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Faro Airport (Portuguese: ''Aeroporto Internacional de Faro'') , also known as Algarve Airport, is located to the west〔AIP (Part 3 - AD 2 Aerodromes )〕 of Faro in Portugal. The airport opened in July 1965.〔http://www.ana.pt/SiteCollectionDocuments/Negocios_Empresas/Sobre_Aeroportos/ALGARVE_PLANO_DIRECTOR.pdf〕 A total of 5.6 million passengers used Faro airport in 2011. The airport became a hub for the first time in March 2010, when Ryanair decided to base seven of its aircraft there.〔(Ryanair base )〕 The airport gets very busy during the summer months, namely from March to October, to the extent that the airport becomes a slot coordinated airport.〔(Info )〕 ==Facilities== Faro Airport is capable of handling six million passengers a year. There are 22 stands of which 16 are remote, with 60 check-in desks and 36 boarding gates.〔 Since its opening in 1966 Faro airport has had two major developments, the new passenger terminal building in 1989 and its enlargement in 2001. Faced with growing traffic demand and passenger safety and satisfaction needs, the development plan for 2009-2013, means Faro airport undergoes extensive improvements to runway and infrastructure as well as a widespread renovation of the airport terminal and commercial areas, namely: *Increase of aircraft parking capacity from 22 to 33 positions, which will increase ATM’s from 22 to 30 per hour and passenger flow from 2400 to 3000 mov/h. *Increase operational safety. *Increase of airport capacity from 6 million to 8 million passengers per year. *Functional and architectural modernisation of the airport terminal. *Renovation and expansion of commercial areas. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Faro Airport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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