flies to 1 destination:

Norwegian DY

  • Country: Norway
  • IATA: DY
  • ICAO: NAX

Flies to 4 destinations:

Primera Air PF

  • Country: Denmark
  • IATA: PF
  • ICAO: PRI

Flies to 1 destination:

  • Gothenburg, Landvetter - Sweden

Ryanair FR

  • Country: Ireland
  • IATA: FR
  • ICAO: RYR

Flies to 36 destinations:

SAS Scandinavian Airlines SK

  • Country: Sweden
  • IATA: SK
  • ICAO: SAS

Flies to 2 destinations:

Sata - Azores Airlines SP

  • Country: Portugal
  • IATA: SP
  • ICAO: SAT

Flies to 1 destination:

TAP Portugal TP

  • Country: Portugal
  • IATA: TP
  • ICAO: TAP

Flies to 2 destinations:

Thomas Cook Airlines MT

  • Country: United Kingdom
  • IATA: MT
  • ICAO: TCX

Flies to 4 destinations:

Thomson Airways BY

  • Country: United Kingdom
  • IATA: BY
  • ICAO: TOM

Flies to 4 destinations:

Transavia HV

  • Country: Netherlands
  • IATA: HV
  • ICAO: TRA

Flies to 7 destinations:

Travel Service QS

  • Country: Czech Republic
  • IATA: QS
  • ICAO: TVS

Flies to 2 destinations:

TuiFly X3

  • Country: Germany
  • IATA: X3
  • ICAO: TUI

Flies to 6 destinations:

Volotea V7

  • Country: Spain
  • IATA: V7
  • ICAO: VOE

Flies to 3 destinations:

Vueling VY

  • Country: Spain
  • IATA: VY
  • ICAO: VLG

Flies to 1 destination:

Wizz Air W6

  • Country: Hungary
  • IATA: W6
  • ICAO: WZZ

Flies to 1 destination: