| Lajes Airport | |
| Nativename: | Base Aérea das Lajes |
| Nativename-R: | Aeroporto das Lajes |
| Iata: | TER |
| Icao: | LPLA |
| Type: | Civil |
| City-Served: | Praia da Vitória/Angra do Heroísmo |
| Location: | Lajes |
| Built: | 1934 |
| Metric-Elev: | yes |
| Elevation-M: | 55 |
| Coordinates: | 38.7619°N -27.0908°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Portugal Azores |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
| Pushpin Label: | LPLA |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Lajes Field in the Azores |
| Metric-Rwy: | y |
| R1-Number: | 15/33 |
| R1-Length-M: | 3,314 |
| R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
| Stat-Year: | 2016 |
| Stat1-Header: | Passengers |
| Stat1-Data: | 631,236 |
| Stat2-Header: | Aircraft operations |
| Stat2-Data: | 5,415 |
| Stat3-Header: | Metric tonnes of cargo |
| Stat3-Data: | 2,774 |
| Footnotes: | Source: Portuguese AIP[1] |
Lajes Airport is located in the parish and Vila das Lajes, in the municipality of Praia da Vitória, on Terceira Island, in the Azores.
Lajes Airport not only serves Terceira but is also a hub providing international access to the Azores. It shares a runway and control and support structures with the military Lajes Field. Its runway is the longest among the airports of the Azores, measuring about 3300 meters in length. Aerogare Civil das Lajes (ACL) has a capacity of 750,000 passengers per year and 360 passengers per hour as of the last requalification. It is the closest international airport in Europe measured from eastern United States, for example from New York.[2] [3]
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Lajes Airport: