Airports / Portugal / CAT
Cascais Airport
LPCS / CATCascais, PortugalELEV 325 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
6 nm
To the nearest alternate
Sintra Air Base (LPST) — 4 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Cascais Airport (LPCS / CAT) is a mid-sized airport serving Cascais, Portugal. The field lies at an elevation of 325 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
CAT has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Sintra Air Base (LPST, 6 nm), Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS, 11 nm), and Montijo Air Base (LPMT, 15 nm).
Quotes for flights out of CAT vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. The airport is also known as Tires. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from CAT, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
LPCS
IATA
CAT
FAA / Local
LPCS
Elevation
325 ft
Coordinates
38.7250° N · 9.3552° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs Portugal fields
state range 5–2,241 ft
At 325 ft, CAT sits higher than 58% of the 31 Portugal fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 6nmLPSTSintra Air BaseSintra
- 11nmLISLisbon Humberto Delgado AirportLisbon
- 15nmLPMTMontijo Air BaseMontijo
- 18nmLPARAlverca Air BaseVila Franca de Xira
- 64nmLPTNTancos AirbaseTancos
- 67nmLPSOAeródromo Municipal de Ponte de SorPonte de Sor
Location
Open the full mapLPCS · Cascais Airport · Cascais, Portugal