Airports / Portugal / LPOV
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
20 nm
To the nearest alternate
Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO) — 6 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Ovar Air Base, listed as LPOV, is a mid-sized airport in Ovar, Portugal. The airport sits 56 feet above sea level. With no scheduled airline service, it caters to private, charter, and general aviation traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into LPOV for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO, 20 nm), Vilar de Luz Airfield (LPVL, 22 nm), and Aerodromo Goncalves Lobato (Viseu Airport) (VSE, 36 nm).
Charter pricing from LPOV depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Ovar.
Field capability
ICAO
LPOV
IATA
—
FAA / Local
LPOV
Elevation
56 ft
Coordinates
40.9159° N · 8.6459° 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
No
Elevation vs Portugal fields
state range 5–2,241 ft
At 56 ft, LPOV sits lower than 84% 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.
- 20nmOPOFrancisco de Sá Carneiro AirportPorto
- 22nmLPVLVilar de Luz AirfieldMaia
- 36nmVSEAerodromo Goncalves Lobato (Viseu Airport)Viseu
- 41nmLPBRBraga Municipal AerodromeBraga
- 46nmLPCOAerodromo Municipal de CoimbraCoimbra
- 47nmVRLVila Real AirportVila Real
Location
Open the full mapLPOV · Ovar Air Base · Ovar, Portugal